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I've noticed an uptick in people that drive with their high beams on over the last 5+ years
Likely just the increasing brightness of the bulbs. Lots of times I will assume someone has high beams on only to see them flick even brighter once I go past them.
I've thought about that, but it's not too hard to tell when the light cluster has both on at the same time (not the fog lights)
I've seen dozens of different light cluster designs, I don't think you can visually tell unless you're familiar with the car in question and they haven't gotten aftermarket lights.
Generally they're all within the main light cluster. Fog lights are towards the bottom. It's much more apparent on older cars than newer ones I will admit.
The high beams are also closer to the center on basically all extant cars. Some older models have dual filament single sockets but these seem to be steadily going away, with the notable exception of Jeep Wranglers.
Sounds about right to me
Both of my cars turn on high beams automatically on dark roads when they can't see other vehicles
The not as good at it as me though, the cars don't see the headlights of an oncoming car illuminating the side of the road, they need to see the headlight directly
Mine does that too, but I have to switch it on first, it's pretty quick and switching between the modes