Found the New Yorker

Vermont has the oldest population in the country. Lots of old folks tootin' around town.

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We're not the Nothings from Nowhere, we're the Alma Nothings!

I know right.

Sounds safe

Afford a new car? In this economy?

Actually... Might be a better deal than used honestly

I think it's just that new cars with these headlights make up a higher and higher percentage of cars on the road each year.

They can be bad enough in clear conditions. Add some rain or snow and it's a white knuckle experience all the time now

The size creep in modern vehicles makes driving more miserable every day. The frigging compensator-class trucks and SUVs and their high low beams is just one example of that.

Heh heh…take it as you like. My dh suggests driving backwards, with the rear vue mirror turned so ye’re not blinded.

Yep that's mostly what inspired the thought. We're getting ready to touch up some old cedar siding and I want to keep it in good condition. There's some obvious backsplash areas around the house so, might be worth funneling it away

For many houses, the gutters will save your siding big time by eliminating the backsplash.

You're right about brighter, but plenty of people drive with their HB on and you know this because they dim at the last second or it's very clear from the headlight pattern which mode they are using on familiar headlight configurations...

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What an asshole move.

It's a creeping issue. 15-20 years ago driving in VT I'd encounter maybe 2-3 people a year who accidentally left their hi-beams on. Now it's more like a few times a month. Kinda hard to believe it's all accidental, more likely laziness and inconsideration similar to not using blinkers.

All the super bright lights aside, you are right, so many people drive with their high beams on. People live in their own little bubbles....

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I would consent to a train line from White River to Rutland. Right through the middle of Woodstock.

Amen

Came to say this. Drive from montpelier to middlebury several times a month and I have never gone through burlington. Worst you have to do is Williston if its an ice storm.

Those are the WORST

One thing about trucks is that the lights are literally higher than car headlights, which makes the angle different and tends to be more in your face or more directly in your mirror than car headlights.

I cannot for the life of me figure out how these bright lights can possibly be legal! I’m blinded by them all of the time, especially if it’s raining. They are making cars with the auto-brights now which go from low to high whenever the car goes over any sort of bump at all, which is about every 5 feet in VT! Great for the person driving the bright light car - too bad everyone oncoming is blinded and could go careening off the road!!