To be happy about this...re headlight glare..link attached

[Ihateboris]

Finally something is (hopefully) going to be done about these bloody awful and dangerous headlights. I hate driving at night as these lights literally blind me for a few seconds.

BBC link here:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn971jlpvvro

Yep. I thought it was me getting older (40s), but it's definitely worse than it used to be. Doesn't help that I'm one of the few people who doesn't drive a big car, so my car ends up floodlit.

I'm used to driving in the dark- from October to feb/ march i leave in darkness and come home in darkness and i do streets, lanes and motorway in each journey. But it increasingly feels like I do it by the skin of my teeth. And when it rains too....

I also thought it was my age! I drive a little old mini so I already feel vulnerable as it is 😃

Finally!! This is great news as some headlights seem to think its their responsibility to light up the entire world!! Its awful driving along seeing spots from having just been blinded!

I thought it was my astigmatism 🤣

Goes off to Google astigmatism 🤣

Not before time. I’ve started actively avoiding night driving because of this. It’s so dangerous.

It’s not just dangerous for drivers, it’s also dangerous for people who are walking.

My astigmatism definitely makes it worse but something needs to be done, and fast.

I did a long, dark motorway drive last week at around 6ish, towards a local city. It's a route i don't often do. It was v busy, but the worst bit was trying to change lanes, when the glare behind is so bright that you can't actually see the road ir gauge distance. And I really don't remember that ever being a problem for me.

You are absolutely correct . I was walking my dogs the other evening and it was like having a bright torch shone into my face.

Ive been complaining about this for yearssss

I’ve barely noticed this. All newer cars have bright lights. What really matters is when they dip and the angle on the road as the RAC says. I don’t want to go back to glow worms. As we are an aging nation, I’m not surprised more find driving difficult. Are their eyes 100%? Possibly not.

I don’t really see how car lights can be less bright! Not should check angle and dipping time maybe? There are a few retro fitted lights as suggested by the article but automatic dipping can be slow and some cars partial dip too as they are multi beam lights. I find the worst cars are the old ones where drivers don’t dip at all!

The combination of these head lights and SUVs make driving a little car so dangerous.

Good!
I too have started to avoid driving at night.

Sick to death of the higher up headlights of massive fucking cars shining straight into my small car with their over/bright lights.

Let's hope something is going to finally be done

I’m genuinely so happy about this! I used to love driving at night back in the day and hate it now.

Same here! I feeling I’m one of the few people who doesn’t drive a SUV in my area. I work outside of the home so when I go back to work after half term I’ll be driving to and from work in the dark until when the clocks change again. I always feel like I’m looking down at the road rather than around me.

I feel like every journey I make at night is like playing Russian Roulette

Yep. Been a problem for years. Worse at night but I hate it even during the daytime.

Worst are Teslas I find. Also the sheer size and placement high up when my car is smaller, is difficult. New minis are dreadful and Nissan Jukes because the lights are really high up.

What would also help is not have people drive up my bumper! 🙄 People do not know what a stopping distance is anymore.

And finally, the flash to say thank you is not actually very pleasant. I don't want to be blinded, thanks.

Morning moan over. As you were.

Yanbu. Combined with the LED streetlights being turned down and the blinding headlights it feels really risky walking after dark.
I've started wearing a really bright running headlight so I can see and also get my own back a bit. I asked our council to turn the streetlights back up but they won't as it saves money. I walked somewhere with orange (sodium) lights the other day and it was bliss.
I won't go to late gym classes anymore as I hate walking or driving back. It's really got me down tbh.

Funny how 96% think your are NBU (as do I) but 50% of those probably have these ridiculous lights!

I was thinking the same

I violently flash twatty teslas who seem oblivious to the fact they are blinding us all. (sorry if you drive one, I'm sure you are nice, I'm cross with tesla not you!)

I drive a vw passat. One of my car conditions when I bought it was that it didn't come with anti social headlights.

I live rurally and the big offenders are new landovers and teslas.

Oh what a great idea re the running headlight! Off to Amazon...

I hate these lights. I live in a small town in an otherwise rural area, so do a lot of driving on unlit roads. They are a complete pain in the arse.

They even manage to be blinding when they're behind me sometimes. The other night my car was so lit up by the headlights of the car behind me that I swear a passenger could have read a book as I was driving along.

I suspect I have those ridiculous lights. I used to drive a 15 year old fiesta and was dazzled all the time. Now I have a newer Ev and the lights are so much brighter it was really noticeable. But night driving was sooo much easier. I found the setting to make them point more downwards though which I can tell makes a difference to oncoming cars because I’m not getting flashed any more!