I know I’m not the only one who feels like I’m getting visually assaulted everytime I drive at night. It was bad 10 years ago but now, it seems like headlight manufacturers have a deal with insurance companies and optometrists to make the lights as bright as possible. Is this ever going to stop or is there some kind of race in the headlight industry to see who can reproduce the power of the sun first?

  • fizzle@quokk.au
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    3 days ago

    In regional areas the extra light at night is genuinely helpful.

    However, thats on unlit roads with so little traffic that you only see an oncoming car once every 5 or 10 minutes.

    On roads with more traffic theyre just not necessary because there aren’t any animals or other obstacles.

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      3 days ago

      In regional areas the extra light at night is genuinely helpful.

      Bro, that’s what the high beams are for.

      The current situation is the normal (low beam) headlights on some “newer” cars are so bright, I could turn of my headlights at night and the car behind me gives enough light for me to see without a problem.

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        3 days ago

        Oh I thought thats what everyone was complaining about.

        Everyone here has after market LED light bars or spot lights. Factory lights and evern high beams are no big thing but light bars have the fire of a thousand suns.