[ryandrake]

There are definitely people who don't care to switch between high and low beams when oncoming traffic appears. I was riding in the passenger seat with an ex-coworker the other night, and I noticed he just kept the high beams on the entire time. After a while I asked him, "Why don't you turn the headlights down when there's oncoming traffic?" He looked at me like I just asked the most ridiculous question and said "What do you mean? The high beams are brighter and make it easier for me to see." I reminded him that high beams blind other drivers and he basically said "Fuck them, I don't care and that's their problem if they don't like it." --that seems to be pretty much America's slogan right now. Fuck everyone else, I'm doing what I want.

[arh68]

Wow. Straight out of King of the Hill.

> Peggy: I don't know why everyone doesn't drive with their high beams on. You see so much better.

[1] http://tviv.org/King_of_the_Hill/The_Peggy_Horror_Picture_Sh...

[rahimnathwani]

Wow.

Since moving to the US and driving here, I've suspected people have this attitude, but this is the first time I've encountered confirmation.

[locopati]

Maybe mention that head on accidents sometimes happen because a driver target fixates on oncoming headlights. I can't imagine that high beams help with that.

[doctor_]

On the way to work today, I made a joke about a full-size truck by mockingly saying "hurr, I drive a big truck to my white collar job to have more mass in an accident because I suck at driving."

My friend (and conveniently coworker) says "by Game Theory he's technically winning."

Then I got more upset because damn it, he's right.