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Upon sensing a vehicle with high
beams on in your proximity, the
device aims a mirror mounted in
the front and/or rear to reflect
the offending photons back into
the offending drivers face.
Update 08/03/01: I've tested
this twice by manually
reorienting my rear-view mirror.
In both cases
the driver took
the hint and dimmed their lights!
Enhanced Brake Lights 2
http://www.halfbake...0Brake_20Lights_202
What Steve remembers. bristolz and I think alike. [centauri, Jul 27 2001, last modified Oct 05 2004]
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...or just stick a mirror on the front of your car so their lights get reflected back whatever - only it hurts if they've still got their headlights set on 'blind'. |
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Weren't you going back to bed? |
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I guess you could stick a camera out the front of the car, and watch on a screen inside the car. You could have multiple angles, including blindspots.
Anyway, the point is, the screen wouldnt blind you - it would adjust to optimum brightness/contrast.
Perhaps a tad expensive though! |
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The problem with the corner cube array is that it will reflect the offending light back, well, exactly to the offending headlights, not to the driver wielding the headlights, who may not even notice. Beyond that, the corner cube array generally has a working distance (usually only a few feet) that would hamper its vengeful utility. |
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[bristolz] has it. I want the
other driver to feel my pain. |
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How about an automatic headlight orientation and intensity control system? An array of photo-sensors on the car detect the light intensity and orientation from the oncoming headlights, and once a pre-defined annoyance threshold has been met, they dynamically adjust your headlights in orientation and intensity to match theirs. |
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Passenger with a hand held mirror does wonders. |
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Hand-held spotlights work pretty good I'm told... |
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If a driver isn't capable of noticing that his/her headlights are on full beam, then he/she shouldn't be driving. |
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A pair of air-horns and a front-facing strobe light on the dashboard work well for me. |
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[thumbwax] One doesn't always
have a passenger. |
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[Mayfly] I agree, but Phoenix's
Official Driving Competency
Test hasn't been approved by
all municipalities (yet).
Until it is, we have to put up
with idiots. |
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[waugsqueke] The offending
drivers are not always
approaching from the front and
I haven't gotten around to
mounting a pair on the rear of
my car... |
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No offense, but if you are being blinded by the oncomming lights is it really a um bright idea (pun intended) to blind the other driver as well? Personally I like Edmund Land's (found of polaroid) idea of polarizing the windsheilds and the headlights so that glare isn't a problem. But..on to your idea: |
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I think it would be easier to set up a sensor which detects that the intensity of the light is too high and simply flashed your lights briefly at the offending car. Wouldn't that be simpler than targting a mirror? As for drivers from the rear....auto-dimming mirrors are awesome. They let the other guy see, and prevent him from blinding you |
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[LymanSS] Such a system already exists- it's me. I habitually flash my lights at oncoming vehicles with their head lights on... or no lights at all, they don't always get the hint. |
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