Blinded & frustrated: High-beam drivers make my night commute a battle

Almost every day, I lose my cool. I end up shouting and showing my hand to some of the vehicles that have that little extra bright light on high-beam.

BHPian nasirkaka recently shared this with other enthusiasts:

My daily commute involves 25 km of riding at night while returning from work. This is around Bangalore outskirts (Jigani to Kasavanahalli) where the roads are bad & broken and there are no street lights as well.

My problem is with the oncoming vehicles that keep their headlight on High-beam, and there are plenty of them on the road. Even when I flash in protest, they do not dip the light. Some of these modern LED headlights and additional lights are very, very bright and blinding. This is very irritating and hazardous, especially as a two-wheeler rider around suburban roads.

Almost every day, I lose my cool. I end up shouting and showing my hand to some of the vehicles that have that little extra bright light on high-beam.

I know I might get into trouble one of these days, as someone may not take my protest lightly, but it's really difficult to control. Why can't people drive sensibly and within the rules?

Radio FM channels keep playing stupid prank calls in a loop, but do not run campaigns teaching drivers that it is illegal to use high beams in city limits and such.

Our RTOs issuing driving licenses do not have a theoretical system of teaching basic rules, thumb rules, right of way, dos and don'ts and etiquette of riding/driving. All they do is make one identify a few road signs for namesake.

A lot of incidents of road rage would come down if the problem were nipped in the bud.

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