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[–] local_taxi_fix@lemmy.world 97 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Me: Surely they left their brights on accidentally flashes my brights to alert them

Them: turns on actual brights blinding me for the next 30 seconds

[–] salvaria@lemmy.blahaj.zone 39 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I did this one time on a dark rural road, and not only did they blast my retinas with the equivalent of ten thousand supernova when they turned on their brights, but they also turned on their flashing blue-and-red lights on top of their car for a second.

oops

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 30 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Dude, police flashers are criminally bright now. I had a cop blow past me a couple weeks ago with his flashers on, and he lit up the road for a 1/4 mile in all directions.

[–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Cop pulled the guy right behind me over 2 weeks ago. It was cloudy and had rained like an hour before so there was a little water on the ground, early morning (730ish)

It blinded me a little off of the reflections in the water. Why are they that bright

[–] atomicorange@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Because they only care about protecting cop lives. If it reduces the chance of them being hit by a car 1%, but increases the chance of a blinded driver causing an accident that hurts someone else by 50%, that’s a tradeoff they’re willing to make.

[–] n0clue@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Okay but I literally can't see, they've significantly increased the chances of me plowing into them.