[Zak]

I have a family member in Sedona, AZ. There are no street lights there except for a single state highway, and private always-on outdoor lighting is legally restricted to being low, dim, and shaded.

It's pleasant, and I find driving at night there easier because headlights provide more contrast when not everything is illuminated.

[wcarron]

I'm just up the road in Flagstaff and the dark skies are absolutely one of my favorite parts of living here. Darkness is an underrated addition to quality of life.

[vkou]

Whereas I find nothing pleasant about my night-time drives through the suburbs of Bellevue. I spend the entire drive paranoid that someone's going to cross the street, and that I won't even see them until they are right in front of me.

Rain, darkness, tree cover, incredibly bright oncoming headlights, poor street lighting, and enough-of-a-walking-culture-that-people-might-be-walking-at-night is a great combination.

[LeifCarrotson]

So slow down until you can safely stop when an obstruction appears at the limits of your low beams.

The speed limit is a maximum speed allowed for driving in clear weather in the daytime, not a minimum for driving in rain in the dark.

[a1pulley]

I came here to say the same as the sibling comment. Why not slow down? That is what happens in my city: residents drive slowly because they don't want to hit a neighbor.

[vkou]

When I slow down driving through trickier areas in Seattle in that situation, most other drivers understand why I'm doing that.

I do that in the suburbs, and everyone loses their shit.

[stephencanon]

That’s a them problem, though, not yours to worry about.