Do you ever get freaked out driving at night?

[Panici]

Sorry George, can't say that I get freaked out at all. If anything I enjoy night driving. No worry of some driver on their cellphone when there is no one else around.


I am concerned for safety though, and have planned a set of projectors with 4300k HIDs for my E30.
I'm also going to explore making a custom LED setup in the back for running/brake lights.

I'm still using the stock sealed beam headlights for now, and they're terrible. I compensate at night by turning down my dash lights (allows your eyes to focus on the light outside of the vehicle) and slowing down.


Love night driving in my Jeep TJ, although it may have something to do with the 600w of light on the front of it. :D

[rich4rdee]

I just get super paranoid about red light runners and blind corners.

[Schnitzer318is]

I also prefer to drive at night. Bright sun makes me sleepy for some reason. Driving during the day is much less enjoyable for me.

[AwakenNoMore]

Due to graveyard shifts I only drive at night. Even before that I generally prefer a nice night drive.

[Matt-B]

Near me. They are building an extra Lane and re paving freeway. At one point where new road merges over, old white lines are visible, and at night there more visible, it confuses so many people because they painted new lines. So you want to go straight. Because brains sees the lines. But you should merge slightly left.


Gets me every one in a while. And i straddle the lanes as a result. HIDs light up old lines much worse

[DrJosh]

QED

I can't say I've experienced what you're talking about for this reason. Whichever lights you're hypothetically using sound downright dangerous.

Agreed

[ELVA164]

A good set of head lights seem to make the world of difference.

QED

I can't say I've experienced what you're talking about for this reason. Whichever lights you're hypothetically using sound downright dangerous.

[george graves]

I haven't heard many people talk about this...other then a few friends....

....but you know that thing, where you're on an empty freeway at night, and it's a really heavily traveled road, so all the little reflectors have gone missing, or maybe the stripes in the road are covered with road grime, and you can't see anything further then 100 feet away.

And you come up to what you think is turn to the left, or is it to the right?

And you kinda freak out for a second.

I'm not talking about some lit up LA freeway, I'm talking about roads like I-5 in California as you approach Oregon - but it happens to me a lot.

A good set of head lights seem to make the world of difference.