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[Philip Osler]

Just wondering do other commuters find it common for drivers to leave their high beams on while driving towards you on unlit lanes! I've found it happens more often than not

 

[MontyVeda]

Around Lancaster... almost always. However when i lived in Cumbria, it was rare for a car not to dip... so it must be down to inbreeding, or lack of...

I wish some of these cyclists with their super bright lights would develop a concept of dipping... they're becoming a right pain in the arse... especially some bloke with one on his helmet who seems to show off how bright his fecking light is by looking directly towards every fecker! One day I need to have a word with the inconsiderate pr!ck.

 

[Drago]

Painfully common round here too. Swivelling 1800 lumens into their eyes usually gives them the reminder they need, but not always.

 

[fossyant]

Used to get it loads many years ago before we could flash a high powered lights, used to wave my hand in front of the light, or wobble the bars so they see you.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Painfully. I used to have a couple of those sticky reflective strips on the top of my cycle helmet and dipped my head up and down which (nearly) always resulted in them dipping their lights for me.

 

[bubbles3]

i use the exposure maxx d light, i'll dip my lights when i meet on coming traffic, majority of times they do to. One thing i did do, was clip the plastic peak back onto my cycle helmet, means i can put my head down and don't get blinded by lights.

 

[totallyfixed]

Around this neck of the woods car drivers are considerate and nearly everyone dips, the ones that give the most trouble are the two wheeled human powered variety with lights that are designed for off road use. I passed a guy on a bike with a young lad riding behind him on the pavement when I was driving a week or so ago, they were travelling in the same direction as me but on the right hand pavement, as a cyclist you always take a second look, in this case I used my offside wing mirror and all I could see was a blindingly bright light and nothing beyond that. Anyone else going towards this muppet would have been totally blinded and if it had been a car they would then have flicked their main beams, got no response and then they could blind each other.
If another cyclist at night comes towards me with a light that cannot be dipped and blinds me I will be having a quiet word.

 

[bubbles3]

My light is angled downwards so as not to shine directly into drivers eyes

 

[MattHB]

if they do I blast them with the full beam of my magicshine.. they soon put theirs down!

 

[hotfuzzrj]

I've recently moved from a well lit city centre to Surrey countryside where all my commutes (at the moment) are during hours of darkness.
I'm amazed at how considerate most motorists are, 99% seem to see my bright light and dip theirs thinking I'm a 'proper road user' and don't put full beam back on until after they've passed me.

My front light is angled downwards towards the road but I still have little idea of how considerately positioned it it, I may have to set it up and get off and walk ahead to see how annoying it is. Don't want to anger people in heavy metal boxes in unlit country roads with lots of ditches and no CCTV!

 

[Andrew_Culture]

I went out with my fancy pants new Cree from Aldi last night and am fairly sure I was a bit dazzling, I'm going to angle it down a bit and have considered fitting a wee hood to just the top bit of it so it lights the road and can clearly be seen and still lights the road pretty well.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Just wondering do other commuters find it common for drivers to leave their high beams on while driving towards you on unlit lanes! I've found it happens more often than not

Not since I started using AyUps on road, no. The peripheral glare* is clearly enough for them to think I'm a car and dip their lights.

*Not sure that is the right word. What is the correct term for the advance warning of "light you see before you see the light" that you get at night.

 

[Lyrical]

Around Lancaster... almost always. However when i lived in Cumbria, it was rare for a car not to dip... so it must be down to inbreeding, or lack of...

I wish some of these cyclists with their super bright lights would develop a concept of dipping... they're becoming a right pain in the arse... especially some bloke with one on his helmet who seems to show off how bright his fecking light is by looking directly towards every fecker! One day I need to have a word with the inconsiderate pr!ck.

Eugh tell me about it, I find this to be quite an issue in London.

 

[donnydave]

Since I got a "proper" front light (lezyne macro drive) nearly all oncoming cars dip their lights, perhaps as they may think I'm a scooter or a motorbike and therefore more worthy of consideration than a bicycle. In return I move my thumb over the top corner of the light lens so oncoming cars (and bikes if I'm on the guided busway) don't get a faceful of mega-light. I've had a few polite thank-you's from other cyclists so clearly it does make a difference and is appreciated as generally other cyclists with bright lights will return the dip-favour. "Do unto others...." and all that

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I had this the other day going down a dark lane in the car, a cycle coming the other his light was so bright I had to pull over, I'm sure he had it deliberately set to shine in oncoming drivers eyes.

Alan...