mrgoosmoos

joined 8 months ago
[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

sounds like she's just lazy. she should try getting a job that pays better.

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 days ago (6 children)

see the good thing is there will probably be an opening in the market for somebody else to open a sawmill

not gonna get into whether or not it should be torn down, but "because they voted differently than you" is very disingenuous. it's because they support fascists. those are not the same thing.

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I just bought a 2012 as my 'new' vehicle because I don't want to deal with any stupid tech issues like that

hell, I don't even like standard traction control - if I press the accelerator, I want the wheels to get power. I've been stuck slowly crossing in the middle of an intersection too many times because ESC 'helped out' and cut power to the wheels. no mf just spin them until they get to the hard surface below the snowslush

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago (4 children)

auto high beams do not work every time.

I am routinely blinded by them when people drive through my neighborhood at night and I'm walking my dog, or when I'm biking to the store. and this is in a neighborhood with street lights where high beams are completely and utterly not required in the first place at 40 km/h.

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

doesn't work well in my experience. now I typically just leave my mirrors all the way out and up when driving at night, so the headlights never hit my eyes from them

I can see everything I need to from the rearview and turning my head. it's not like you can see anything using the side mirrors at night when somebody with LED headlights is behind you anyways, all you see is a giant flare and you can't even tell if it's in your lane or the next lane or how close it is

LED headlights are literally making the roads less safe by decreasing visibility and awareness

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

see the thing is we don't need to put up with either of those situations, neither is acceptable

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago

doesn't matter when lowbeams are just as bright as high beams and aimed at somebody's face, though

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

incorrect. cutoff just means it isn't blinding on flat level ground. which roads and streets are very much not

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

lol it's not just aftermarket or modified stuff dude, look at any new stock Subaru/Toyota/Mazda. blinding

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (25 children)

I want to know how many are related to drivers blinded by LED headlights. I've seen (and been a part of) dozens of near hits in the past few years because of this.

edit: Let me just be very clear about this — if you think that the issue is only aftermarket headlights or modified vehicles, you are mistaken. you can look at pretty much any modern Toyota or Subaru or Mazda or pickup with LED headlights and see that the low beams are just as bright as the high beams, just aimed lower. and that aim lower does not matter when the low beams are shining in somebody's face, which happens often because roads are not level and flat. and you know where this is often the case? intersections. intersections often are raised in the middle, which means the car on the other side is angled slightly upwards, which means their low beam LED headlights are blasting the person on the other side in the face, even with their "but much cutoff is correct excuse".

the simple inexcusable unavoidable fact is that headlights that blind people like this with this frequency are simply bad design and dangerous, and yes they also make the driver an asshole for having that vehicle and treating other people like this. like how would people feel if I just went around blasting them in the face with a flashlight that bright while walking around. they'd be livid. this is literally not any different, you're not special just because you bought a 4,000 lb vehicle that has dangerous features.

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 days ago

I mean I sort of knew what this guy was about but like damn that is a based statement

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 days ago

tourists? what tourists?

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