Recognizing Headlights in Your Rearview at Night?
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Three Wheelin'
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Recognizing Headlights in Your Rearview at Night?
I do a lot of driving on the highways and find my mind wandering. So to keep myself busy I try testing how well I can recognize cars. (Ya, I'm that lame)
It works best at night, I try seeing if I can recognize the car coming up behind me based on the headlights. It's surprising how recognizable cars are depending on foglight placement or how blue or yellow the lights are, etc..
Not sure if I'm the only weirdo who does odd things like this when they're driving solo. Long gone are my highschool days of playing strip padiddle with the easy girl at school. I tried playing it alone one day on my drive back across PA but it doesn't have the same allure as it does when you have a girl in the passenger seat. lol.
Good day kind gentlemen!
It works best at night, I try seeing if I can recognize the car coming up behind me based on the headlights. It's surprising how recognizable cars are depending on foglight placement or how blue or yellow the lights are, etc..
Not sure if I'm the only weirdo who does odd things like this when they're driving solo. Long gone are my highschool days of playing strip padiddle with the easy girl at school. I tried playing it alone one day on my drive back across PA but it doesn't have the same allure as it does when you have a girl in the passenger seat. lol.
Good day kind gentlemen!
Last edited by pits200; Jan 9, 2013 at 11:01 AM.
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as others have stated, i do it too but mostly with cop cars lol. definitely has saved me quite a few times. and still boggles my mind when a cop is in the left lane and some idiot is driving slow in front of him and wont move over. I would never be that guy lol
Three Wheelin'
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I do this all the time while driving at night! I can spot a Crowne Vic or a Taurus coming up behind me a mile away! My wife tells me all the time that I'm crazy but this craziness have saved my asses from so many tickets!
Ive always done this since ive been driving,
i can recognize most cars by either their headlights or tailights
Or sometimes if theyre tailgaiting me so close,
i can tell what car it is by their side mirrors/body lines (obviously during the day for that)
i can recognize most cars by either their headlights or tailights
Or sometimes if theyre tailgaiting me so close,
i can tell what car it is by their side mirrors/body lines (obviously during the day for that)
....I guess we're all just as weird...
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nspec_ya....sorry dude....that sucks....i remember getting a ticket for not signaling (changing to left lane) by a cop who was on my right....
he was like, but you didnt signal...and I was like "I did but there is no way you can see....you were on the damn right and i was going left!!!"....shitty times....
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From: Portland, Oregon
The '99 through '05 Jetta always fools me at night when they come up behind me because they always look like Crown Vic headlights.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2002_VW_Jetta_TDI.png
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2002_VW_Jetta_TDI.png
on all counts. Been doing it since day one. Always good to be aware of what cars are around you, especially if you're looking for LEOs. I usually do it for fun since I don't speed much (usually keep it 5-9 mph over) when going on trips. When commuting there usually are not many cops, so just passes the 10 minutes or so driving from the house to the train, then vice-versa on the way home...
Last edited by juniorbean; Jan 10, 2013 at 07:42 AM.
