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Re: Using brights on the interstate?
« Reply #25 on: July 19, 2014, 12:43:04 PM »
I hate when oncoming cars think my normal lights are my brights and flash me and are all probably telling their passengers "look at this jerk not turning his brights off"....so now I'm known as a jerk in that whole car for doing nothing wrong.  Really bums me out.

When this happens to me I flip on the brights :don'tcare:

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Re: Using brights on the interstate?
« Reply #26 on: July 19, 2014, 02:53:26 PM »
if there's no other traffic you'd be blinding you can, just like any other road.
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Re: Using brights on the interstate?
« Reply #27 on: July 19, 2014, 03:19:01 PM »
Well, I see you're still upset that I ruined your relationship with j-dub by pointing out your glaring crush on Tobias.

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Re: Using brights on the interstate?
« Reply #28 on: July 19, 2014, 04:42:13 PM »
Is this really thread worthy?

Isn't this just basic knowledge to turn them off when oncoming is near and when people in front of you get close?

Take your attitude out of my thread, bub.
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Re: Using brights on the interstate?
« Reply #29 on: July 19, 2014, 08:22:11 PM »
Never use on interstate

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basically this unless it's just you and you happen to be between manhattan and topeka where it gets super dark

What?
how is that at all confusing?

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Re: Using brights on the interstate?
« Reply #30 on: July 20, 2014, 03:52:49 PM »
I hate when oncoming cars think my normal lights are my brights and flash me and are all probably telling their passengers "look at this jerk not turning his brights off"....so now I'm known as a jerk in that whole car for doing nothing wrong.  Really bums me out.

flash yours right back. now he's the jackass.
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Re: Using brights on the interstate?
« Reply #31 on: July 21, 2014, 06:03:32 AM »
Seems white midwesternery. Seems :lol: to think about driving in an interstate anywhere on the east coast at any time and being the only car around.




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Re: Using brights on the interstate?
« Reply #32 on: July 21, 2014, 07:26:03 AM »
depends on how dark it is
depends on how busy it is
depends on how hilly it is
depends on how wide the median is
depends on how many deer I want slamming into my car

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Re: Using brights on the interstate?
« Reply #33 on: July 21, 2014, 07:58:23 AM »
Id say anytime after midnight 11PM youre good to use them and turn em off when approaching cars.

if you pass a car that doesnt have their lights on, on a two lane road, especially in Kansas, do NOT flick your lights on at them telling them they're off...youre dead.

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Re: Using brights on the interstate?
« Reply #34 on: July 21, 2014, 08:32:19 AM »
If there is a big median separating the traffic, it doesn't really matter if you have your brights on or not. Nobody 300 ft to your left is going to be bothered by it.

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Re: Using brights on the interstate?
« Reply #35 on: July 21, 2014, 08:37:35 AM »
When I go back to KS it's like I have to learn how to use my bright lights all over again because I never use them anytime else.

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Re: Using brights on the interstate?
« Reply #36 on: July 21, 2014, 08:52:58 AM »
I hate when oncoming cars think my normal lights are my brights and flash me and are all probably telling their passengers "look at this jerk not turning his brights off"....so now I'm known as a jerk in that whole car for doing nothing wrong.  Really bums me out.

Good point. I also hate people who own cars where the normal headlights are so friggin' bright that they look like brights. It's actually worse because they can't be turned off. You don't need the equivalent of two small suns emanating from the front of your car to see, dipshits.
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Re: Using brights on the interstate?
« Reply #37 on: July 21, 2014, 08:55:46 AM »
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Re: Using brights on the interstate?
« Reply #38 on: July 21, 2014, 09:07:04 AM »
Never use on interstate

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basically this unless it's just you and you happen to be between manhattan and topeka where it gets super dark

What?
how is that at all confusing?

i think it was because you made it seem like it gets darker between MHK and Topeka for some reason.
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Re: Using brights on the interstate?
« Reply #39 on: July 21, 2014, 07:07:32 PM »
i've driven between manhattan and topeka at all hours of the day/night probably approaching a thousand times.  there is two gas stations, a rest area and a weigh station, all illuminated.  on top of that, i don't think i've ever gone more than a mile without a car in either direction.  if i have, i certainly didn't put my brights on for that short amount of time.

anyway, i noticed this weekend that the only time i use my brights is on dirt country roads, and then flash them off when i approach a house.
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Re: Using brights on the interstate?
« Reply #40 on: July 21, 2014, 07:10:09 PM »
Never use on interstate

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basically this unless it's just you and you happen to be between manhattan and topeka where it gets super dark

What?
how is that at all confusing?

i think it was because you made it seem like it gets darker between MHK and Topeka for some reason.

at first i thought it was a racist joke or something, but west of topeka is definitely not the "black" section of town.
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Re: Using brights on the interstate?
« Reply #41 on: July 21, 2014, 08:03:58 PM »
Sorry I'll never post about headlights on the interstate without all knowing i70 expert sevens permission first

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Re: Using brights on the interstate?
« Reply #42 on: July 21, 2014, 08:10:55 PM »
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Re: Using brights on the interstate?
« Reply #43 on: July 21, 2014, 08:19:14 PM »
Still trying to figure out how any of that was remotely racist but whatever

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Re: Using brights on the interstate?
« Reply #44 on: July 21, 2014, 08:24:01 PM »
Still trying to figure out how any of that was remotely racist but whatever

it wasn't
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Re: Using brights on the interstate?
« Reply #45 on: July 25, 2014, 03:59:08 PM »
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Re: Using brights on the interstate?
« Reply #46 on: July 25, 2014, 04:00:20 PM »
Mine dim Automatically. :dunno: #fanningbrag

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Re: Using brights on the interstate?
« Reply #47 on: July 25, 2014, 04:52:07 PM »
Mine dim Automatically. :dunno: #fanningbrag

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Re: Using brights on the interstate?
« Reply #48 on: July 25, 2014, 05:10:46 PM »
Mine dim Automatically. :dunno: #fanningbrag

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Re: Using brights on the interstate?
« Reply #49 on: July 25, 2014, 07:01:47 PM »
Mine dim Automatically. :dunno: #fanningbrag

What kind of spaceship from the future are you rolling in?
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