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BsFan t1_jdcf1wa wrote

There are tons of dark, windy, rural roads within 495. More important thing is to shut your high beams off when you see another car coming.

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Nebuli2 t1_jdd4e7u wrote

So many drivers around here also don't seem to realize that having your high beams on while behind another car is also bad. Do they not get that the high beams are reflected in the other driver's mirrors?

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stebuu t1_jdcssrk wrote

I was just going to say that the 495 loop has a fair amount of pretty rural areas. Lots of farms too.

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closerocks t1_jdd4tul wrote

Yeah I was going to point out that the OP was probably a city person. There are lots of dark roads inside of 495 especially at 2 AM.

For the longest time, I never used high beams except in very low traffic situations because I forget that thereon. That faint blue indicator isn't really helpful. My current car has auto high beams which so far has never failed to shut off when there's a hint of a car in front of me.

If I have this feature in a 2017 Chevy, most modern cars probably have as well but I bet the operators of said vehicles don't know how to use these features.

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FIFAFanboy2023 t1_jddsxqm wrote

Most def. To me anything North of 90/Rt 9 on 495 is very dark.

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closerocks t1_jdh4ahj wrote

understandable but no.... :-)

https://darksitefinder.com/maps/world.html#9/42.4539/-71.6657

we need to turn off/down/shield nighttime lighting. In the context of high beams, it's like stationary high beams that will never turn off.

Broken record time: excessive nighttime lighting has done serious damage to core wildlife i.e Nocturnal animals and insects. There are also some strong indicators that excessive nighttime lighting affects human health and mental well-being.

It's not hard to control. Ideally, people would use Using dark-sky friendly lighting fixtures and motion-activated lighting. But quite frankly, it as simple as pointing light fixtures down and using lower-wattage, lower-color temperature bulbs.

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DARfuckinROCKS t1_jdctc0i wrote

I think what op means is major highways but shit even rt 1 can be dark as fuck after midnight.

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BsFan t1_jddll1t wrote

If no one is around or coming the other direction at night on 495 my beams are on. Tons of deer and it's crazy dark

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wetwater t1_jde4jzh wrote

Had a deer jump out at the 495/290 interchange one night. I might not have seen it if I didn't have my high beams on.

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