Well.......ummm since we ONLY meet another vessel "head on"......
The "rules of the water" ARE quite specific and WHY there are red/green lights.........
I'll be happy to post them for you IF you need to read them AND why any "brighter lights" making the
red/green not clearly visible is not only a violation but also dangerous IMO....
Do as you wish and IF you end up causing an accident (God forbid) just explain to the officer how you "were so right" I'm sure they'll see it your way
I don't know where you boat (or how often at night) but I DO know how it is on Laurel at night, some going 50 mph+ at night , some doing under 10 mph , some slow trolling and some anchored or tied up , (and this can be found virtually everywhere on the lake, main lake points, by the channel, in the channel at times.....) there is NO room for "confusion" IMHO.... you may very well know what you're doing , but how can others IF they can't tell which way you're heading due to no visible green or red and being Blinded to boot?
Obviously you don't seem to "see it that way", even though many have posted here about being blinded by this practice, IS it worth the risk to you?
You get two or three (or more) boats doing 50 mph (or more) coming down the lake, blinded and confused , it's a recipe for disaster maybe not "every time" but once is once too often IMHO
It's not "to me" (and I'd guess most of us here) and I can't see "the need" in doing so, lighting up buoys or bank momentarily yes, "running down the lake" with them?????? What is the point anyway?