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whitepawn23 t1_j52pd2l wrote

My lights are just on whenever I drive. Key, lights, go. Why not? Less divided attention while driving which is already a divided attention task.

Seriously though. This is only one tiny piece of the problem with the I5 from Tacoma to Vancouver. That shit has some scary assholes weaving their lane worse than a Wisconsin drunk. Watched one tailgating in the left lane recently, weaving hard over the line, onto the shoulder, and back again.

Or the fuckers who try to pace you as their lead car while they read their phones clutched in both hands on the drivers wheel.

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lavender_tailor t1_j52y1w0 wrote

I took a defensive driver's course some years ago. Something interesting I learned is that even on the most beautiful, sunny day without a cloud in the sky you still can't really see an oncoming car at about 1 to 2 miles out. They showed us a few slides and then a video clip of an oncoming car with and without headlights on, on a very long, very straight stretch of highway. Even from a couple miles out in those pristine conditions, you could just barely see them but with their headlights on you could very easily spot them. Ever since then it's habit for me to always have mine own.

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