Florida To Make All Drivers Blind Each Other Equally

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Florida has found a way to stop pickups from blinding you with their headlights: you now have to blind them back.

Under the draft rule, high beams would be required in every car, at every hour, including vehicles that are parked.

On screenFlorida Office of Equal Visibility · Headlight Standardization Notice · EV-104 · Beam setting · High · Applies to · All public roads · Hours · Day, night, and parked · Drivers shall maintain the same glare standard as lifted pickups. · APPROVED FOR REVIEW

Starting in March, every Florida driver will be equally blinded by every other Florida driver.

One Jacksonville shop has already priced the upgrade for a Kia Soul: two thousand eight hundred forty dollars, including shop towels.

On screenSunbeam Road Supply · Jacksonville, FL · Mar 3 · Kia Soul lift kit · 1875.00 · Upward headlight aim · 320.00 · Mirror-height calibration · 245.00 · Installation labor · 388.00 · Shop towels · 12.00 · 2840.00 · Thank you for choosing equal visibility.

The kit raises the car eleven inches, which puts its headlights level with a pickup's mirrors and its driver level with the pickup's tires.

On highways, the new minimum following distance will be one bumper sticker.

On screenNew Highway Standard · Minimum following distance: One bumper sticker · - Florida Road Standards · wall

Officials expect glare complaints to drop to zero, because nobody will be able to find the submit button.

On screenphone · Equal Visibility · equalvisibility.fl · Report Headlight Glare · Tell us how bright it was. · Describe the glare · Cannot see this box · Submit · Complaints received this month: 0

And to match BMW drivers, new cars will ship with the turn signals already disconnected.