Bright headlights and tinted car windows: How safe are you on the road? (Marketplace)
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- Опубликовано: 15 май 2024
- How safe are tinted car windows? We received your viewer mail and put different tints to the test to see how they affect a driver’s visibility and what could make them illegal. While on the road, our investigation leads us to examine bright headlights. With the help of experts, we discover why glare bugs us and how to fix it.
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That was fun, thanks for inviting us on the show!
I just came from you insta lol
Y'all made it!!!! 😂 😂
Came here for you guys lol
The straight pipes!!!!
Same here!
I honestly think bright lights are far more dangerous
Totally!
Agreed
1000% they are. 99% of the time while you're driving in the dark, the only other things you have to watch out for are things that have headlights and tail lights on them, which tint doesn't prevent you from seeing. I always tint my windows and I'm absolutely not going to stop lpl
@@TheMrbear186 you're supposed to use the lines as a reference when you can't see.....
@@TheMrbear186 um, there are also unlit physical obstructions including road infrastructure, trees, berms pedestrians, bicycles and animals. Would any of these objects present something you might want to see instead of hit because of your excessive tint limiting your visibility?
Nothing worst than a lifted truck with bright headlights tailgating you at night.
They never point them down after the lift
Yes there is.
A lifted truck with bright lights coming at you...
To bad baby
And reflector housing
Get with it
I don’t mind the tinted windows. But the extreme bright LED headlights I can’t stand!
Oh, there are brighter headlights than LEDs. Have you heard of laser headlight. Hear thay may be available on BMWs, but that might just be in Europe.
@@weldonyoung1013 Ifthere factory original equipment to the vehicle, then probably not so bad. It’s the cheap aftermarket junk LED Head lights that you can buy on Amazon/Ebay that I don’t care for.
@@theturtle2121 and they have a bunch of misalignment issues
@@weldonyoung1013 bright isn’t the issue its misaligned, also LEP or laser lights are only a high beam assist light ATM. That is not an issue as you cant activate them manually and if the car detects incoming traffic they are turned off. A test also showed in fact that a matrix LED system was brighter than a laser light
@@viccao8431 , thank you for the more detailed information regarding very bright adaptive LED or LASER headlights.
Though, there might be the consideration of how the adaptive feature detects outward problems which require modifying the beam pattern. This could come down to the type of "light" or electromagnetic frequencies used for detection. Thus pedestrains and/bicycles could still be blinded.
Those extremely bright LEDs coming at you when the pavement is wet. You’re in gods hands
True. You almost need them YOURSELF just too see with all that light blasting at you from other drivers! I'm going for LED amber fogs myself for the rain & snow. But it's a low sedan and they will be aimed down. Good ones will have the same beam pattern as a halogen bulb. Cheap ones don't have the correct "filament" spacing
SUV vs car height with LED xenon
That's why they invented all kinds of sunglasses
@@rromero9763 who in their right mind wears sunglasses at night, when headlights are used!?
@@matthewdo7947 Rick roll.....somebody please
Bright car lights are causing more issues with me than anything on the road
same here
I'll drink to that
Yeah big semi trucks and especially the newer Ford power stroke trucks. Those things are damn bright. I couldn’t see anything so I looked down, it was basically an X-ray lol I could see my rib cage 🤣
Right and the area that they are driving in isn't even that damn dark. It's annoying.
Try having light sensitive eyes.
While headlight alignment is very is important, I think a significant problem is also people installing aftermarket LED or HID bulbs in halogen reflector lenses.
Word
You didnt even touch about how people put HID bulbs in halogen reflector housings. Incomplete report.
The Sante Fe they tested and adjusted definitely had aftermarket bulbs installed
Headlights need to be aimed, but they should have mentioned aftermarket HID and LED bulbs people stuff into older reflector housing that blind everyone on the road!
Say it louder for the people in the back
🙋♂️.....I can't hear you back here.
@@AZ-jd5cr
HEADLIGHTS NEED TO BE AIMED, BUT THEY SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED AFTERMARKET HID AND LED BULBS PEOPLE STUFF INTO OLDER REFLECTOR HOUSING THAT BLIND EVERYONE ON THE ROAD!
@@Lucky8s huh? We can't hear you back....wayyyyy back here.
@@AZ-jd5cr
If I could capital², I'D² DO² SO²
how many of us are just watching this because of the straight pipes?
100%... literally no other reason haha
Exposed
Didn't know but I saw the Raptor at the beginning and I was suspicious. 😂
@@dillonbradburry8240 lol boooo
First time ive heard about them
Honestly the people with tinted windows haven’t been a problem in my experience, it’s the LED / Laser headlights. They must feel great to use, but being on the receiving end is difficult. My MINI still uses Halogens and sometimes I think my headlights aren’t bright enough because I’m being blinded by high-beam LED/Laser headlights.
Don’t get me wrong Tinted windows can become a problem, but just like Yuri said, he rolls down his windows when he needs to back up- you can adapt to tinted windows. Being flashed by LED’s on the highway, not so much.
My truck canopy has tinted windows, as most do. During the winter months, I often get back at night, and have to back my trailer into my driveway. I had to mount spotlights on the canopy just to do it safely.
Why roll down the windows when in reverse . I though it's standard now in every vehicle with backup cameras .
@@jessicayoung1190 Maybe some car models now have it, but his 2010 mini probably doesn't have any factory installed rear-view camera. Could get an off the shelf install I guess, but for a vehicle that old, why bother.
@@callak_9974 you're right. My visibility out of my 2011 MINI is very good, I don't *need* a rearview camera but sometimes it would be nice. Buying and installing one would be a nightmare. Nobody wants to play with BMW wiring harnesses and electronics. I still like my MINI enough that I don't want to upgrade.
Definitely, it is the lights. Some people, should not have tints, they cannot be trusted with them, most people and most people should not be able to obtain a driver's license.
I'm here only for the straight pipes. I heard Yuri and Jakob's voices then cars sealed the deal
Commenting because I heard Yuri within the first minute 🤣
I am getting old now and the older I get the brighter glare the LED lights causing to me. The government should ban all the bright lights like this.
Im 27 and almost died at least 3 times due to being blinded by new cars, even with brights off.
You are 27 and experienced something like this. Wait until you become 40 up and see. Poor old ladies have to deal with all these LED lights. What is our government doing.
@@Motorcycle1237 Its definitely the most likely thing to take me out of the game before I get yo 40 lol. Im a pretty safe guy, driving especially, but I cant drive for everyone else. There certainly needs to be standards.
It's not even age, when I was younger, sitting in the passenger seats these lights are straight up blinding. There needs to be regulations for this.
Probably our government is busy using their time trying to figure out how to increase tax. They don't care, as long as the manufacturers pay more tax.
Why not talk about what the real danger on the road is? That’s right folks, I’m talking about soccer mom road rage and lifted trucks with their high beams on 24/7
soccer mom with a lifted truck? what never heard that one before
@@lackofmemes240 soccer moms AND lifted trucks. Two separate things, separated by a word you failed to read.
As a lifted truck driver, leaving hi beams on is ghey
As a lifted truck driver, the lights are bright cause there eye level with you. Thats why they seem brighter
@@whitestacks5762 did you re-aim your lights after installing the lift?
I hate those goddamn bright as lights that are so blinding you can't see anything. They also strain your eyes and cause headaches for some.
Also where I live you can tint the back pretty much as dark as you want, but you can't tint the front windows past a certain level.
"especially since half of fatalities happen at night"
isn't that a useless statistic, the other half happens in the day
the volume of traffic is much lower at night.
@@electrodacus the amount of drunks, and junkies is significantly higher
@@Getfuqqedfedboy are you saying they only drive at night ? If they also drive during the day then driving at night is still more dangerous.
also most of those night accident are from drugged people or sleep deprivation. its not just lights.
@@Francois_Dupont “most” is a a very good quantitative qualifier. 🤣🤣🤣
The tint thing is a non-issue... But those bright LED lights definitely are.
The European, American, and Korean brands manage them very well.
But Honda/Acura & Toyota/Lexus specifically are always losing points on their IIHS Safety Rated for very bad glare;
their lights are way too bright and seem to be aimed way too high from the factory.
and in real life those Japanese makes always 'seem' to have their high-beams on, even during the day. But occasionally there are vehicles with aftermarket LED bulbs installed with no filter and some of those lifted trucks, even though the lights are aimed properly, because they're higher up the light shoots straight into the car in front.
Tint is DEFINITELY an issue. Especially when making left or right turns at intersections at night. You can hit pedestrians/ joggers. That's not to say I really appreciate my dark tint but it's naive to deny the risk associated
It's a japanese thing to be obsessed with bright lights. Lmao. Brights lights for a clean work surface at night. It's a cultural thing.
@@Striker50_ LOL yeah. Not going to act like my 15% Stratos Ceramic tints don't affect my visibility at night. If it's a bright night then I have no trouble. If it's a cloudy night, with no bright moon in sight, I get anxious at intersections in busy streets.
I find the ford superduty lights suck to drive towards. Especially in my car where its lower to the ground, my truck not so bad.
I have a 2020 lexusnx300. The bright head lights let me see clearly ahead on the road .
I learned that tints hold glass together the hard way when someone broke into my car last year. They smashed the passenger window, but looked like it took quite a few hits for them to be able to get through. And in the end, the window was in tact, still in the frame with a hole in the middle of it. I did have to clean up quite a few shards of glass from the seat. But just seeing that, it would be much safer in an accident since the majority of the glass was held in place.
That's what even my dad taught me. Never look at the opposite cars headlight rather focus on the road.
Both tinted windows AND bright headlights are dangerous. I'm particularly perturbed by the high riding pickup trucks that shine their very bright headlights right into my lower riding sedan.
Especially ford pickup in wich people add in Leds & HIDs
My biggest pet peeve driving at night and some of them have a bright light bar.
ill keep my 20%....I have no issues with mine
I have 20% all around and it's the perfect blend of you can't see me and light reduction lol
20% is very safe. With the exception of the front two windows & windshield, comes factory on cars too.
@@tatsumaru12345 I have 20% on the 2 front windows but not the windshield. But visibility is still great. Although no one can see perfectly at night because of darkness, I have good night visibility. It also helps that my tint is darker on the outside than the inside. Depends on person and tint
I have mine at 75%
Yea i have 15s all the way around (except windshield obviously) and i have no issues at all. Ive had friends drive my truck and complain they cant see anything when its dark but they also need glasses so to each their own. I've had people pull up next to me in his old beater civic with halogens, saying my brights are on and then i had to explain its factory leds not my high beams lmao
Tinted windows help with that bright headlights issue! :)
Won't help your insurance when you crash because of it though.
Doesn't matter if you have a dashcam and truly aren't at fault. Without a dashcam, I'd say that may be a valid point. You're not going to sit there and tell me getting t-boned going through a green light is "because of tints"
I wouldn't say so most places that do allow tints on your windows do not allow tinting of the front driver window
I don’t think tint is as much of a problem as headlight glare. I SPECIFICALLY bought a car with auto dimming side and rear view mirrors because of glare.
simple and super hard solution is educate every car owner to lower their headlights to correct directions : ) facing the road not 300m away to the trees.
Almost hit a pedestrian the other day because I didn't see them because of my tint making a left at night
The real problem is inadequate lighting on roads that we pay taxes for, as well as pedestrians wearing mark colors and not paying attention to traffic when they are walking at night. The latter is natural selection.
*Dark colors
@@Striker50_ That is why you need to turn on high beam at night .
When I was in high school I bought a used car with a very dark tint. I went to a tint shop to ask about the legality of it and to see how much it costs to replace it if it wasn't legal. They said it was a 20% tint and technically it's not legal. They did say the dark tint is also a deterrent for break-ins. I don't recall how much it was to remove all the tint and replace it however it was too expensive for me at the time. I drove it at night and had no problems driving at all and had zero accidents due to the tint. I'm much older now and I'm not sure that my eyes are as good as when I was younger. Would I ever go so dark again? I never use my rearview mirror because I drive a pickup truck with a cap on it. I'm very accustomed to using my side mirrors. I feel that I would still feel confident driving with a 20% tint. I currently have no tint on my truck and it is really aggravating on sunny days. I probably wouldn't go 20% but a little lighter just due to my age.
The headlights however are a completely different story. Crazy bright headlights are just plain dangerous for all incoming traffic and people that knowingly use them are just selfish. All they're concerned about is their own safety without any regard for any of the other drivers on the road. I drive for a living and would like to see everyone that purposely changes their headlights to those crazy bright lights be ticketed with high fines for using them.
What about police with tinted windows and overly bright lights. Come over a hill with police lights flashing you are blinded. And they do it all the time
Maybe in Ontario not all police vehicles are tinted but I am sure there are some. Plus even though the intended purpose of police are to be bright it doesn’t diminish the fact that they are blinding. Maybe it is just new technology that is creating these lights to be brighter. But no one should be above the law
I agree, those a hard on the eys too.
15% ceramic tint all around and 30% full windshield for me. But I’m in South Florida.
How’s your visibility with this at night?
It seems half the cars on the road have misaligned headlights.
Agree.
Market Place should have gone into more depth.
On headlights alone.
There's no money in the body shop aiming the lights. It's the easiest step to skip and 99% of city folk won't even notice, definitely don't complain. When the headlights get replaced after a collision, they get left however they came out of the box.
I didnt watch the video but yes headlights are much to bright.
@@ajm-wu6wd what about all the accidents that are avoided because a bright, properly aligned, headlight will Better illuminate the road, show obstacles, road signs, and curves in the road earlier than dim headlights?
@@jacobb5342 We wouldnt be having this conversation if headlights worked so well as your pointing out. Your bring up the benefits for the driver when the problem is about oncoming traffic being blinded.
@@jacobb5342 what about all the decades when people drove safely with properly aligned halogen lights? If you can't see, the answer isn't brighter lights, the answer is slower driving and vision correction (glasses) if you need it.
@@MF-rtard89 I find street lights are getting dimmer and dimmer these days for whatever the reason . I turned on bight lights when driving at night .
@@jessicayoung1190 if you need your high beams on in areas with street lights then you need to get your eyes checked
I like them tinted. I hate when people look at you inside and start judging you if you are goodlooking or not lol.
You get used to it. I used to live in Las Vegas, Nevada where placing tint on your vehicle is a MUST if you want to beat the heat. I had limo tint for the back and 35% for the front. It took a while, but after a week, I got used to driving around with tinted windows all around, even at night.
Sun allergy, tinted windows are a necessity for a livable summer.
@wayne johnson great for light sensitivity not so great for sub allergy which effects your SKIN not eyes
Medical exemptions should be made, obviously :)
@@Getfuqqedfedboy Mt Dad has a sun allergy because of his heart medication. I bought him those forearm wraps you can get for exercising and its right as rain. Its also protects him outside of the car. So you don't need tinting.
@@loganholmberg2295 never said its needed just said its desirable option. specially ceramic tint which knocks out almost all of UV and IR light and energy which not only what causes allergy but also contributes to heat and damaging effects. benefits
very
Exactly why i have 5% on all my windows plus 40 on on my windshield, already went to court and had a ticket for it thrown out.
In Sweden we check headlight alignment at every yearly vehicle inspection. It is really strict and even involves your foglights. Also your windows may be tinted by 25% in the windshield and 30% through other windows. (So light coming through should be 75%/70%)
Yeah i used to use foglights all the time in my small town in northern Manitoba. Until I got pulled over for it. Cops only tore off tint if you drove aggressive or were loud.
We're not so smart in Canada. Corporate greed has taken over major Canadian cities. Massive influx of people with no city planning. Under policed and the cops too busy don't care. People driving like maniacs, roads unsafe and getting away with everything, including illegal aftermarket too bright headlights and high beams on. But its all good for business, as they buy cars, pay insurance, buy gas....great for the economy at the expense of public safety.
When there is some pickup behind my car, due to no tint and lower profile of the car, all 3 of my rearview mirrors reflect the light directly to me, probably need auto-dimming mirrors.
You ever think to pull over and let the truck pass?
@@thebikehippie6562 I am at the red light, how can I pull over?
Just aim your mirrors back into his face lol 😂
Having Jakub and Yuri made this more legit. Respects lolll
Go out and buy yourself some yellow lens sunglasses to wear at night or in bad weather driving like rain or snow
Cuts down immensely on the glare and refractive lights and they don’t have to be expensive
I drive for a living and this works well for me
Thanks for the reminder.
I use to wear Yellow lens sunglasses when I use to ride my motorcycle at night.
That was about 20 years ago, I totally forgot about that.
Now as I'm ageing, the headlight bother me more and more every year.
It's time to pick up those yellow glasses again. Thanks for the reminder.
And yes they do work!
2 years ago I switched employers and now have a 46km commute. I bought a VW Passat to save on fuel and just drive my pickup in the evening and weekends. This is my first car, I've always owned and driven pickups. I cannot believe how staggeringly blinding it is sitting down that low at night. It's also scary to make left hand turns at intersections, when you sit that low you can't see past the opposing vehicle. I should have gone with a small SUV. The extra fuel savings is not worth the annoyance/ hazards. I stay waay back from cars now at night when I'm in my truck... had no idea how bad it was for car drivers.
The reason people want tinted windows are because people don’t want people looking into their vehicles. Or people don’t want others looking at them
Exactly, and there's nothing wrong with dark front window tint.
When it comes to LED's in reflector housing, it can also be an issue if the LED is not aimed correctly for your housing.
Also, many cheap LED's on Amazon, are not properly designed for reflector housings, and thus are not properly sending the light beam in the proper pattern, thus causing glare.
You even need to make sure the LEDs you install in projector housings, are designed properly for the projector housing.
^ this. everything's relatively safe when done properly. what I can't get over is drivers using their high beams within the city.
Correct Billy. Expensive quality LED bulbs in a halogen reflector aimed properly are totally fine. LEDs are better for halogen reflectors and for halogen projectors HIDs are better. Again, as long as the beam pattern is good and you aim it right I’ve never been flashed and my headlights are insanely bright.
Woman wears Safety goggles to break glass but grabs broken glass with bare hands.
Been tinting my windows for over a decade, will continue to do so. I have yet to have a problem with them.
Same here buddy
But we have had problems with them... you almost ran us over!
@@mydroid2791 he should have. One less whiner
I've seen Police Vehicles both marked and u marked with super dark tint
Bit they are cops. Nothing applies to them. They're special
Above the law duhhhh
Safe tint level 30% front windows and 15% rear. Tint definitely helps with visibility from the sun and with those tint levels you can clearly see the driver and see Into the rear. Also some manufacturers sell vehicles with tinted front windows some up to 80%. They are not a safety hazard if tinted to a reasonable level
Tinted windows are fine if you have good vision and great for sunny days
Headlights these days are way to bright, add a lift kit to the vehicle and rip anyone else on the road
If you add a lift kit, pretty sure you are supposed to adjust your headlights accordingly.
I'm gonna have to tint the top half my front windows. I have an eye condition where all lights make lines and have haloes. Its either driving with yellow glasses at night or getting a tint for the headlights/street lights.
The glasses help during snow storms too!
If you have good window tinting done properly you’re vision from your car interior is normal and doesn’t hamper vision to the outside, window tints have come a long way except for the front windows
what's wrong with the front windows?
That's completely false. Do you wear sunglasses at night? Because it's the same damn thing.
@@Tb0n3 It depends on the level of tint. If you have 5% on your fronts then you can say it can be difficult at times (depending if it's raining or not), that it is at times difficult to see out. However, if you're running 10% or up on the fronts, you should have no problem.
Dude, the bright head lights are really scary. I drive in the country often and when I get glare from another, taller car, I just kinda hold straight and hope I don't hit/ the road doesn't turn too much because I can't see!!! I wondered "How are these legal?"
This was a bad episode. "Here's Your Tip... Look away", and that's what we should do with this segment.
Yea.. I have a bunch of issues with this episode. 1- Bright lights are a safety feature, otherwise safety agencies wouldn’t test how far they shine. 2-semi and pickup trucks (stock) are just naturally higher vehicles there is only so much someone can do to avoid glare without aiming the headlights into the floor... t
@@jacobb5342 effective or efficient lights are a safety feature, NOT bright lights. There's plenty of extremely bright and dangerously blinding HID kits you can buy that perform much worse than factory bulbs because they scatter light everywhere (including up into the sky eye and into the eyes of other drivers) instead of onto the road. Factory headlights aimed within the factory spec will almost never be blinding, but no one bothers to actually measure if they're aimed properly.
@@TheMrbear186 light intensity at a distance is partially a function of the brightness of the bulb. So YES brightness is a factor. It’s scattering from aftermarket mods and alignment that are the issues.
Look away where? The issue is that you're blinded by LEDs and unable to see the road ahead of you. How does looking away resolve the hazard?
CBC: Half of all fatalities happen when it’s dark.
Me: well isn’t it dark half the time?
A lot less ppl on the road at night though
@@the6ix665 you make a valid point
I got 80% tint here in quebec, and i love them when i do long road trip. 😄
Too bad these led/laser lights are now factory installed in almost all brands.
And the danger is they go full high beam almost all the time adjusting to low when it's very close to you and you're already blinded.
I drive on single lane highways with oncoming traffic at night in Manitoba. The biggest problem is modern cuvs, suvs and trucks having headlights up far too high and too bright.
I think headlight brightness should be standardized across Canada so if you’re headlights are too bright then you put a tint film on your headlights to achieve the required amount. Just my 2 cents.
Funny how most police cars you see have dark tints.
They are sovereign citizens.
Or are speeding.
Or tailgating.
Or obstructing traffic.
Life is good when you’re on that side of the law.
Why are they trying to blame the tiny shops? We are adults. Take responsibility for your own actions.
They know better and consumers deserve some protection.
Yuri - you’re crazy haha! Love the Straight Pipes and Jodi! All your accents are awesome.
Trucks lights are also naturally uncomfortable to look at. They’re generally boxier with lights designs mounted up high. It’s hard to ignore their lights both oncoming or in rear view.
To touch sharp broken glass pieces with bare hands? Now that's very SMART
Auto glass doesn’t break into shards. It’s safety glass, designed to break differently.
@@srtftw its called tempered glass, or "safety glass" was the original name.
Tints also help your interior stay in better shape cause it blocks uv rays, also, just roll your back windows down at night if its so dark.
IF it’s so dark? Where do you live, the Arctic circle?
That's a problem when you live in cold areas
Very interesting story, I'm in the state of MA by law the legal max tint on the drivers side window and front passenger window is 35% max tint. If any lower you can get fined by the local police or state police. We also have yearly inspections for vehicles and they are supposed to check for max tint. All of my vehicles are legally tinted including my F350 truck. It all comes down to skill of the driver. There are many times that I have to back a 16 foot landscape trailer into my driveway in pitch black while looking through the crew cab of my truck and side mirrors, and rear tinted windows avoiding a tree, my wife's car and a stone wall. As far as bright head lights. My F350 stock headlights were so bad I could see a gap between the 2 of them. I added LED headlights and it's night and day difference because I live in a very rural area .
Let's not forget to mention the people that want brighter headlights and go for the cheap fix of throwing LED or HID bulbs with wrong beam patterns into reflector housings w/o a properly aimed projector.
PSA - I've had a professional garage align my headlights incorrectly and been flashed by other drivers. If road signs (stop signs and street signs) are reflecting back at you like highway signs lighting it, that is a bad sign (no pun intended) and your low beams generally should NOT be above most cars' window line (where the glass starts) or in other words not going into people's cabins.
I aligned my headlights myself after my garage messed up using a flat corner of an empty mall parking lot at night.
If you're in Mississauga, the corner in the Square One parking lot near the Holt Renfrew Valet entrance along Mercer St has a nice wall you can place masking tape and relatively flat.
Visit your local Canadian Tire, pick up a measuring tape, painters tape and in my case an Allen key set. Mark the height of your headlight (from the level of the bulb) on the wall with tape or you can get really close up and turn your headlights on with low beams to get the height. Back up as straight as possible 25ft from the wall and adjust the cutoff to the same height with the knobs on the headlight.
THIS!
Us in BC, don't quite have the same issues about tinting windows.
So Canada didn't mandate back up cameras like the United States? Looking to the right of the road to deal with glares is something I first learned when I began to drive.
Ya we did as of 2019
This is on new vehicles, I take it? I installed one on my truck because it made mating with my trailer so much easier. Put the screen right above my rear-view mirror, where it doesn't get in the way. But those giant LCD screens newer vehicles come with are just distracting, especially if you're trying to change radio stations while not taking your eyes off the road. Having a tactile interface (as opposed to a "software" interface) is far safer if you're trying to avoid distractions.
@@YuriTereshyn hello Yuri. I didn't know you have your own channel. Big fan of straight pipes from the US. 😆
@@YuriTereshyn
As of May 1st, 2018, actually.
i like tinted windows. they offer uv protection, less dangerous if glass shatters, and also help with sunlight glare especially if your car has reflective trim pieces inside
Well another problem is curvature of the road. As you are further, the car ahead may be on a slight incline which caused their car to point up and the headlight to be blasting at you. Some roads/highways put flexible light blocking flaps on the divider.
I had a very dark tint on my rear window.. con was reversing at night, pro was the extra bright headlights coming from behind at night didn’t burn my eyes out.. LOL
Don’t worry about my 5% tint ! I can see just fine sir & lady
I have 75%
Untill you back into someone's car and run away.
@@automotivetv9861 I did that 2 times in my life so far
@@canadianaviator lol me once, because i had 5% in the back and it was dark af outside.
Way way back in the 70's when I was tinting auto windows, my car had different tint shades installed on the frt sides, bk sides, and the rear window to show the customers the difference of darkness and some customers wanted the 5 in the front sides knowing it was against the law (LOL) and were willing to take the chance because it was new at the time and it made their car looked really COOL. As for bright driving headlights, they are very useful for safe night driving. I had installed a pair of Lucas driving headlamps and they were bright and fantastic. The headlights had a very unique diagonal aim pointing down a bright pattern (for the road) and a regular pattern pointing forward (for front-facing on-coming traffic) on the lamp. They were well worth the extra $$$ for the added safety when one has to drive fast and furious at night... Cheap headlamps tend to be just bright aiming straight in front which is dangerous for oncoming traffic. Make sure your headlights are aiming in their correct height for safe driving.
I agree 100% that the head light glair at night is getting more dangerous as newer cars are coming with brighter head lights.
They almost seem like high beam cause they are so bright.
I have thought of it many times.... that I should contact Transport Canada. So the head light can be regulated like they are in Sweden, and tested every year.
Head Lights should he to see and to be seen not to blind the on opposite driver.
its hilarious how clueless she is. She has no idea what shes being told. Customer could have said 1 instead of 5 and she still would have responded the same "oh thats pretty dark". Clueless.
So what; she's not the expert and is open to learning.
@@lloydchristmas4547 agreed however if you're going to get tint tested for a national broadcast ya might wanna at least learn what the results mean. Also when the lights reading went from 4.1 to 3.6 I forget her response but again she had no clue at all what was happening . Few other times as well, it was just funny, but enjoyable .
You can tint your front windshield you just need a eye doctors request! Because I have one but it’s I think 40% or 50% tint level
Does this make it much harder to see at night?
When I contact my optometrist I just tell them I have light sensitivity and ask them to test it?
I get blinded in even mild sunlight
Unless it's completely overcast I need sunglasses and sometimes to block the glare with my hand
Also, if people get ceramic tint, their visibility through tint won't be impeded as much.
This is a huge freaking problem here in the USA. It really takes 10 minutes to aim the headlights. Specially if you lift you're truck, you should have enough sense to aim them down.
I saw the straight pipes I thought I was mistaken lol
I know it's Canada, but you can't just say dark tint is terrible. Go visit Phoenix in July with no window tint. Enjoy.
Same her in Florida. Need tint to keep temps and glare reasonable
@@I_Love_Quokkas Exactly. Canadians don't understand
Public transit is a much better solution than automated vehicles. With that said, it should probabaly be made mandatory to have your vehicle headlights calibrated on a maintenance cycle. It would likely lower the cost to operate insurance companies like ICBC by reducing the amount of accidents. That and it will save lives, obviously. That would also make a great reason to tighten up on tinting regulation. No excuse if the headlamps are calibrated and regulated. People with medical issues can get medical passes. Simple.
THIS!
Never been to Canada and don’t live there but I love these videos and this channel.
I had US legal 35% tint on my car. I owned it for 13 years, loved it. It wasn't hard for me to see outside of my car even at night. It's the led lights that don't have sensors that are worse. Most luxury cars have sensors that dim when cars are coming from the opposite directions.
You know what’s also not safe? When a car doesn’t pass the visor test. Sun in your eyes = bad time
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Hate driving west near sunset. I've changed departure times for only this reason.
Finally, someone talked about it
I drive for a living in a remote part of BC and the overly bright head light situation over the past 20 years is getting worse, to the point that I can’t drive in the dark anymore, so I have to adjust my schedule to make sure I’m driving back in the daylight hours at all times. There should be a rule about the brightness of current headlights. It’s very dangerous as there is also a lot of wildlife in the area and I can’t see the road let alone the wildlife when I’m driving past other cars.
I would tint my windows if I thought I could get away with it.
These new LEDs are borderline cruel for people with migraines and 24/7 photophobia. It feels like I'm staring directly into an ultra-bright sun, without even having to look directly at the light. It's horrible.
Tinted windshields, no. Tinted other windows okay... but not highly tinted.
At the end, "Focus on the right side of the road" yeah they told us to do that in the drivers test so that's just common knowledge. But okay. Thanks for the tip lol
New to me, but I would just flip down the visor. :)
@@dennis2376
Hello Dennis 2, I'm Dennis (1)
I recommend polarized sunglasses. They're great for blocking out sunlight at dusk and don't block vision like sun visors.
Not to mention blackout tail lights. Can't see them at all on a sunny day.
Depends if they spray painted or vinyl wrapped
@@OOOO-ou6ek either way tinted lights are worse then bright lights and tinted windows, from a generation that grew up with family guy and the Simpson yall get butt hurt easy
Great information but can you confirm the smart headlight technology mentioned @15:10 is legal and accepted/authorized in Canada? Thanks
Many, who take a vacation in their car, will drive long distances with a heavily loaded boot ('trunk' for you North Americans), which lowers the back of the car, thus raising the front. In such a situation, even if your headlights are properly calibrated during an annual test, the slight increase in angle will still blind oncoming traffic... UNLESS your car has self-leveling lights. Considering the amount of 'tech' talk on this program covering alignment, etc., I'm surprised no-one mentioned self-leveling lighting systems, which have been around for many years!?
12:34 jacob doing the straight pipes thing 😅😅🤣
THE STRAIGHT PIPES!
Driving in a sedan or coupe can be horrible at times because of people's too bright lights. I turn my side mirrors to point back at the person behind me if they are tailgating and lights are too bright. They tend to fall back. Some cars are made to have the headlights turn in the same direction you turn the wheel to help you see better. Unfortunately people will sometimes think your brights are on. My car does that exact thing.
Yuri and Jacob! Love the straightpipes
Horse power and torque?
More like HORSE POWER & TORQUE
There is such thing as one way tint. I think tinted windows are a great idea, it pisses off the a$$holes that tailgate you with their high beams on.
There are still problems due to vehicle heights- low sports cars, Suv, 18 wheel. I think night vision glasses are a necessity! Thanks for the video.
I absolutely love tinted windows as they have a lot of pros!
No lens projectors headlights?
No LEDS!!!!
As long as they are aimed properly, reflectors are ok. A few cars come with LEDs paired with reflector housings from the factory e.g. All Hondas, Toyota Rav 4, and many more
@@FlexSZN23 you might have a point, since even a newer corolla, with projectors, can be blinding since no one seams to aim them even from the factory...
@@wisico640 Those corollas definitely have atrocious leds. One of the most problematic lights on a newer car
@@wisico640 leds are safer for lighting up the road ahead. It’s an angle thing. Just aim them properly and your problem is solved.
The biggest problem is that people are buying cheap LED lights that physically do not match the size and position of the original halogen filament that the reflector housing was designed for. Often you'll see 3-4 sided LED headlights being sold, or large COB arrays that are 4 times larger than the original filament, resulting in light being reflected above the cut line or in both low and high beam areas.
In newer cars, the lights are completely OEM LEDs with the optics built in.
7:35 In the CBC marketplace face mask test, Charlsie said if your glasses fogs up, it means not sealing properly.
Yuri, you failed to that. Lol
I have light sensitive eyes, even daylight is irritating; overcast days I sometimes have to just close my eyes when I walk.
I ride a motorcycle and i have full OEM LED built in. Instead of a single headlight for high and low beam, it is built separately, mean my high beam which is on the right side turns off, to get what Im trying to say, do a search on my bike, Hero 200S. Anyway, I adjusted my lights way to high that even my low beam bind on comers and making my high beam point to the sky, so I had to adjust them back to where they were.
The problem with bright headlights is some bulbs dont work for all headlight housing and the owner of that vehicle needs to understand this. incandescent and HiD works well with reflector housing headlight, while LED and HiD works well on projector headlights.
That being said, if you do put LED's in a reflector housing, you would need to adjust the headlights, that can be done with a couple of screws built at the back of the headlights housing, also some cars come with the feature with a switch inside of the vehicle.
Glad to see they're directing their attention towards PRESSING ISSUES like tint 😂 Great job during a lull in anything interesting happening guys. This was hard to watch. Yikes
I have sensitive eyes but I use polarized sunglasses during the day driving rather than tinted windows. But that being said, I am not satisfied with the headlights conclusion. I feel there's is no difference between low beam and high beam light intensity other than just being angled upwards for high beams. Maybe have some reduce intensity for low beams in the market. Or go back to incandescent light bulbs?
LEDs are fine, just turn them down a bit. Seeing oncoming headlights should not look as bright as if they were highbeams aimed at you.
So in Germany where I live we are not allowed to tint any front windows. Only the back windows are allowed to be tinted and most older cars don't have any tinted windows. It's mostly newer cars that got them, but even there it's just a very small degree I guess (as I don't have tinted windows I am not entirely sure, but there a surely strict laws, its Germany after all).
But bright lights are really dangerous I think, like high lights tailgating you but especially too high lights on the other lane from the front.
word of advice for everyone here, by polarised sunglasses and keep a pair in the car, I never had to worry about light sensitivity, while I was driving, and I assure you, I am very sensitive to light, I just am wise in how I bloody drive.