Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Misusing high beams

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I think that there should be a law that bans using high beams at other cars. The reason is because when the offender uses the high beams, it endangers the lives of the people in the car by blinding the driver in the car.

This almost happened to me. One day when I was doing my job as a food delivery driver, going down Bean Road in Bentonvill­e. A car flashed me with the high beams, and I almost crashed into a tree. I had to stop delivering food for the rest of the night because my car sustained damage.

It even says in the article that I read, which is called “Misuse of high beams,” if you don’t know when to use the high beams, then don’t use them. The risk is that you can be decreasing your visibility, blind oncoming traffic, misjudge distance, and increase road rage.

I think that it’s not smart to flash someone with high beams because they can be having a bad day and, when you flash them, they can cause the accident and blame you for crashing into them, leading to a lawsuit. A solution to the use of high beams might be that you can either place lampposts on the spots that are not that visible, or the police can put light sensors near the road with the camera, and when it goes above the normal light level, it can take a picture of the license plate and then fine the driver for endangerin­g others.

ALEJANDRO DIAZ

Bentonvill­e

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