Are modern LED headlights on cars dangerous?

[timoc]

Coming home tonight I was overwhelmed by the dazzling, super brightness of of car coming towards me in my taxi.
I asked the taxi driver why the headlights were so very, very bright, and he told me that they were the newer LED headlights which were many times brighter than the old style headlights.
I do understand that we need to see where we are going on the road in the dark, but I would suggest that the new type of headlights would be the cause of many crashes due to drivers being dazzled.

What are your thoughts, have you been forced to stop because oncoming cars have dazzled you?

 

[Born_To_Lose]

I know there has been a lot of complaints about these headlights, especially from older drivers.

 

[hollydolly]

yes they are, and they are particularly bad in areas where I live where there are no street lights for about 6 miles in the very narrow , very bendy, very hilly, country road going through the woods leading to my house...

I have had to buy yellow lense glasses to reduce the glare and they really work.. thank God , because really I was beginning to think it wouldn't be long before there was an accident due to being blinded by oncoming cars!

 

[timoc]

yes they are, and they are particualrly bad in areas where I live where there are no street lights for about 6 miles in the very narrow , very bendy, very hilly, country road going through the woods leading to my house...

I have had to buy yellow lense glasses to reduce the glare and they really work.. thank God , because really I was beginning to think it wouldn't be long before there was an accident due to being blinded by oncoming cars!

I'm glad that you be ultra carefull when you are out and about in your car at night, Holly, me, I'm happy to let others drive now.

 

[againstthegrain]

There is excellent headlamp tech available (BMW and others) to alleviate some/most of these issues, but most of it's not legal in the US.

 

[retiredtraveler]

Dangerous to me and most older people. Aging eyes can't deal with them for several reasons.

 

[LadyEmeraude]

I see them as dangerous and problematic.
I for one have had to mostly stop any nighttime
driving, due to the contrast of oncoming headlights
and my changing vision.

 

[jujube]

They are actually painful to me, especially the "blue" ones. Feels like pins in my eyeballs....

 

[Nathan]

The headlamps from the 50s were plenty bright!

 

[Bretrick]

I find them incredibly dangerous. Momentary blindness, travelling at night on a narrow road doing 100 kmh is fraught with the possibility of running off the road.
I limit my nighttime, country driving to nil, if I can.

 

[Aunt Bea]

I choose not to drive at night, especially when it’s raining.

The bright lights, failing vision, slower reflexes, traffic, etc… all conspire to make me a hazard to the health and well-being of those around me.

Be honest about your limitations and choose to do what’s best for you and the people around you.