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See links below which explain why windscreens are not polarized: https://www.quora.com/Automotive-Eng...elds-polarized https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/...owcolored_and/ | |
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| ![]() I don't think this menace is limited to Indian roads. Why else do we have auto dimming IRVM across all manufacturers, or if not auto dimming at least the flip switch to dim the glare on the IRVM If all roads are well lit we should be able to drive with only the parking lights. In fact this was implemented as a rule on MG Road, Bangalore a few years back. Is it still operational? Blore based BHPians can answer |
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| ![]() I am using specs with crizal prescription photochromatic lens and it does work inside the car. Also have a Serengeti polarised+photochromatic sunglass which i have been using since 2010 and that also works inside the car. |
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| ![]() You get clip on filters that you can attach to your sun visor. It helps atleast with high beams in oncoming traffic which is more of a problem than high beams from rear or reflected off your mirrors. A quick flip of the visor and you have your visibility back |
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| ![]() @DwarkeDelhiWala; I think Delhi drivers are the worst offenders, in most matters. If you are reasonably happy that is great. What option do we have; Grin and Bear with it. No point in questioning, esp in the UP part of the NCR? Your welfare may be at risk. |
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| ![]() Hi, Just to get a few things straight. Here is my understanding of lights: 1. There are two things regarding light bulbs - one is their intensity and one is their alignment. Both need to be adjusted according to the proper road conditions. 2. Leaving aside the alignment adjustments, light intensity has 2 settings - low beam and high beam. 3. Low beam is slightly angled downwards towards the road and High Beam is more stronger and is not angled downwards like low beam. I am not specifying any angle here but it is definitely not as angled downwards as low beam. 4. When High Beam is switched on, you have a blue indicator on your instrument cluster (image attached). This should be used only on highways where there is no lighting. Highway does not mean Western/Eastern highway (this is for Mumbai) as they do have some sort of lighting. So within Mumbai, always low beam should be used unless there is pitch darkness. In case another car is coming from the opposite side and is also using high beam, you should switch to low beam and hope that the opposite car reciprocates your action. 5. I have read people using the term dipper in many of their posts - just wanted to know what exactly are you referring to? I though using dipper meant flashing your lights - the thing you do when you are approaching an intersection and want to let other cars know that without using your horn. Just wanted to check if my understanding above is correct? Please let me know if I am wrong anywhere. Last edited by Saanil : 30th August 2016 at 12:25. |
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BHPian Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Howrah, WB
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You are right in all points. For 5. The term DIPPER is used generally to mean the switch used to go to the LOW BEAM or DIPPED BEAM. The low beam is also called the dipped beam for obvious reasons, as it points downwards. So 'using the dipper' is going to the low beam from high when being approached by another vehicle. The 'dipper switch' was also used to flash your headlights by rapidly changing between HIGH and LOW before flasher switches came into being ! | |
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Infractions: 0/1 (5) | ![]() I was hounded by these highbeamers in to perilous situation many times and met with an accident once. Now too I drive with 55w low beams only but I have made two changes to my car to counter mad beamers effectively. First Mod - I have fixed 4 Hella 500 FF 55w aux lamps which are detachable and are removed(in 5 mins) during day to benefit engine cooling, avoid theft and cops(thought they are perfectly legal). I keep them switched on only during the expressway runs only. On dual carriageways I flick them on for a fraction of a second when hounded in to doing that by a stubborn 1000+watt beam. Second Mod - I have pasted a 5"X7" path of headlight tint on the windscreen. I have chosen the angle such that when I sit on a 4 inch seat cushion during the night drive, I am able to raise my head and sheild my eyes from insane glares. The shield is 50% opaque and tames the highbeams considerably while allowing me to see reasonably even during that fraction of a second. When I do sit on the seat without the cushion the patch is so higher up m field of vision that it never interferes in day driving. These two have been a real God send. The difference they make is so 'glaring' that I squirm at driving any other car, not even my Dad's Ameo when he offered to switch. Last edited by COMMUTER : 14th June 2018 at 14:24. |
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![]() Another point I want to highlight is that I have had this patch on for the past 15000kms(95% night drives) and have felt no disadvantage at all. :thumbup: | |
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| ![]() OK, point noted. I too face this menace on Mumbai's roads, though more from the rear view mirrors, since almost all roads here are one way and there's not much scope of being blinded by oncoming vehicles. My solution, which does work, is to use polarising lenses clipped on to my normal spectacles. I have a brown one for sunny days and a yellow one for night driving. Do check out the issue of using a 4" cushion on the seat though. Cheers |
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| ![]() Traffic advisory against the use of high beam light. Quote:
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Is this something similar to "Yellow strip on headlight" rule in Gujarat? | ||
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In any case, a step in the right direction. At least a few cops, scattered far and wide, like in Pune (for wrong side driving) and in this case, Srinagar, are taking the onus on themselves to at least rid the roads of some morons. ![]() Quote:
The yellow strip rule in Gujarat is unique indeed. Cops still catch you if your car is from outside the state and are unaware of this rule, and also that this rule doesn't exist any more. In any case, I wonder how blackening the upper half will affect a projector or an LED set up, considering many cars and bikes come with factory fitted projectors, some even for high beams. Imagine a spanking new 7 series or an Audi A6 with blackened headlights. ![]() Last edited by SCORPION : 17th September 2018 at 11:50. | ||
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