Using high beams on a divided highway?

I remember from my driver test manual as a teenager, you are supposed to use high beams at night over 35 mph except within a minimum 500 ft of traffic ahead of you.

This enables you to see road hazards in the dark like a piece of brake drum lying in the road.

Back when I started it was a pleasure to drive at night. Little traffic and most motorists actually had mechanics who aimed their headlights as part of an inspection/tuneup.

Today every minute some new jackwagon comes over the grade with high beams, coon-hunter headlights or the pick up with the heavy trailer who's lights are shining at Jupiter AND they have those bright bumper lights on.



Just reaching out and touching them with my 100W spot melts away my frustration and anger.

 

This enables you to see road hazards in the dark like a piece of brake drum lying in the road. I catch your drift on road hazards. Don't mind me I'm just an old crusty driver ready to retire in a few years. I should of listened to mom and been a denist

 

Since we are talking about courtesy and following the rules in the manual....if you say you have been preaching following the rules then say if so and so doesn't turn down their high beams I melt their eyes with my billion candlepower searchlight.....well you are wrong and need to go reread your manual too =o)

As per the manual if oncoming traffic headlights are blinding you, you are to look off to the side of the road at the white line or burm if no white line is present. This method works and in the mountains of PA I use it often. Blinding the other driver just leaves you both blind and won't you feel like the moron if he drifts into your lane resulting in an accident YOU caused.

 

Then you would've been a crusty old dentist by now-lol

 

Assuming HP means Highway Patrol, I find this hard to believe.

 

Wonder where this mystical place is . . . . .

 

Was not to long ago that a (fhp) florida highway patrol stop me for this and said next time it will be a ticket. So i guess it is not ok to run high beams on a divided highway with traffic coming at you

 

Probably said to excuse the HP driving around with their high beams on all the time. Spotlight too. I had one with all his lights on high with the spotlight on me swerving back and forth on the highway 2 feet from my bumper at 70mph one night. I finally swerved away from him and he pulled me over, Claimed that since my license plate light was out, he couldn't see my highly reflective license plate. Yes, from 2 feet away with his high beams and spotlight on.

 

Anyone that does not dim their brights when approaching another vehicle, or following another vehicle within 500 feet, is rude, crude and disrespectful.

I hope you end up with a bad case of hemoroids!

 

Yes, dim your lights for oncoming traffic on divided highway, unless there's trees in the middle totally blocking view from one side to the other. I-64 in VA from I-81 to Norfolk, with the exception of the Richmond area, is nice because the trees in the middle enable the use of high beams. The downside to that is it gives too many places for cops to hide.
Think about it. When you're on a divided highway, and someone coming at you has his high-beams on, and it's hurting YOUR eyes, you shouldn't have yours on either. It's the same if there's tail lights less than half a mile ahead of you. There's mirrors in them things.