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This has been shining in my eyes for the last 10 minutes whilst the bus driver takes a break.
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Whoever*
Whom is an object, who is a subject. An object usually follows prepositions like “to”, so it’s good instinct to use whomever here, but in this case the object is the entire clause “whoever invented …”, so the whoever is the subject of the verb invented.
It looks like a UK bus. If you want to help make the bus company’s life miserable there is a useful trick. This is the sort of thing a lot of parish council members will get disproportionately angry about. They also tend to have far less to do than higher bits of government. They also know a lot more about the inner workings of local government, and who’s ear to burn about it. A politely written letter (or a few from several people) can get them up in arms about it.
Once you set that in motion, wait a week or 2, then also contact the local papers about it. I’ve seen them roll with far smaller stories than this.
Neither group has much/any hard power, but the soft power of the NIMBY croud can be extremely effective against public facing companies.
Edit to add.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/artificial-light-nuisances-how-councils-deal-with-complaints
It could be argued that that light is a statutory nuisance.
We for real need to start legislating and enforcing brightness laws. These headlights are out of control. This thing is an abomination.
There is no rhyme or reason for anything beyond a reasonable street lamp and headlight. We kept asking could we, it’s time to ask should we? If nothing else I miss seeing stars at night
The issue with a lot of LED lights isn’t brightness, its beam dip. The light should be angled downwards so it never shines into the oncoming traffic.
Unfortunately, a lot of retrofitted brighter bulbs don’t play nicely with the beam dips. Car companies also err towards helping their diver, rather than the oncoming ones.
In Mexico they have 10 x 30 meter (say, 30 by 100 foot) led billboards that you can literally see 10 kilometers away.
Fuck. Everything. About. That.
Those should just “accidentally” get painted
Same goes for LED headlights. “Enjoy looking directly into lasers at night.”
Multi-beam and Matrix LED headlights will cut oncoming traffic out of their beams. They’ll blind you less than any other type of headlight. You can see it best when driving in fog. It’s not expensive tech in 2025 either, that’ a damn Škoda Octavia in the video, I rode in one the other day and it had cheaper plastics in the interior than my first car, a 1992 Audi 80.
It’s mis-aligned headlights that cause the most problems. And people retrofitting HIDs or LEDs into enclosures that are not meant for those.
I read
"Technical Education Opens Doors
OR
Your Child"
I though it was a threat to either go to college, or satan takes your child as a sacrifice for being ignorant.
I haven’t had the displeasure yet.
It’s not that they’re LEDs, it’s that they’re too bright.
At the very least, can they not be blue? It’s the worst color at night.
Red would be best–it fucks with your eyes the least–but there’s often legal limits on red lights (besides brake/turn signals) on non-emergency vehicles. Something in orange or yellow would be less harsh.
Shit that’s bright af.
I’m sure I’ve seen them with the side panel showing the route the bus was travelling on.
No surprise that they eventually gave that up for ad money.
Next step will be to have that screen in colour and animated. And speakers.
You mean like these?
Wake up babe, new Ad Block just dropped.
I always keep an eye out for the comments that would be the most incomprehensible shown in the last century.
Stage coach?
to whomever invented
LEDadvertisements.fuck being bombarded with literal propaganda all day.
What made you unable to look in a different direction?
Really? Count the things you’re not allowed to show in public. It’s almost like you can’t go through life with your eyes literally closed so the world doesn’t bother you.
You have to know that, though, so you must be trolling.
Sir, this is c/mildlyinfuriating, let me whinge in peace.
Technical education opens doors, or your child.
Please don’t open my child.
I saw this, too, and I don’t even have a child.
Put the knife away Waltuh
(psssst ackshually it says “for”)
Why you gotta ruin it for us?
Alternate question: How powerful of a laser do you need to burn out the LEDs on those sort of displays?
At least three.
Maybe even four.
Looks like it’s supposed to say that, but currently doesn’t. Lol
I’m surprised that’s legal. You’d think it would distract other drivers
freedom of expression does also matter, how much more distracting is this compared to if it was made with retroreflectors? Could these lights be confused for hazards? Is this any different than having a glowing “taxi” sign on a taxi?
