There was lot of discussions about the high beam lights in cars, buses and other vehicles. Why this topic is stopped. The police department is not taking this into consideration.Even the people are careless about the high beam lights. Even within the city they use high beams.I dont know what is the use of it. Is it to show off or what. The traffic police dont even bother to check it. They are only concerned about checking the licenses and finding loopholes on how to issue a challan to the driver.
Its really a worst feeling you get when you get an car or other vehicles from opposite direction with high beam lights. 
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High Beams - Needed for Safety
Hi All,
I once rammed my car into a divider on hosur road that seemed to spring up without any reflector or other cautionary sign whilst trying to be polite to motorists proceeding in the opposite lanes (just past Prestige Elgin /Langford road). I was overtaking a slow moving truck which wud'nt budge from the middle of the two lanes & thus had to move a little to the right of the yellow line. If I had hi-beam on, this could have been easily avoided. Since then, I have become very cautious & use hi-beam whenever there is'nt any traffic in the opposite direction, & dip only when I see other vehicles approaching.
Yes I agree that high beams
Yes I agree that high beams are very much necessary when we are driving in highways but I see people with high beams even when the road is properly lit. It causes problem not only to car driver but also to two wheleers. Is there any way that we can bring this issue to Police dept.
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Pradeep
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Reason for using high beam lights
Of course it pisses me off to see all vehicles using high beams in Bangalore. Especially cars and trucks. However there is a reason for this behavior
Most of the roads in Bangalore do not have reflectors or line markers painted with reflective material. There are several bumps/speed breakers which do not have any markings. So these are hard to identify with low beam.
I heard that the reflectors planted on the roads are stolen, but at least BBMP can paint the line markers with reflective paint.This will provide enough visibility at night with low beams.
Interesting but...
Bad lighting in Bangalore
I think the very basic reason for people using lot of high beams is the poor lighting on the roads. Whenever I go to other cities and come back to Bangalore, especially at nights I feel this town is darker compared.. When I drive in other cities, I dont find a need to use high beams at all, except for very few occasions. But here, I tend to use a lot of dipping and sometimes continuous high beam..
For that matter, I remember once I was driving in Hyderabad at night with my shades (goggles) on and never felt a difference ;) I just cant imagine it here :(
I always wonder why money is
Solar lights
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extra lights?
@Shastri, There are recent
@Shastri,
There are recent technological innovations which arrange about 1000 White/Yellow LED's in a Grid(equivalent to 200-400W of Incandescent light, almost 6000 Lumens), which can run non-stop for 12hrs with Auto shut-off feature.
The LED's have a life-span of approx 20years, without the gradual fading problem of Sodium vapour lamps; The system has 2 X12V batteries.
Although these specs are from a foreign vendor, they can be very easily built in India for about 8000-10,000 Rs a piece depending on order quantity.
If you add up the costs of wiring, maintenance of bulbs by sub-contractors, miscellaneous costs and last but definetly not the least - Electricity costs, this one time investment is hugely justified and is the way to go for Bengalooru. Imagine a system that can work almost flawlessly for say 5 years without issues, atleast on paper.
I stand corrected
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