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High beam lights in Vehicles...

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. Yell

silkboard's picture

Its not to show off

Actually, most people don't do it on purpose. About a third of drivers don't know or realize that high beam is bothersome to others and that it is illegal to use it unless it is raining or foggy outside. Most of the rest - when faced with high beams from opposite side - find it tough to sight the road ahead, so their response is tit for tat, to put high beam on their vehicle for better vision. Rest, like you and me, are left to complain and wonder how this can be stopped !
Photoyogi's picture

Polarized solution to Dazzling lights

A Friend of mine once told me that he upgraded his car's headlights to some Xenon 110/150W (High beam is 150W!!) now if some one shines light into his eyes he would out-shine him thus getting his bit of MaRyaDe. Standard lights on most cars are 60/80W or in that range. Now there is no limit to this outshining business, is only going to make the situation worse. On the other hand having decent lights is a good idea to see the road (read potholes) ahead. There is a solution to this, Headlights and windscreens are coated with opposite Polaroid film (say H-Polaroid on the lights and K-Polaroid on the windscreen) What this does is, you don't get dazzled by the opposite vehicle but you can see the light from your vehicle bouncing off the opposite vehicle. http://ntlsearch.bts.gov/... http://www.wipo.int/pctdb... So just as seat belts are now standard why not this? -- Praveen Sundaram AkA PhotoYogi

-- PhotoYogi

Naveen's picture

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.

pradeep's picture

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.

Regards,

Pradeep

“An act of charity by the citizens questions the worthiness of the government.” 

pbanavara's picture

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. 

gowda's picture

Interesting but...

is any vehicle manufacturer using this? as a standard or otherwise?
sskb's picture

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 :(

Bengloorappa's picture

I always wonder why money is

I always wonder why money is not being spent on Solar lighting which could be a near-perfect solution as they are self powered and long lasting. The only problem will be the sub-contractor who might siphon off all the quality solar panels to light-up his house instead of the street!
shas3n's picture

Solar lights

I might be wrong here, but as far as I understand, solar lights are not suitable (in terms of cost, maintanance and life) for street ligting. Firstly, the power produced by a resonable sized panel is only a few watts and only for few hours a day. Hence you would be forced to use CFL lamps only. Secondly, the energy has to be stored in batteries during the day to be used during the night. This means there is a huge initial cost as well as a high running cost of replacing the batteries every 3 years or so. Of course, solar lamps are ideal for parks and walkways and they are being used for that purpose. But for streetlights, I do not see anything other than the sodium lamps in near future. -Shastri

-Shastri

navshot's picture

extra lights?

I suggest you try out extra lights (like fog lights) which cover wider area, but low - almost at floor level. I had this issue and figured out that fog lights had a wider coverage in my car. It didn't offend the driver of oncoming vehicle too. Ofcourse, it may not be so in your case.
-- navshot
Bengloorappa's picture

@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.

shas3n's picture

I stand corrected

Thanks for this Bengaloorappa! I totally forgot about LEDs. Yes they are efficient and long lasting and have adequate intensity. I am sure battery issue would have been overcome to a decent level as well. Hope someone does a study and find out if they are really good. If I remember correctly, several traffic signals (I guess there is one at BEL junction) use solar power to power the new generation LED signals. -Shastri

-Shastri

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