• mech@feddit.org
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    2 hours ago

    back then, windshields had no anti-reflective coating and headlights were a lot dimmer. You couldn’t see shit outside the car with a light on inside.

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      1 hour ago

      Bullshit. I have owned many cars from the early 60s and 70s and there was never an issue with the light being on.

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    2 hours ago

    Damnit… it’s come full circle. Now I’m the dad, and saying the same thing to my 3yo when he turns the light on as he gets in his car seat.

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      I get it. as someone with superb night vision, any amount of light that offsets my ISO can be blinding.

      I can’t even drive in cities after dark because it’s too difficult to see and everything is just washed out lights.

      put me on a dark rural road without lights and a quarter moon and I can drive without headlights (true story).

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      5 hours ago

      You’re god damn right.

      Sorry… I mean… as a dad who did some driving with younger kids at night with their stuff with the backlights. You have to understand that you’ve just blinded me to everything, and it’s also very distracting. But to be fair, it wasn’t just the kids. My wife would do the same damn thing with her laptop, and that was a far bigger light. And a far more delicate method of approaching.

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        1 hour ago

        You have some major night blindness. My gf is the same way and any light in the car blinds her. I can drive with the lights on, tablets and gaming systems going, all no issues. She now only drives at night when I am so tired it’s dangerous, and often we will just pull over on road trips and sleep for a bit

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        2 hours ago

        Slam the brakes full-stop on the highway, reach over, open the door, kick her out, speed away. The adult version of “I will turn this car around”.

        Right? …right?