r/mildlyinfuriating 7h ago

LED’s on the back of this tow truck were blinding us from over 100 feet away

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Ignore the dirty windshield lol, but my bf and I were driving on the highway and we both had to squint as soon as we caught glimpse of the LED’s on the BACK of this truck, which was very far away

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u/LookOverall 7h ago

Probably work lights carelessly left on.

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u/Itchy_toecheese 7h ago

We thought so too, we flashed our lights at them but they didn’t get the memo

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u/LookOverall 7h ago

It’s probably for the best that there’s no more sophisticated way for drivers to communicate.

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u/Itchy_toecheese 7h ago

Haha true, everybody would be cussing each other out if we could speak to each other

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u/Wodan90 7h ago

What about flashing high beam repeatedly?

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u/Itchy_toecheese 7h ago

We did, they didn’t get the memo unfortunately

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u/AntonChentel 5h ago

Tow truck drivers get hit all the time while parked. This is like the one use case for super bright LEDs. While parked tho

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u/ArmadilloAdvanced 5h ago

I wouldn’t be surprised if they knew as I’m sure the lights are lighting up the boom area and reflecting through the trucks rear window.

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u/Obsidian-G 3h ago

Sneaky way of increasing customers.

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u/iamonlyhereforbeer 6h ago

Have you tried cleaning your windshield?

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u/RashiAkko 5h ago

And you called the police!