Low beams are bright!

[2seater]

It appears to me that the design of the headlights has too much stray light into the oncoming lane. Old school lights had the low beam drop down and to the right where the high beam is essentially straight ahead. The design of the modern headlight cluster is pretty much designed so all lights point straight ahead and there is no adjustment for that, only a vertical adjuster. When I checked mine for aim I found they were a little above the level spec'd in the manual and it is easy to tilt them down to book value. That does not correct what I see as too much horizontal spread of the pattern.
I don't know if the FMVSS has teeth any longer, but domestic headlight design and application is all over the map with some truly horrendous designs that somehow are allowed int.o production. Bright lights should be fine, but they also need to be confined. Read up on the many studies on the human eyes response to various wavelengths of light. It is enlightening

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[Maverick2023]

not as bright as those lights on a Tesla.

 

[Lightning]

Not sure if I was or not honestly. About 10:30 pm one night I was driving to work. Came to a stop at a red light and waited. Light turned green and there were 3 cars coming at me across the intersection. Heard 2 or 3 honks from the same car as they passed so I'm not sure if they were honking at me or one of the cars in front of them. Probably was at me, but who know!

 

[mspmms]

I like them bright...I've never had headlights this bright
Sure I get flashed at a couple times but I just ignore if they only do it once. Twice and they get the I can see in your car flash.

From the meme thread

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They left me no choice but to . . .

. . . flash them back:

 

[Guv]

not as bright as those lights on a Tesla.

No way…….

 

[Guv]

I got flashed while going home from work one day at about 5:00 PM.
It was by a young lady and her headlights were definitely on high beam

 

[sprubs]

Yeah, I recalled there was something about it, it's been over a year since I read the thing from cover to cover. I turned off auto high beams within weeks of getting the truck, it was flashing people. I don't drive before dawn or dusk often, and live in the city with street lights, so not much need for them anyway.

same here. once I realized that auto on/off also had auto high beams I figured out how to disable the auto high beams part.

 

[ripperAZ]

I had gotten flashed several times, even honked at twice. I threw on my high beams to show them.

Rather have brighter lights than other drivers that have their headlights OFF while driving at night.

Indeed. It seems like there are a lot of 1986 Chevrolet Caprice with yellowing dimming headlights that are testing their battery as they drive around at night unable to see brighter is better. Always. If I do extended driving in nighttime traffic, which is rare, I’ll put on the red lenses.

 

[bluesteel]

Happens to me occasionally. This has the best and brightest low beams of any vehicle I've owned, as far as forward illumination goes. But side illumination for curves and turns leaves something to be desired, and the brights leave even more to be desired. The brights do not throw nearly as far down the road as I'd like. The halogens on my '17 Escape were much better in that regard. I do a lot of evening/night driving on rural highways in deer country.

IIHS headlight ratings for the Mav ("Acceptable"): 2023 Ford Maverick (iihs.org)

 

[Maverick Grabber]

I don't get flashed often other than by my lady.

Mine too which fingers does she use

 

[Maverick Grabber]

Happens to me occasionally. This has the best and brightest low beams of any vehicle I've owned, as far as forward illumination goes. But side illumination for curves and turns leaves something to be desired, and the brights leave even more to be desired. The brights do not throw nearly as far down the road as I'd like. The halogens on my '17 Escape were much better in that regard. I do a lot of evening/night driving on rural highways in deer country.

IIHS headlight ratings for the Mav ("Acceptable"): 2023 Ford Maverick (iihs.org)

I found this amusing, this is from that page.

High beams
On the straightaway, visibility was good on the right side of the road and inadequate on the left side.

We do drive on the right side of the road so this just makes sense, less impact on oncoming traffic and better on the side you drive on

 

[bluesteel]

I found this amusing, this is from that page.

High beams
On the straightaway, visibility was good on the right side of the road and inadequate on the left side.

We do drive on the right side of the road so this just makes sense, less impact on oncoming traffic and better on the side you drive on

But impact of high beams on oncoming traffic is a non-issue, since they shouldn't be turned on to begin with.

 

[Aherpa]

how many of you are getting constantly flashed when on low beams? Do I need to get these adjusted or is it just the way it is?

I've never gotten flashed on low, but maybe people are just used to being blinded by larger trucks with their 6 front landing lights. . . . I wonder what Freud would have to say.

 

[TheSEARCH]

I pay a lot of attention towards headlights. My last car a Ecosport headlights sucked. I installed after market bulbs in that which were more white and adjusted them slightly higher which made them OKAY. on low but high beams were a little to high BUT that is what I lived with.

Maverick the beams are MUCH wider spread. Nice and white color (temperature) and just right at distance beam is projected. Same as I had old car adjusted. I really like the much wider spread of Mav lights low beam. Better to see any possible deer off on side of road.

I was worried about the light since I bought my Mav never tested one at night or day. New the headlights were NOT replaceable being 1300 each LED .

Yes I have had a few flash at me. Maybe 3 times since I had my Mav since August this year. .

 

[FamousAmos]

how many of you are getting constantly flashed when on low beams? Do I need to get these adjusted or is it just the way it is?

Famous Joseph Lucas quote: NEVER DRIVE AT NIGHT.

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