Headlights (Oncoming Traffic High Beaming)

[quantumgt]

I picked up a 2022 Air GT Demo a few months ago. Great car with similar highs and thankfully not as many lows as some forum members.

I've noticed that oncoming traffic on side roads tend to 'highbeam-check" me regularly. Frankly, I love the headlights and their positioning as it illuminates better than any previous car I've owned.

Do others seem to get the same response from oncoming traffic or should I be worried my headlights are pointed too high and the highbeam-checks are justified?

Apologies in advance if this has been covered already. I've come across the opposite issue for drivers while searching the forms, but not this specifically.

 

[kurious]

I routinely travel rural areas here in the Northwest and BC Canada.
There's only one place where I've had three different drivers flick their brights to alert/scold me.
Many other places no one flashes brights at all. (Mine are never on inappropriately.)
I attribute it to the novelty of such a narrow headlight -- the other drivers are mistaking the unusual shape for a running light, concerned my headlights are off.
I can see for sure the "cutoff" line is below the oncoming drivers' eyes on level pavement so not mis-aimed.
95% of time it is not an issue.

 

[Amster]

The lights on this are just so bright compared to any car I've driven, even without the high beams, that some other drivers probably get upset. When I drive my other car at night now, I feel like I can barely see the road.

 

[BS8899]

I picked up a 2022 Air GT Demo a few months ago. Great car with similar highs and thankfully not as many lows as some forum members.

I've noticed that oncoming traffic on side roads tend to 'highbeam-check" me regularly. Frankly, I love the headlights and their positioning as it illuminates better than any previous car I've owned.

Do others seem to get the same response from oncoming traffic or should I be worried my headlights are pointed too high and the highbeam-checks are justified?

Apologies in advance if this has been covered already. I've come across the opposite issue for drivers while searching the forms, but not this specifically.

When driving in Rural Areas, I'd rather have a bright headlight that let me see the road and not fall off a cliff. When opposing traffic flash me, I don't get annoyed, I just drop the beam. After they pass, I will resume my high beam. I think that's the proper and safe way for all.

That said, I wouldn't' drive with my high beam on in well-lit city streets. In those situations, my high beam is an intrusion.

 

[Leftlane]

I *think* he’s saying that even with his normal headlights, not brights, he is getting flashed as if his high beams are on. I replaced my headlights on my Cayenne with the new style LED lights and I get flashed constantly because they are so bright - I never even need my brights. Maybe have them check alignment next time you have service.

 

[BS8899]

I *think* he’s saying that even with his normal headlights, not brights, he is getting flashed as if his high beams are on. I replaced my headlights on my Cayenne with the new style LED lights and I get flashed constantly because they are so bright - I never even need my brights. Maybe have them check alignment next time you have service.

You are probably correct.

Some years ago, I equipped my Ford 250/4X4 with extra bright headlights. I drove from Phoenix to Denver in the dead of winter. It was necessary! My eyesight is not the greatest. I need to be able to see. That said, I am very diligent in dropping my beam to avoid blinding the on-coming traffic. In older vehicles, I know how to adjust that. I am not sure how to do that on a Lucid.

 

[quantumgt]

I *think* he’s saying that even with his normal headlights, not brights, he is getting flashed as if his high beams are on. I replaced my headlights on my Cayenne with the new style LED lights and I get flashed constantly because they are so bright - I never even need my brights. Maybe have them check alignment next time you have service.

You are correct. I'm referring to driving with normal headlights. When I'm facing the garage or a wall, it doesn't seem excessively high. Hoping I'm not at the service center any time soon, but will ask them to double check if it needs other work in the future.

 

[Amster]

I *think* he’s saying that even with his normal headlights, not brights, he is getting flashed as if his high beams are on. I replaced my headlights on my Cayenne with the new style LED lights and I get flashed constantly because they are so bright - I never even need my brights. Maybe have them check alignment next time you have service.

I think that is what the OP is saying too. I've never even had the high beams on because the regular lights are so bright I can see everything I need to see.

 

[AirDoll]

I picked up a 2022 Air GT Demo a few months ago. Great car with similar highs and thankfully not as many lows as some forum members.

I've noticed that oncoming traffic on side roads tend to 'highbeam-check" me regularly. Frankly, I love the headlights and their positioning as it illuminates better than any previous car I've owned.

Do others seem to get the same response from oncoming traffic or should I be worried my headlights are pointed too high and the highbeam-checks are justified?

Apologies in advance if this has been covered already. I've come across the opposite issue for drivers while searching the forms, but not this specifically.

It used to happen to me all of the time. Turned out one of my headlights was tilted up just a bit too much and the service center aligned it for me with no flashing high beams at me since. I’d recommend you have them check yours.

 

[traumaflo]

I picked up a 2022 Air GT Demo a few months ago. Great car with similar highs and thankfully not as many lows as some forum members.

I've noticed that oncoming traffic on side roads tend to 'highbeam-check" me regularly. Frankly, I love the headlights and their positioning as it illuminates better than any previous car I've owned.

Do others seem to get the same response from oncoming traffic or should I be worried my headlights are pointed too high and the highbeam-checks are justified?

Apologies in advance if this has been covered already. I've come across the opposite issue for drivers while searching the forms, but not this specifically.

Same experience here, also in rural area... I think it's just the brightness of regular beams in a completely dark environment... the same happens to me sometimes w/ newer oncoming LED lights.

 

[Neurio]

I get flashed fairly frequently. If they're far enough away and I'm feeling annoyed, I'll flash them back to prove my brights aren't on. I often have to avert my eyes from bright oncoming headlights. That's the downside of newer vehicles having better, brighter headlights.

 

[borski]

I get flashed fairly frequently.

 

[Neurio]

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I'd expect that response from @AirDoll, not you, oh Grand Magistrate

 

[borski]

I'd expect that response from @AirDoll, not you, oh Grand Magistrate

 

[ken43]

You are probably correct.

Some years ago, I equipped my Ford 250/4X4 with extra bright headlights. I drove from Phoenix to Denver in the dead of winter. It was necessary! My eyesight is not the greatest. I need to be able to see. That said, I am very diligent in dropping my beam to avoid blinding the on-coming traffic. In older vehicles, I know how to adjust that. I am not sure how to do that on a Lucid.

I find that the auto high beams in the Air work extremely well at turning off high beams automatically when approaching traffic both from in front and behind; I never have to manually drop the beam if I have it set to auto (just push the turn signal stalk forward to set to auto).

 

[Steveinarizona]

I think road conditions can also make a difference. Recently, my area has been inundated with "speed humps" on residential streets. My guess is that if someone hits one of these while a car is approaching from the other direction, that would make it appear that the driver was using his brights.

 

[Buffalo Bob]

I suspect that your headlamps need to be adjusted. My car's lights were pointed way too low, but a 15 minute walk-in stop at the Scottsdale Service Center got them fixed. Here's a quick test you can run... Either enter a parking garage or anyplace with a wall in an outdoor darkened area. With your low beams on, illuminate the wall from about 50 or so feet away, and look at the little rectangular shadows that the lights cast on the wall. If they are higher than your eye level, your headlamps are probably angled too high. (Judge by imagining the rightmost shadow as hopefully being cast on a typical car ahead's rear view mirror.) In my case, the lights were so low that the shadows were cast on the ground about twenty feet ahead. No wonder I couldn't see at night! BTW, if you end up needing to have the lights adjusted, you may want to have your DDP checked for similar adjustments, as in my case, both calibrations were apparently missed at the factory. Hope this helps.

 

[tonybot]

I find that the auto high beams in the Air work extremely well at turning off high beams automatically when approaching traffic both from in front and behind; I never have to manually drop the beam if I have it set to auto (just push the turn signal stalk forward to set to auto).

My experience has been the same. Auto high beams works very well and I am yet to be flashed in the DFW area. If you are used to driving here, you know we don’t hesitate to express how we feel. I credit Air for its excellent auto high-beam.