The Car Thread.

[Jasonovich]

None of my cars' headlights have ever dazzled anyone.
Not much of a claim to fame - but I wish everyone could make the same claim.

BBC News - Car headlights to be reviewed after drivers complain of being 'blinded' at night - BBC News

Car headlights to be reviewed after drivers complain of being 'blinded' at night

Concern over the glare from brighter headlamps is prompting the government to review vehicle design.

www.bbc.co.uk

I do wear glasses for driving and I suspect at night time, I'm more susceptible to intense light, others may not have the same issue as me. Old fashion incandescent head beams, full on, not half as bad as LEDs. Maybe the manufacturers can dim those LEDs a bit.

I do think, LED headlights are a nuisance and potentially dangerous. Particularly; on unlighted minor roads, many a times I have been dazed by on coming vehicles, those with LED headlights especially.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

I do think, LED headlights are a nuisance and potentially dangerous. Particularly; on unlighted minor roads, many a times I have been dazed by on coming vehicles, those with LED headlights especially.

Doesn't help that they are mounted so high - on pointlessly tall vehicles that almost no-one actually needs.

 

[Angle Poise-Lamp]

I do wear glasses for driving and I suspect at night time, I'm more susceptible to intense light, others may not have the same issue as me. Old fashion incandescent head beams, full on, not half as bad as LEDs. Maybe the manufacturers can dim those LEDs a bit.

I do think, LED headlights are a nuisance and potentially dangerous. Particularly; on unlighted minor roads, many a times I have been dazed by on coming vehicles, those with LED headlights especially.

I wear glasses all the time, for hypermetropia and, astigmatism caused by keratoconus, which itself causes greater sensitivity to bright light. I try to avoid driving at night because oncoming bright, led headlights, mean I just can’t see where I’m going.

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[Jasonovich]

Doesn't help that they are mounted so high - on pointlessly tall vehicles that almost no-one actually needs.

So true!

 

[Gray]

I'm more susceptible to intense light, others may not have the same issue as me.

They most certainly do have the same issue as you when it comes to bright headlights...which is why there's yet another review.
Sort of a bit late now. How it could have been allowed to get to the current situation is beyond me.

'Expert' advice is to look away - and stop to recover if you have to.
(After you've hit the person that stepped into the road while you were dazzled).