Originally Posted by
mechBgon
I don't think I've ever had a battery-powered light that I
didn't examine in that fashion
It's powerful, but certainly not blinding when driving a car with about 2500 lumens out the front, or in daylight/twilight. Given the cagers' compliments to me and other BF members, and the fact that they don't actually exhibit any signs of being blinded in the real world, I don't see your hypothesis (it's too intense/bright!) being supported by the empirical evidence. And you know what that means
The DiNotte has a pretty broad flood pattern, actually. It's far less focused than, say, my L2D Premium Q5 (which has, OMG, a blinding 180 lumens). Beam shot:
Take a look at a police LED deck/dash strobe, some of them have 8 to 16 emitters jammed in there, not just one. And yet, people survive having looked at them, and stuff
Here's a sample:
You are not an emergency vehicle clearing the roads of traffic to get somewhere quickly. As I'm sure you know, when an emergency vehicle has it's lights on traffic stops.
When you aim it directly in someones eyes it is blinding. I don't know why you wish to argue that fact. The Fenix is blinding too, which I have both tested myself and been told by a friend. If you wish not to respect drivers by intentionally shining a very bright light in their eyes which you know is blinding don't be surprised when they have a lack of respect toward you. The road is to be shared, at that mean that you must try and respect the others on it.
It's clear by your attitude and willingness to intentionally shine a very bright light in the eyes of drivers that you somehow think that your right to the road supersedes others. Check out Sammyboy's photos for a picture of respectful use of a very bright light.