Please, I Am Begging You: Turn Off Your High Beams!
Would you please turn off your high beams before I go totally blind?!
Hey champ. I gotta ask you a major favor for a second. Maybe it’s not a giant favor but it’s something that almost constantly gets under my skin when I’m behind the wheel of my sled driving to work in the dark. Ready? OK, here goes: Please, for the love of everything in life that is half-way decent: If it’s a clear night: Turn Off Your High Beams!
Listen, I hear you. If you need your high beams when you’re driving, you need them. If it’s pouring rain, or blinding snow, I get it. Beam me up, Scotty. But you can’t be that blind that you need your high beams on when there’s other cars around you on the road on a perfectly clear night… can you? Turn off your high beams already!
If you’re the only one on the Garden State Parkway or Route 195… go ahead, keep those high beams blasting away. But as soon as you’re near other human drivers, you know what those high beams do, right? They blind each and every other driver on the road.
And I’m not just talking about blinding the people driving in the on coming traffic.
If you don’t turn off your high beams you’re blinding the people driving the same direction as you are. They’re all blinded by your freakishly bright head lights when you come up behind them.
Sure, many cars have a rear view mirror that flips down so the million-watt bulbs you have installed on your car don’t permanently mark their retinas. But, the side mirrors don’t have that nifty ability.
One glance to the side mirror and I’ve suddenly gone temporarily blind; you’ve turned me into Hellen Keller behind the wheel.
While I’m on the topic of turn off your high beams: let me tell you what you can do with your fog lights if you use them on a perfectly clear night. You can quite literally stuff them in a place that is very, very dark. Using fog lights when there isn’t any fog is the New Jersey drivers way to tell you that, “Hey, I’m a jagoff of the ultimate variety!” Stop it already. You’re blinding everyone on the road, you inconsiderate piece of garbage.
5 New Car Features People Struggle With The Most
Nowadays, it seems like car manufactures and designers are putting more and more features in new cars. Sometimes, it’s to make the car sleeker in appearance or give the car or give the driver more benefits with their vehicle. Many drivers can become intimidated or overwhelmed by the technology of cars. From cruise control and assisted parking to Bluetooth connection and more.
In a poll by SWNSDigital.com, they found the top new car features people struggle with the most. They gathered their data by polling 500 car owners with vehicles less than two years old. The results showed 20 pieces of technology in a car that “baffle modern car owners.”
According to the poll, 68 percent of the “struggle to get to grips with everything.” While 40 percent don’t believe they’re using their car to its full potential. Also found in the research, is that it took about six months for 55 percent to discover their car came with certain features.
Dr Martha Newson, cognitive psychologist who facilitated the consumer study said they proved that over half of drivers are missing out on the full experience of their vehicle. “With any car purchase being one of life’s bigger spends, drivers should take more time understanding the tech available at their fingertips, so they don’t miss out on safer, more comfortable and more pleasurable experiences, every time they get in the car,” said Newson.
The feature that most people feel that they aren’t using happens to be cruise control. It’s been around for quite some time. Surprisingly, at the bottom of the list is blind-spot alert, massage seats, and 360-degree cameras. Some may find features like a heated steering wheel, remote engine start, and climate control easy.
You can view the full list here.
Here are 5 new car features people struggle with the most.
When Carl is not working at the greatest rock radio station known to mankind; a station known around the globe; a station that has the best music, co-workers, advertisers and most importantly THE BEST F'N LISTENERS you may find me doing any one of the following: Riding or making mountain bike trails. playing with his kids. playing sand volleyball on 5th Ave, cooking amazing food, including on his sweet smoker grill, going to concerts, swimming in the ocean, going to amusement parks with his kids, and other stuff that rocks!
