Is it just me or.....

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are most peoples headlights too bloody bright. Sometimes you can't tell if they are on full beam or not.

YANBU. It's dreadful. Makes driving at night so dangerous.

Think it's because a lot of people don't realise you can lower the beam (it'll 9 times out of 10 be a little dial near your right knee if you're in the driver's seat).

Yes I was thinking this yesterday driving in the dark being blinded every 2 minutes

Not just you. I've been blinded so many times its scary

Agree, and suspect it's to do with them being LED these days..

Yes - far too bright. And it means you often can't see if the indicator is on. And, although I assume mine appear bright to others as the car is fairly new (and I have adjusted them), they still don't really light anything up when street lights aren't adequate.

I had my bulbs replaced at Halford's and they asked whether I wanted the ultra bright ones. Up till then I'd thought it was my eyesight that was the problem. I think those should be banned - it's so dangerous, particularly if you're facing them on a country road.

I agree entirely

It will never be done but I'd love for all headlights to be circularly polarised in a particular direction so we could fit opposing filters to our windscreens. Diffuse lighting would have the polarisation disrupted so we wouldn't be blind to other cars and light reflected straight back from our headlights (from reflective surfaces) would have the polarisation inverted and could pass right through. Light shining directly from the headlights would be cut down significantly.

Totally agree, I was worried at one point it was my eyesight, some of them are terrible. Bigger/higher cars and vans seem to be worse too because they are more eye level! It's really dangerous

They do seem to be getting brighter but I struggle even more with the flashing lights cyclists use.

They are almost excusable on busy roads in towns but on unlit rural roads they can be really disorientating. It feels like the flash is a lot brighter than any car headlight and it makes it impossible to see anything but the light. I've had to stop a couple of times to wait for the cyclist to pass so I can see the road again.

DNBU hate being 'blinded' by these too bright lights. Was thinking of getting some night driving glasses. Anyone tried them?