closerocks t1_jdd4tul wrote
Reply to comment by BsFan in You don't need to use your high beams when driving anywhere inside 128, and very, very few places inside 495 by [deleted]
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.
FIFAFanboy2023 t1_jddsxqm wrote
Most def. To me anything North of 90/Rt 9 on 495 is very dark.
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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