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karnim t1_iymrniz wrote

Reply to comment by NTSTwitch in Check your headlights! by lugo2

The roads around here aren't good enough to rely on the headlight trick I think. So many times I think someone is flashing their lights and they're just going over train tracks, or a pothole, or a bump in the road.

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aubergineeggplant t1_iynqfk8 wrote

Yup. Thinking people are flashing when it’s a pothole or a speed bump gives me constant anxiety about driving at night.

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FourAM t1_iypt7bd wrote

99% of the time, cars have separate bulbs/lenses for high beams. If the flashes look like they’re coming from the same bulb and there are relatively few of them, it’s probably a bump. Usually, when people flash their lights, they do it more than once.

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