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? Warning ?
This post contains acts of childish behavior. Stop here if you're gonna be a bitch about it. ?
? You Were Warned ?
I regret to inform that I allowed rage to enter the picture tonight.
I just finished a late night truck bath. ? I dried off my windows, sensors, and backup camera before running it up to @ 65 mph on an access road to "air dry" the rest ? so,,, I cross the intersection under the expressway and turn left onto the access road.
The far left lane (where I am) is a dedicated left turn lane that bypasses the lights at the intersection. It's basically for doing a U-turn under the expreway without having to wait at the light. BTW,,, traffic going my direct had the green light anyhow. The far left lane merges into the center lane (3 lanes down to 2). As I begin to accelerate,,, some absolute dipshit runs the light at the intersection at 90 mph (guessing) in the same center lane that I'm already merging into. Strike 1. Then,,, dipshit wouldn't let me merge (the right lane was completely vacant but he wasn't gonna budge) and almost took out my right front tire forcing me to stab the brakes. Strike 2. And finally,,, as I'm about to drive around him, in the right lane, he decides to slice me off (sans blinker) when my left front tire was at his rear passenger door handle. Thus, forcing me to go "full panic lockup" with both feet on the brake combined with a serve to the curb (near miss). Strike 3. For a moment,,, I thought he had rubbed me but I had a solid ÂĽ inch to spare.
That was the moment my B/P began to elevate and I asked Buddah to look the other way for a minute. So, I casually placed myself 10 feet behind him and initiated an "Off Road Light Test".
Initial Results:
5 seconds and 61,000Lm ? later and,,, dipshit started driving like a responsible citizen again. ? Who knew that 61,000 Lm in your mirrors has a calming effect ??? This was an unexpected result.
I decided to maintain my 10 foot follow distance up the onramp and onto the expressway... for about ½ mile (to the next off ramp) just to make sure he was gonna continue to behave. To my utter amazement, he continued to drive normally. The lights functioned wonderfully. As I'm sure my new friend, Mr. Dipshit, can confirm. I honestly believe that he thought he had F'd up in front of a cop and was waiting for the red/blue flashers to come on... ? Who knows/cares ?
My only complaint:
The lights do vibrate a LOT at highway speeds due to my flimsy $28 Amazon brackets... who would've thunk they'd be weak ? ?‍
Fortunately,,, my "thicker" Diode Dynamics brackets arrived so that should eliminate the vibration... once I cut'm up and reweld them.
Final Conclusion:
While I would have preferred a roadside brawl finishing with me poking him in the eye with a 4 foot hog spear,,, the value of scientific results consumed my rage. I left the whole incident quite pleased.
1) Although the lights vibrate too much, I have the solution sitting in my garage.
2) The lights are very, Very, VERY bright.
3) Blasting some A-hole 'can' potentially make them drive better.
4) Unforseen Benefit: I enjoyed it immensely ?
On a similar note:
I followed my neighbor home the other night. I gave him a 3 second blast when we pulled onto our home street. He called me before we even got to our garages to say, "Turn that F'ing shit off !!!" He felt as thought they were "blinding",,, whatever that means.
This post contains acts of childish behavior. Stop here if you're gonna be a bitch about it. ?
? You Were Warned ?
I regret to inform that I allowed rage to enter the picture tonight.
I just finished a late night truck bath. ? I dried off my windows, sensors, and backup camera before running it up to @ 65 mph on an access road to "air dry" the rest ? so,,, I cross the intersection under the expressway and turn left onto the access road.
The far left lane (where I am) is a dedicated left turn lane that bypasses the lights at the intersection. It's basically for doing a U-turn under the expreway without having to wait at the light. BTW,,, traffic going my direct had the green light anyhow. The far left lane merges into the center lane (3 lanes down to 2). As I begin to accelerate,,, some absolute dipshit runs the light at the intersection at 90 mph (guessing) in the same center lane that I'm already merging into. Strike 1. Then,,, dipshit wouldn't let me merge (the right lane was completely vacant but he wasn't gonna budge) and almost took out my right front tire forcing me to stab the brakes. Strike 2. And finally,,, as I'm about to drive around him, in the right lane, he decides to slice me off (sans blinker) when my left front tire was at his rear passenger door handle. Thus, forcing me to go "full panic lockup" with both feet on the brake combined with a serve to the curb (near miss). Strike 3. For a moment,,, I thought he had rubbed me but I had a solid ÂĽ inch to spare.
That was the moment my B/P began to elevate and I asked Buddah to look the other way for a minute. So, I casually placed myself 10 feet behind him and initiated an "Off Road Light Test".
Initial Results:
5 seconds and 61,000Lm ? later and,,, dipshit started driving like a responsible citizen again. ? Who knew that 61,000 Lm in your mirrors has a calming effect ??? This was an unexpected result.
I decided to maintain my 10 foot follow distance up the onramp and onto the expressway... for about ½ mile (to the next off ramp) just to make sure he was gonna continue to behave. To my utter amazement, he continued to drive normally. The lights functioned wonderfully. As I'm sure my new friend, Mr. Dipshit, can confirm. I honestly believe that he thought he had F'd up in front of a cop and was waiting for the red/blue flashers to come on... ? Who knows/cares ?
My only complaint:
The lights do vibrate a LOT at highway speeds due to my flimsy $28 Amazon brackets... who would've thunk they'd be weak ? ?‍
Fortunately,,, my "thicker" Diode Dynamics brackets arrived so that should eliminate the vibration... once I cut'm up and reweld them.Final Conclusion:
While I would have preferred a roadside brawl finishing with me poking him in the eye with a 4 foot hog spear,,, the value of scientific results consumed my rage. I left the whole incident quite pleased.
1) Although the lights vibrate too much, I have the solution sitting in my garage.
2) The lights are very, Very, VERY bright.
3) Blasting some A-hole 'can' potentially make them drive better.
4) Unforseen Benefit: I enjoyed it immensely ?
On a similar note:
I followed my neighbor home the other night. I gave him a 3 second blast when we pulled onto our home street. He called me before we even got to our garages to say, "Turn that F'ing shit off !!!" He felt as thought they were "blinding",,, whatever that means.
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