# Ahoy! Ahoy, ya fucking lighthouse on wheels! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 12, 2006, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahoy-ahoy-ya-fucking-lighthouse-on-wheels/347999 "2006-03-12T02:14:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Praetor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@Praetor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Praetor)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahoy-ahoy-ya-fucking-lighthouse-on-wheels/347999/21 "2006-03-14T16:26:08Z")
I must say that I hate when an SUVs lights shine into my eyes or when someone has their brights on. In my old car, I had to pull the turn-signal lever towards me and release it to turn on my brights, but in my new car I have to push the turn-signal lever towards the dash (and it stays there). Unfortunately, the resistance is not high enough and I’ll often find that I’ve accidentally activated my brights simply by using my turn signals. ---
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahoy-ahoy-ya-fucking-lighthouse-on-wheels/347999/22 "2006-03-14T20:13:51Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > What is this ‘bright’? Is it the same as beam (vs dipped)? Or do you have beam and bright? And in the U.K., blue lights are the preserve of the emergency services. You can get done for having a blue light in your cab - fortunately the police are sensible about this, but if they need an excuse… The bulbs what they’re talking about are quite common in Britain, too. They’re just regular lights but they seem to have a blue tint. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahoy-ahoy-ya-fucking-lighthouse-on-wheels/347999/23 "2006-03-14T21:06:41Z")
[Dangerous, illegal, blue headlight bulbs](http://www.danielsternlighting.com/tech/bulbs/blue/bad/bad.html) (although Daniel Stern may not be exactly impartial on the topic). ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahoy-ahoy-ya-fucking-lighthouse-on-wheels/347999/24 "2006-03-15T00:31:07Z")
The streetlights in the city of Long Beach are amber for better visibility in fog. I never use my brights in the city, ever. What morons think that scaring squirrels out of the trees is useful in town? Unfortunately, the height of my vehicle means that even my regular lights can go right into the back windows of some cars… One of my cars has a novel solution- the rearview mirror automatically dims when someone behind me has their brights on. Now if they could just do that for the side mirrors… ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahoy-ahoy-ya-fucking-lighthouse-on-wheels/347999/25 "2006-03-15T01:18:07Z")
Ah, yes, preach it – hitting the low-beams, another one of those forgotten skills. Look, _compadre_, if you do not drive at a reasonable speed and paying attention to the road ahead, the extra few yards the hi-beam buys you ain’t gonna make that much of a difference. Specially if you’re already following me too close to avoid hitting me if **I** hit something. (of course, I’ve also run across the opposite extreme: the guy who does _not_ turn on the headlamps in rain; or who took off from a well-lit part of the street so he did not turn them on) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahoy-ahoy-ya-fucking-lighthouse-on-wheels/347999.md?page=1)