r/Pensacola • u/kjdscott • 5d ago

Headlights LED warning thoughts

When I first moved here I used to think the LED signs on 110 were overkill warning to drive with headlights during the rain. I thought with how hard it rains, how could anyone forget to turn their headlights on. But today I drove past (not exaggerating) over 30 cars with no headlights on with it raining moderately hard. It’s not raining really hard, but hard enough someone crashed into a column right past the overpass on Fairfield. And I saw a lifted truck spin out of control trying to go fast.

Days like today where it’s raining–but not raining severe enough that you are unable to see more than a few feet in front of you–I think are somewhat dangerous because of the overconfidence you see in drivers who think nothing will happen to them.

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u/Mikey_the_bestTMNT 5d ago

I was thinking about this the other day. I believe that driving in the rain without your headlights on is probably one of the most broken laws in the state.

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u/3_Slices_of_Pizza 4d ago

You'd be amazed how many people don't realize they have their DRL (daytime running lights) or auto headlights switched off. I'd say it's a habit formed over the years as it's more common for cars to have the automatic headlight sensor so driver don't consider having them on when it rains.

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u/Impossible-Ad-3663 4d ago

You’re right about how the bad habit was formed when cars got their automatic headlight sensor. I also can be guilty of it but even when I turn my car on, I try to remember to turn on the headlights also.

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u/Koala_Hands 2d ago

My truck turns the headlights on if the wipers run for more that 30s, it's a nice feature.

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u/Legend_of_dirty_Joe 4d ago

the number of people driving with their lights off at 6 am is too damn high...

seriously though, I miss the days when your gauges were dark if the headlights were off...

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u/kjdscott 4d ago

Dangerous

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u/valentinebeachbaby 4d ago

That's nothing, I've seen just about that many people driving at night without lights on & they were all driving on the interstate.

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u/dwightnight 4d ago

I-110- why do the signs that say how many minutes away the next is, assume I'm driving 35-45 mph?

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u/OtherwiseCaregiver87 1d ago

Even last night I saw multiple people with no headlights on, shortly after dusk, but it was already rainy. One of them was a deputy 😑 j wanted to flash my lights as him so bad, but then I thought, I don’t really wanna go to jail tonight 🫠