Found a picture of the OP. It explains some things...

 

I've never come close to hitting it.

 

Got to give credit to the Japanese car makers on this topic. Having the light switch on the turn signal stalk and wipers on a stalk on the other side is the perfect placement.

 

I hit the dang thing twice today. I suppose moving the seat backward would help, but I keep my toolbox there. Since I've only had the truck for a week, I plan to teach myself to avoid that ****... or get some Ford knee-pads.

 

I’m 6’ and I never come close to hitting it.

 

I'm 6'2 and never come close to it. How do you hit the switch without hitting the steering wheel?

 

Have any of you guys seen a vehicle that had a pull out **** for the lights with the hi-beam switch on the floor?

 

Yes. I'm 45 years old, my first vehicle was a 1976 Mercury Cougar XR7 and my second vehicle was a 1984 F-150, both had that exact setup. The dimmer switch on the cougar would stick down and I had to bang on it with my shoe so it would pop back up.

 

Being well over-the-hill, I had several vehicles equipped this way. And to my mind, that's the way they still should be! Switching from hi to low beams was such a piece of cake when driving down a two-lane road at night - just keep your toe on the switch and tap it as needed. Now I have to move my hand from where I like to have it on the steering wheel over to where it can grab that dang switch!

 

Yes, I have one: 1961 Galaxie 500