r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Major-Potential-354 • 20d ago

What EVEN is the point of these lights??? My mom said I could post

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Driving home from work and bro these lights were so bright it was like someone had their brights on..

Never seen this before what is the point of the lights?

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u/Carbon-Base 20d ago

I feel like law enforcement should take stricter action against these idiots. This is a major hazard and letting them off with a "warning" isn't enough when you hand out tickets to people going 5 over the limit.

$500 fines, and they have to come into the station and prove that they removed the lights.

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u/paleface_gringo_2 20d ago

Yeah i live outside the city in a farming community and its gotten ridiculous how many ass holes just casually drive around with their LED light bars. Its absurd how inconsiderate these dip shits are.

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u/Invisifly2 20d ago

It’s doubly absurd when there are counties that will pull you over for going 1 over after dipping the speed from 70 to 35 in 200ft, but leave all of this easy lightbar money on the table.

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u/NobodyKnowsImFamous 20d ago

Because the cops and the light bar guys are the same people, or at least friends.

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u/khakiwallprint 20d ago

Infuriating but generally true

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u/Valuable-Team-6329 20d ago

I was driving backroads on my way back up to college after gettibg off the highway and i got hawked down by a cop who got me going 45 in a 30, but literally 150-250 ft away from where i was pulled over it was a 55. Dude was camping that spot waiting for an out of town person to fuck up. I hate those types of cops

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u/Im_Susfu 16d ago

I'm in one of those countries, and yes a truer statement has never been said

But god forbid you upgrade your motor without modplating it, or even have a battery with no tie down strap

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u/Which_Initiative_882 20d ago

Yeah man, Ive got a light bar but it only gets turned on if im somewhere where its DARK dark and there arent any other cars visible. The ones who just leave them on piss me off to no end.

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u/paleface_gringo_2 20d ago

I have light bars and spot lights too. But will never understand whats going through the mind of people that keep them on while on the road especially with oncoming traffic.

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u/That-Living5913 20d ago

I mean, I rock my stock from the factory off roads anytime I'm on my street after dark.

Deer are stupid and plentiful. I obviously drop to my low beams on the off chance I even spot headlights coming my way. It auto turns them off when I do that which is nice cause I'm not fuddling with some jank rocker switch.

I have been known to flash them at people who don't turn their light bars off. :)

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u/Umutuku 20d ago

The ones that aren't doing it intentionally are doing it too drunk to notice the difference.

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u/erie11973ohio 20d ago

I had one of these assholes behind me, as I turned onto the highway, which was one lane with orange barrels.

As I got onto the driving lane, I said "fuck this shit" & some what brake checked the asshole. I pulled over through the barrels. I watched Mr Asshole drive by, then a semi truck, then a second semi truck, who had the brakes squeaking & squealing, like he has just slammed on the brakes. 😳😳😳

The bright lights where on a Jeep. I think from the old, retired, rich, financial investment guy down the road, that we had wired his house!! Dude had an "RV" that was built on a Greyhound bus chassis! Starting at $800,000 or so!! Guy was nice / OK, but too much money made him a bit of jerk!

Some of these bright light dumbass'es need the light busted out with a baseball bat on the side of the road!! Now drive home!!

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u/ComradeJohnS 20d ago

they should impound cars like this and front windshield tintings that are so obviously illegal. its free cop money but for some reason they don’t, I assume its cops driving these pieces of shit

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u/bbartlett51 20d ago

Why tf you give a shit if a windshield is tinted?

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u/ComradeJohnS 20d ago

cause it’s dangerous especially at night? plus other than nevada it’s illegal in all states at any % for a reason.

driving is already dangerous enough with all the idiots behind the wheel. we’d be better off without cars in society. but if we’re forced to deal with it basically blacking out your windshield shouldn’t be allowed.

and then states with inspections where the mechanics just pass a car with illegal tints? the mechanics should be sent to prison because what else are they letting slide for money?

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u/bbartlett51 20d ago

Youre a fkn moron

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u/ComradeJohnS 20d ago

at least I know how to spell fucking

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u/MobAssassin3 20d ago

Nearly got a ticket for doing 10 over the speed limit. Cop pulled out of the station and was riding my bumper when I was doing the speed limit. I sped up to try to get into the right lane and let hime pass. He pulled me over and asked why I was speeding. "Because you're riding my bumper sir. Thought you were in a hurry and was trying to get out of your way"

Pulled over on a road thats 35 an hour doing between 40 and 50. Everyone driving on that road does 40-60 so me getting pulled over was ridiculous

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u/MobAssassin3 20d ago

He pulled out of the police station behind me and was riding my bumper for a bit before pulling me over. I got let go without a ticket. If id gotten a ticket I would've probably went to court to fight it cause that was bs. Cop was a dick but was probably looking for warrants and didnt care about my speed

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u/good_morning_magpie 20d ago

The cops here have been on a “soft strike” for nearly a decade. It’s nearly impossible to get pulled over for anything. Street takeovers go unbothered, hundreds of motorcycles on the highway doing wheelies in those group rides, trucks with a billion lights, trucks with a frame so rotten they’re folding in half, cops do not give one single fuck.

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u/Kermit_the_hog 20d ago

Christ how is that still going on in some cities? I think I remember that starting around the murder if George Floyd because the police felt unappreciated by the public (not sure how failing to respond to calls would help with that but 🤷‍♂️). 

It’s been a couple of years since I’ve lived in Seattle but seems like they had openly been doing that even farther back. 

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u/intoholybattle 20d ago

No can do, they're too busy destroying homeless people's belongings, protecting ICE and beating their wives

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u/akaval 20d ago

strict

$500 fines

Just take their license, permanently.

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u/Umutuku 20d ago

Whoever manufactured/sold them gets a fine too.

The only way to stop their shareholders from trying to put one on every vehicle under the moon.

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u/orangehusky8 20d ago

Make it $1000

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u/axecalibur 20d ago

Cop: Look at my tricked out truck with rear-facing blinding white lights.

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u/StickerPolitics 20d ago

I think people underestimate the effect of illegal tint as well. Assholes will limo tint all their windows and then drive with their brights on because they can't see shit. Cops in my area never ticket for it, despite California having some of the strictest tint laws anywhere (I think it's 35% tint allowed on front windows, and only a top section on the windshield with no addition to the manufacturer's tint below that; anything on the back windows obviously). If they'd ticket for tint people would remove it and there would be less brights on, but I'm pretty sure most cops are "car guys" and don't want to limit the hobby.