During the day it does. Most "normal" people look at the white line when faced with a brighter light. Course there are always idiots out there. Either way one brighter than normal light makes people NOTICE you not miss you.Skier wrote:Many vehicles use a higher wattage bulb for the highbeam.TrueFaith wrote:For the same reason you have to dim that white light when approching cars at night. Because the beam is directed higher and shines at eye level - hence it is more noticeable, even in daylight. If you approch someone with a flashlight beam directed towards the ground it won't be noticed anywhere near as much as it is if you shine it directly into their eyes. High beam and low beam refers to the angle of the beam, not the intensity of it.
What worries me about blasting other motorists with a very bright light aimed at them is the fact it's hard to ignore: target fixation.
My anecdotal evidence is running with your highbeam on all the time doesn't improve visibility one lick.
Oh and there is NO state i know of that makes it illegal for motorcycles to use high beams during the day. Cars yes motorcycles no. At night it is different because of the nature of our eyesight during those hours.