Don’t post this on MtnRoo you’ll have an army of dealer techs mansplaining that that’s how it’s supposed to be. Obviously they don’t really care about that step of the state inspection or that there is an adjustment screw.

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They are:

https://dmv.vermont.gov/enforcement-and-safety/inspection-information/vehicle-equipment-advisory

I’ve never seen a DOT approved light bar, they all say for off road use only on the box.

It’s a combination of obsolete safety standards that require a stupid beam pattern and ever brighter lights. Cars sold in Europe have far better lights for both driver and oncoming drivers, but when sold in the US they have to put in entirely different reflectors.

Not sure about the Outback, but I built a campervan, and with the full time load I needed to adjust them down and it was super easy, took about 15 minutes.

I've lived in the country, outside of super Small towns, in regions with similar population densities as Vermont and utilities were far less expensive. 12 cent kwh power and water bills around 25 a month. I thought solar would have paid for itself by now. Something stinks in Vermont.

I still don't get why raider's is racist. You don't have to be of any particular culture to be a raider by definition.

It's just as lame as the Washington football team.

Thank goodness that there are not many Subarus in Vermont!!!

Someone is going to crash into you head on, dumbass

I cannot tell y’all how many times I’ve been aggressively blinded last second when someone passes by because they think I left my high beams on. Most new cars are now sold with bright ass LEDs. I promise I’m not trying to blind anyone, I’m just trying to see on these dark Vermont roads.

The good thing is, once US regulators get their act together, Matrix lighting will be a life saver

I'm doing that because I know the street I'm looking for is coming up, but some dickhead always steals the sign and it's not a well-marked road so I don't wanna shoot past it cause the next turn around is like, 200 feet away. Why don't they just name it something other than "Weed Ave" ffs?

Get them adjusted down and turn off the auto before you drive somebody off the road

There’s an epidemic of people leaving their high beams on these past couple years for sure.

Oh wow. So if you live in one of the villages, your tax bill would be a higher percentage of your house's worth than if you just lived within the town?

You don’t call a mens league hockey club pretentious because they don’t allow people who don’t know how to skate...same deal with yacht clubs

Lifting or leveling the front end with spacers causes the headlight angle to be much higher than intended. Jeeps are the worst.

My personal policy is if I can see someone else’s lights then I’m switching to low beams. I rarely find myself in a situation like you describe, a straight stretch of road with a couple hundred yards between the vehicle in front of me.

You need to adjust your headlights so they point lower. High-riding pickups are the exception, not the rule.

Jesus H. Christ do I agree. Trying to drive home in this mess tonight and every other car had super bright LEDs not even remotely focused on the road.

Housings designed for halogens with a refractor design can still be ok with LED bulbs, especially if they're retrofit with the new ultrathin type LED bulbs so they can produce a sharp cutoff. Reflector housings should never be used with LED, or HID, bulbs though. That combination is the absolute worst.

Almost as if the housing was designed for a specific lightbulb.

They are separate taxes. Say, for instance, the Town of Rockingham's tax rate is $1.50 and the Village of Bellows Falls' tax rate is $1, then a homeowner in Bellows Falls would pay $1.50 for every $1000 their home is valued at for taxes to the Town of Rockingham, and then an additional $1 for every $1000 their home is valued at to the Village of Bellows Falls. A homeowner in Rockingham but outside of Bellows Falls or Saxton's River only pays the $1.50 per $1000 tax rate.

https://dmv.vermont.gov/enforcement-and-safety/inspection-information/vehicle-equipment-advisory

I understand the crap ppl get for led lights but stupid yes... Tho not illegal in vt... Just thought I'd mention... Some do need them tho to see in high animal crossing areas... Like most of rural vt... But def not in city like areas

Depends on where you live and whether there’s a modern survey. My deed is described as ‘approximately 2 acres where Mr and Mrs Smith have their primary residence along River Rd.’ The polygons on file with the town, and thus, the state, are approximations. My deed implies 130’ of road frontage, but the town records imply 230’. Somewhere between that difference lies half of my barn. With my neighbors, we have gentlemen’s agreements on where property lines probably are. And because everyone is nice, no one has a problem.

I’ve researched the deed back to the 1930s. If I hired a surveyor they would likely need to research the deed to its inception (early 1800s or whatever records still exist), along with all the surrounding plots and various subdivisions before establishing boundaries. Even then, it might require legal agreements with the neighbors to address any ambiguities.

So yes, if the town records suddenly become inaccessible there’s no way for me to legally hire someone to establish my boundaries. If I were to try to sell my home and the buyer gets spooked by the lack of a survey, I’ll be out of luck. If I get a ride litigious neighbor, that’s not something that could be easily resolved.

Vermont is an old state with unique challenges. Losing access to land records is a pretty big deal in some parts where 20th century modernization was overlooked.