>There are very few literal woods inside 495

Uh, you must never leave the city. Inside 495 has tons of farm land and winding wooded dark unlit roads. Hopkinton, Upton, Millis, Mendon, Sudbury, Holliston, Ashland, Wayland, (South) Natick, to name a few. You sound like you have no idea what you're talking about.

Just to give you more context, this is the driver, when I passed him I checked there we’re no passengers in the vehicle. I’m in the left lane driving at Rt 24 speeds this guy has to be going at least 65.

The Atlantic featured an article not too long ago about today's cars and their headlight problem.

IIRC, it's a combination of:

• Brighter, whiter/bluer color tones

• The height of cars/trucks has increased in recent years.

• A large percentage of new cars come with at least one of the sides out of adjustment.

This creates a horrible glare experience for oncoming traffic.

I have a 2022 Highlander. I get people flashing their high beams at me constantly...and I've confirmed the lights are adjusted properly. It's a drag.

Not true inside 128. Belmont, Lexington and Winchester all have some dark winding roads that are safer to travel with high beams. Inside 495 you’re completely wrong.

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The biggest offenders I see are usually cars with Uber or Lyft stickers in the windshield. I asked my driver once why he was driving through Boston city streets with his high beams on and his reply was "It's brighter."

Somebody has never been to Dover before.

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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.

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So many drivers around here also don't seem to realize that having your high beams on while behind another car is also bad. Do they not get that the high beams are reflected in the other driver's mirrors?

High beams are pretty useful in the dark and curvy roads off Rt 2 in Sudbury / concord

I feel like there has to be something seriously wrong for DCF to take the kids. I was a huge piece of shit for many years and had DCF called to my house. I was open, honest and cooperated with my caseworker. Seems like as long as you are willing and can prove you're taking steps to solve the problem DCF will actually help you.

If you haven’t already, contact support and let them know. Same situation for me and after chatting with them, they confirmed their mistake and are going to load it manually to my account

What’s 128?

>There are very very few "literal woods" inside 495 either.

lmao what

495 gets wicked dark, but 290 is even worse.

That's a super small minority that has been shrinking since the 00s. Most headlights aren't aimed high because they're adjusted as part of the yearly inspection.

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I can only speak to my area, but there are many dark/unlit "literal woods" roads in Hopkinton, Ashland, Holliston, Dover, Sherborn, Medfield, Millis, Norfolk, Wrentham & Plainville. All of those are within 495, so I don't know if I'd say "very very few" places.

Yeah, my car’s a 2019 model and I constantly have people flashing at me because they think my brights are on. They’re not. They’re my regular lights, sorry if they’re brighter than normal, but I’m not driving in the dim/dark with no lights because that’s also a problem!

Some people might not even be using their high beams. Headlights have gotten brighter.

Why the fuck aren’t headlights regulated? My eyes are burning.

Yup most german cars have them nowadays. Even the lower end models...

I disagree. Having the extra light, especially on the narrow, tree lined roads in my town is very helpful.