Thousands of drivers sign petition calling for ban on 'blinding' vehicle headlights
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- Опубліковано 11 кві 2023
- If you feel blinded by the lights when driving, you're not alone. Thousands are complaining that vehicle headlights are getting brighter and causing more glare and at least one group says it's dangerous.
About half of all fatal crashes happen in the dark and headlights make a difference in crash rates.
The Soft Lights Foundation is calling for a ban on what it calls "blinding headlights", circulating a petition that has more than 41,000 signatures.
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This needs to be done at a federal level. Immediately. New pickup trucks are the worst.
Not just Trucks but SUV's and compact cars.
I don't think it's so much newer trucks, but the owners of these trucks put lifters on the front ends (for some reason...?) but don't adjust the headlights down again. Newer trucks with stock lights and that are not lifted, while still pretty bright, do not pose the same problems.
@noirlite5573 tinted rear windows do indeed reduce incoming light from behind, but don't help with oncoming traffic in other lanes. If you tinted the front, if it's too dark it's illegal, but in general you're also reducing your visibility in low light conditions. This is also a drawback of tinted windows, backing up at night where there's little light, it's difficult to see what/where you're backing into...
@@donquixote... the reason is pickup trucks come with a higher rear suspension, for load carrying. Many lift the front aka "leveling kit" to have it visually look level, and not have the butt in the air.
@gwot Yeah, I'm aware of that. The truck will also be level when there's a sufficient load in the back. But no, with a lift in front now the ass is dragging and looks stupid. It's higher in the back to accommodate the type of suspension necessary to handle the cargo you have the truck to carry. But now your irresponsible rear end hasn't adjusted your headlights to match this unseemly modification, and you're blinding people out on the road at night because you are the exceptional, indispensable ubermench.
As a truck driver this needs to be done ASAP. Several times I've almost ran off the road from blinding light
I feel your pain..I do too night runs and it is a big problem
I feel you 💯
@@Youalreadyknowwhatitissounds like a thousands of people issue cuz we all going thru it
Just last weekend a semi 's light was so bright I felt like it was a movie effect and a portal was going to open up, IN-MY-CAR, or my car was going super-nova. GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAh!!!!!!!! My eyes!!!
100%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I totally agree and support this. So many headlights out there that are just blinding even when they are on low beam. Can you imagine what it’s like for the elderly.
The law is already in place - lazy cops just don't issue tickets!
Yes, this needs to be done asap. I can’t drive at night bc of these headlights. I can’t see anything else
stop driving and walk
@@NoahMizrahi you're a twit.
@NoahMizrahi you're a twit! Dumb as your profile Pic and your history of replies. Grow up and offer more in life based on opinions instead of being a keyboard warrior without lack of experience.
@@NoahMizrahi twit!
This is main reason I don’t like driving when it gets dark, the new LED headlights from cars driving the opposite direction is blinding.
I stopped driving at night 15 years ago because of the blinding headlights. Very disorienting, frightening, and if you have cataracts, too----sooo dangerous.
Especially the new pickup trucks they are blinding.
@@michaelmullin7941 lol, 15 years ago in 2008 it was still halogen it was quite a paradise. Those LED started to appear cerca in 2012-2013, accelerated since 2016-2017 and now they are 80 percent at least. Pedstrians suffer too. Absolutely impossible to go along roads at night because of these difgusting LEDs. Now probably one ride at night with 100 times blinded by LEDs is more stressful than huge traffic jams in early 2000s.
Get some yellow safety glasses.
Very good for blocking glare.
They help in the rain too.
And then there are some that add brighter than they should be fog lights and then there is the blinding light bar that some trucks add to their bumper when their trucks are already jacked up to where the factory lights already blind you. I'm getting so I try to plan my trips before dark because of it since my lights are like candles in comparison. My car just makes a shadow in front of me when they are behind me. I might feel different if I was sitting on the other side of them, like behind their steering wheel. I think the guys that add extra lights to their trucks feel that a certain part of their antimony is inadequate and the lights make up for it. LOL It's just rude to be honest.
Best part is when you think they have their hi-beams on, you flash yours at them to let them know. Then they flash theirs on, sending your eyes into the shadow realm.
They then try engaging you into a 'brights' war by turning their brights on and leaving them on in retaliation! 👎
😂....it's usually on dark roads but you need those lights to avoid hitting night walkers who wear dark clothes
Seriously!!! 🤣
That happened to me tonight!
Mann ain't that the truth lmao
Some of these headlights are beyond absurd in their brightness. Ive definitely had several terrifying experiences where the lights are so bright that I can’t see for a few seconds each time those lights hit me directly in the eyes. Pro-tip folks, if you’re driving keep your eyes on the white line on the right side of the road it’ll reduce the blinding effect of these lights
Unfortunately that trick works less and less as headlights get more extreme. I do it every time and still get blinded.
Yes, I do that too, or at least try to, the state of repair of our roads in the UK makes it difficult, there's virtually no white line, pot holes like the surface of the moon and no cat's eyes like there were. I also hold my hand up to shield my vision from them, so I'm driving with one bloody hand! - not good!
In drivers ed, back a few decades ago, you were taught even dim on divided highways with no barriers. That has gone out the window. No common sense any more. Everybody says: “well I don’t care if no one else can see, as long as I can”. That’s my 2 cents…
And that's part of what turns a first-world country into third-world one.
I absolutely agree. They use to call them Highbeams and it was illegal to use when other cars were around. Now it's just normal and it's crazy. It's blinding and hazardous
High beam is even brighter
Get over yourself kid
@@slapshotjack9806only assholes fail to dim their lights for other vehicles
You can be fined for not dimming your Highbeams. But these lights are brighter than Highbeams.
A lot of these “brighter lights” ARE high beams, at least 50% of the time when I turn my high beams on the offending approaching vehicle they dim theirs. People are just driving with their high beams on either because they don’t know any better and wonder why everybody bright lights them, or they’re just arseholes and don’t care.
I remember when headlights were adjustable and were checked at vehicle inspection stations.
They are still adjustable. Just no one bothers with it anymore. Not even manufactures.
They're still adjustable and get checked, , equipments more complicated and time-consuming though
@@danasmith1899 What country do you live in and what kind of car do you have? Here in the U.S. "By the late 80s most other states had stopped doing headlight aim testing. As a result through an administrative rule proposal that was approved on March 15, 1990, the headlight aim-testing requirement was removed from the inspection procedures chart." The last car I owned with adjustable headlights was a 1990 Suburban. All other cars since then have been non-adjustable! You must still drive really old cars!
@@justdoingitjim7095 All headlights are adjustable! Just because you don't know how, doesn't mean it can't be done! Name one car with non adjustable headlights sold in the US!
@@justdoingitjim7095 my 04 Silverado has adjustable lights, I had a 2010 civic with adjustable headlights and my 2011 suburban has adjustable headlights. Not sure what your smoking.
I actually had to adjust my Silverados headlights after I added a lift and LEDs, no I do not blind anyone, tested it with a friend one night to confirm it wasn't in their face.
The auto manufacturers need to be held accountable
I'm so glad I'm not alone on this issue! Headlights on more modern vehicles are brighter than they used to be & it seems like they have their brights on.
This is my problem when I drive at night. These lights are so bright that I can’t even see the road. 😡🤬
Me too! And don't get me going on me driving slow as shit, when I'm being blinded, & people barreling up your wahzoo! I drive ulta-slow so they HAVE TO PASS!!
Blinding oncoming traffic,,
Ok Gary Hart.! Wearing sunglasses at night? You're an idjot!@@thelonewolf666
@@musicmamma I don't blame ya, I feel unsafe to make lane changes at night cause it make me unable to us my mirrors. If those bigger vehicle have the ability to make safe lanes changes good for them then they can go around us.
Best not go out in the rain at night then
I hope this goes nation wide
World wide, this is a world wide problem...
Part of the problem is the non enforcement of laws that every state has regulating the height of headlights from the ground. In my state, it's usually around 36 inches from the ground to the center of the headlight. There is also laws as to high high the bumper can be from ground level.
I feel this. I've hated this for years. It's why I try to avoid ever driving at night.
Back in the 70s I was a vehicle inspector and there were rules on how high your headlights were and how they were set. This needs to come back. I can no longer drive at night due the headlight problem.
Yea those adjusting screw/mounts are still there just not adjected correctly at fault of the driver/owner.
Most cars now aim the lights with a motor so its set to the standards 24/7
@kylereese4822 there are many vehicles made today that do not have adjustment screws the owner can use to adjust their lights. Even the ones that do are not going to help because it's not a beam aim problem as much as poor beam focus. This means many after-market lights have wide beam angles that flood light more than focusing it making more glare. The US needs to update the very antiqued vehicle light rules to allow for modern self-adjusting lights to be legal in the US. Additionally, all vehicle lights made and sold should required to be rated for road use because no one seems to notice or care when vehicle lights say FOR OFF ROAD USE ONLY clearly on the packaging.
I remember adjustment screws on my old camaro and truck
Most definitely it needs to come back.
You've got my vote. Really tired of being blinded by rude oncoming drivers.
Well that’s the lighting the car comes with. Not sure if they’re purposely being rude
@@noirlite5573windshield tints are illegal in Illinois and also in North Carolina. How far south do I have to go to tint the front? Florida?
@@noirlite5573Depends on state laws
@@noirlite5573That’s such a reciprocal effect. Lights too bright -> Add tints -> Harder to see at night -> Install brighter lights. There just needs to be more regulation on the aiming of headlights as they mentioned, which is the true problem here
@@noirlite5573because pedestrians hate them too. And headlight brightness is measurable. Cant see at night you shouldn't be able to hold a license.
Agree . These bright headlights make driving at night difficult.
i remember several years ago there was a motorcyclist at night that had such a blinding light that I couldn't even tell what side of the road they were on let alone see ahead of me to avoid them.
I refuse to drive after dark, unless I absolutely have to, for these reasons. I drive a Honda Civic and everybody’s lights blind me. This definitely needs to be addressed.
I have cataracts jussst starting to form - they don't affect my vision in daylight or general use at all but they make my problem with bright headlights at night even worse. My ophthalmologist says I will be able to get surgery when I feel I can't safely see while driving at night from the glare, which will probably be long before I notice the cataracts affecting my day vision...
yup any truck or suv lights up the cabin
Starting to feel like a Vampire at this point. Just feeling my body melt away as LED's just summon a solar flare into my retinas.
This happened to me as I was driving and I thought the other driver coming towards me had his brights on. So I flashed my brights real quick so he would turn his off. He flashed his brights at me, showing me that he wasn’t driving with his brights on.
Had the same thing happen, except the first time it happened to me it wasn't even nighttime, just slightly rainy midday. I flicked my brights at someone thinking there was no way their lights could look that bright in the day.
Then he turned on his brights and I almost had to pull over from how bad that flash was, it wasn't even a truck or SUV but a normal sized if sporty looking car. This is getting beyond insane.
Same thing happened to me. I want to call him an a**hole but it might not even be his fault because such lights can be stock in new vehicles.
I drive home from work at night time and this happens alot. I have to turn my eyes and focus on the right line of the road. I've had to flash my lights many times thinking they had high beams on and I ended up being wrong.
I drive home from work at night time and this happens alot. I have to turn my eyes and focus on the right line of the road. I've had to flash my lights many times thinking they had high beams on and I ended up being wrong.
I drive home from work at night time and this happens alot. I have to turn my eyes and focus on the right line of the road. I've had to flash my lights many times thinking they had high beams on and I ended up being wrong.
I would love to sign such a petition.
In the late 80’s state inspections that included headlight aiming all but stopped. This along with the lack of fines/tickets has really become a serious problem! I’m in the state of Arkansas and it’s a problem here as well. I would/will sign a petition to reduce this problem! It will only change with fines imposed!
Headlight height adjustment was one of the biggest rip offs in state inspections and makes very little difference if the head light is to high!
@@jofus3604 Headlight angle adjustment absolutely makes a difference. I own a lifted jeep with LED headlights and a ford fiesta. 4” of headlight dip at 20 feet on the jeep means the difference between headlights that aren’t even annoying, and not being able to see the road when viewed from my other car.
This petition needs to go nationwide. Not only are bright lights blinding coming at you but also behind you. I have too many goobers tailgate me with their lifted trucks and eBay LED headlights and they make the interior of my car so bright I can't see what's ahead of me.
Had this happened where a car behind me was blinding me. It's so frustrating. I ended up blaring my horn at him (we were the only two cars around on), and then i just slowed down. As he passed by me, he looked at me with an expression like "What's your problem?" lol, what an idiot.
Get some window tint instead of expecting the world to change around you. Trucks will always be tall, most people won’t adjust their headlights, and people will always put LED bulbs in halogen housings
@@Range-Xthat is so stupid. What about your mirrors maybe I should take them off who needs em. Too many dumb asses out there. Wanna see one. Look in the mirror
@Range-X Which is illegal in most states.
@@phcusnret and only enforced in some states. Sucks to be in one of those. Even the cops have illegal tint where I live
This issue is annoying but most importantly dangerous.
Don’t matter how tall, as long as the proper aiming is done. A lot of the problem is people throwing leds in, and reflectors for halogen are not designed for leds, so you get a different pattern. Along time ago I remember the station I worked at had a headlight aim tester that you had to use during motor vehicle inspections. I say bring back inspections in all 50 states.
Was driving in a snowstorm on a 2 lane highway and the amount of people who leave their brights on is idiotic.
Literally one of the first things you learn for your driving test is NOT to use brights in fog or snow.
Yes, Amen to that! 😊
Is it the brights or is it the stupid new LED lights in modern cars
It's about Freaking Time!!! That needs to be Nation wide!
Absolutely!!!!
Absolutely.
And enforced. That's the thing
I remember when headlight aiming was part of motor vehicle inspections. So states who took that away are also to blame.
The aim is not the problem here, it's the brightness + blue light + sharp light cutoff. Blue light causes glare, that's why fog lights are yellow.
@@mofayer The aim is absolutely part of the problem. I get just as blinded by the overlanders that think yellow somehow makes their off-road lights legal for on-road use. However there are plenty of 2010s-ish cars with HID headlights that have whiter light and a sharp cutoff and are just fine to look at while driving by, as long as they are aimed right. It seems like nowadays manufacturers are aiming the headlights as high as they can get away with and they end up too high as soon as you put weight in the back or add a lift kit.
@@averyw.3939 the off road yellow lights are much more powerful than road use lights. Yellow color by its nature reduces glare, that's why it's used in fog lights.
'Blue wavelengths of light scatter more in our environment and in our eye, leading to glare which reduces contrast sensitivity, degrades image quality, and contributes to eye strain.'
@@mofayer My point was they still blind me just the same as the white off-road lights. Halogen high beams are also still blinding and bright. The color doesn't matter much if the light is pointed where it shouldn't be, so the aim is absolutely part of the problem.
True dat. The only thing New Jersey checks at vehicle inspection is emmisons.
Clas action lawsuit against car insurance companies that do not create parameters on these bright headlights and NOT keeping stats on headlight caused crashes.
It's Not Because of the headlights!!!
I'm an Over The Road Truck Driver, and I get blinded every night!!!
It's because people don't have the lights adjusted properly!!!
When people get headlights replaced, they don't adjust them!!
I’m with this fully. You dont need to see the future in front of your ride.
this is why halogen headlights are safer then these new brighter led headlights that blind you now days the Led's emit to much blue light and blind people.
Get over yourself kid
😂 indeed
I sure as hell do, specially that "future" involves a deer, or God forbid, a person. I live in the country. I have to able to see far ahead because you never know what's going to run out of the treeline in front of you.
@@slapshotjack9806 get over yourself cornball
I’m 81 so I can recall vehicles back to the 40’s and I remember when the police gave tickets for headlights being to bright. The brightest cars on the road were VW’s back then. The yearly car inspections also included making sure your headlights were aimed properly. As time went by lighting supposedly improved until we get what we have today. I’m glad to see someone complaining about it.
Road registration in Japan still requires people aiming of headlights biannually.
We ha standards back then, not like today. These stupid kids don't have an ounce of consideration
Absolutely. I agree inspections should include headlight adjustment again. The stats seem to support this.
More and more states are doing away with the headlight inspection, and the back-up light inspection!! I drive a Fiat 500 and here in Texas, so many people drive pick-ups or big SUVs, that, added to the LED lights it's just ridiculously dangerous to drive at night.
Texas is getting rid of the inspection all together in 2025… you still have to pay tho… it’s just laziness pure and simple
Signed the petition. This is getting out of hand
Biggest issue I see is poorly adjusted headlights and the idiots who blatantly just run with their highs.
I was starting to think I was the only one. How did car companies not think that this would be an issue? People now also drive with their high beams on all the time. It's not like you were getting into accidents every day without them. I read somewhere that Europe has the light tilted down and out, so as to avoid blinding drivers, but the US won't start implementing that kind of lighting for a few years and it will only be on the more luxury cars. Hope the petition brings some change.
That's correct, over here in the UK, the headlights MUST be tilted at the correct angle. Also, here we generally don't drive at night with high beams on, unless we are on a very dark road, even then, when we see another car coming the opposite direction, we turn off our brights until the car has passed. When I lived in the U.S. I had a very bad experience with these bright headlamps.
@@lovejetfuel4071
This isn't a high beam issue.
It is just as bad after a driver lowers the high beams.
High beams in during the day helps with visibility.
I have to keep my high beams on cuz if not I'll have to come to a complete stop every time a BMW Audi Mercedes or Cadillac drives at me. I swear there so bright without my high beams on I can't even see the white line on the side of the road.
Want to hear something really really maddening? In Europe, a lot of cars have adaptive headlights, they automatically dim or redirect headlights when a vehicle is coming at you, specifically to avoid binding them. Here is the maddening part, a lot of cars here in the US have the feature available, but US law, until extremely recently, made this technology ILLEGAL! My buddy had to pay someone to re-unlock this SAFETY feature on his car! Makes the conspiracy theorist in me go, "wait, is this intentionally done to encourage people to by taller vehicles instead of cars, that way we'll be driving less fuel efficient vehicles and have to pay more in gas tax, on top of trucks/suv's costing more so there's more taxes there too!" Sounds crazy, but tbh I think it sounds less crazy than making a safety feature illegal for a decade or so!
It's about time someone doing some action, where do I sign?
This is the responsibility of whoever inspects the vehicles in states that require yearly safety inspections !
At least bi annual when emissions testing is done would be a great
This needs to be done soon. The older I get it's getting harder to see at night, the same time lights are getting brighter
A big danger, not just to drivers, is to pedestrians crossing two or more opposing lanes of traffic. No matter how good one driver's lights are, he won't see the pedestrian if he's blinded, or the pedestrian is washed out, by the opposing vehicles' lights.
Sounds like city driving/traffic !
So this is happening with low beams !
Why hasn't this become a recognized problem !!!
If you're crossing the street in front of a car, you're doing something wrong.
@@dandotvid not necessarily. Given how much glare some (almost all) modern small vehicle headlights cause, it is impossible to judge how far they are away. This with just the low beams on city streets. A car can be 4 blocks away and the glare is so intense it is not possible to tell even if it is moving, only road curve or slope gives any indication of distance.
Decades age, headlight placement on a particular model/brand of car lead to the inability to judge distance, and these cars were involved in excessive head-on collision. One would think the auto industry would keep track of thing like this.
We can thank Elizabeth Dole, who was secretary of Transportation ( who was chauffeured every where she went), for these bright headlights. She said drivers can see farther now. I remember thinking, I could put 2 locomotive headlights on my truck and I could see farther, and blind everyone in the process. I’ve had to come to a complete stop on a country 2 lane road while driving a tanker because I couldn’t see anything. When on a divided highway (with a concrete barrier) we get blinded by these bright oncoming headlights, where car and suv drivers do not. We all get blinded even when they are behind us. Since these headlights are so bright, they should not have high beams or driving lights. Driving lights (clear or white lights, below the bumper) are illegal within 500 ft of oncoming traffic or 250 ft of following traffic. But these laws are never enforced.
I didn't kow that about Elizabeth Dole. She was a POS.
Cry me a river 🎻
Till it’s you one day . 😂
No, the laws are not enforced. Speed limits aren't enforced much anymore either. Nobody cares anymore. Makes me grateful I'm the age I am and hopeful I will be allowed to check out sooner rather than later
@@Shaolin91zSounds like you the type people are complaining about here.
Roadcraft little boy! And it’s not about being a good racer. It’s about knowing how to drive and read ing the situations to get yourself and others on the road home safely. And that means thinking of others on the road.
Where do I sign? Finally a thread of sanity in the news!
Hope more progress on this is made. Absolutely a dangerous issue.
Happening here in Europe too. It's absolutely ridiculous.
I'm happy to see so many people feel the same as me. It is about time! Walking facing traffic can be really dangerous.
Are you in a rural area?
I'm in the city where drivers should never be using their high beam and the glare from blocks away can be ridiculous.
Then just try to look into traffic when crossing the road, and you may not be able to because you have to shield your eye.
And with the glare it is also almost impossible to judge how far away the vehicle is. Definitely a safety hazard!
I don't drive a motor vehicle, so I can't even imagine how bad it is on twisty country roads.
Yes! Pedestrians are at high risk,when drivers are blinded head lights!
ALWAYS WALK FACING TRAFFIC….It is the only way drivers can see you, especially if you are in dark non-reflective clothing, but perhaps more importantly…IT IS THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN SEE IF A VEHICLE IS LINED UP TO HIT YOU giving you at least a chance to jump clear.
On my mountain bike I put bight L.e.d lights down low enough that it's level with drivers eyes. They hate it that much you see them put there visor down at night. Comical for me
Government on pointing beams at airplanes: 😨
Government on pointing beams at cars: 😃
Don't even get me started with the aftermarket lights people add that are sold as off-road use only but people use them all the time, even during the day!
These light are brighter on dim than the old lights are on bright. On rainy nights, I have been blinded to the point of running in the ditch. These new brighter lights should be outlawed.
Yes! I drive a large truck with old school headlights and I am blinded nightly!
This situation has been going on for a couple of years now, glad it's finally being seriously discussed.
More like a decade. Took them long enough. At least they are discussing it. Finally.
Not nearly soon enough.
It's gotten so bad that I don't drive anywhere at night when it's raining. I have found myself not being able to see anything at all of where I am on the road when a car comes toward me on a two lane road in the rain. Really scary and dangerous.
Rain makes everything darker. You can't see the lines on the road and then super bright oncoming headlights and it's difficult to even stay on the road.
You can't stop being blinded by headlights in any hilly area. WV driver here. The best thing to do is adjust the headlamp's beam, make that a part of vehicle inspection and get ticketed for it being out of range
Ticketed by whom? We did away with the police remember?
I live in Tennessee and I completely agree with this!
Me too, Ohio.
As someone that has a short vehicle (and is just a shorter person in general), there are some cars that have their headlights aligned at just the right position where it literally feels like I'm staring at the sun itself.
This is a huge problem that is more serious than most driving hazards. I stopped driving at night because of this problem.
It's those blue lights that are on the new vehicles that are blinding people whether the truck sits high or low
When I was younger, the annuaL vehicle inspection always included a test of Headlight aiming at a certain distance, if it was 'off' you did not get a pass!
This has been going on for years and years. Always getting blinded by these insane highbeams. People have no consideration of others
It's not just high beams some of these people are putting very bright LED lights on their vehicle that are also blinding
I'm really surprised it has taken this long for a discussing to take place about banning these horrible ice white LED lights
They do it with bad intentions, they enjoy knowing they are blinding other people
Does the constitution say anything about headlights?
@@catdaddy2643 criminal law does tho, intentionally causing harm to someone
The problem with solely regulating the aim is that cars/trucks going up a hill or over a bump will still blind you. Those LED headlights have got to go.
I agree 💯 the lights have increased greatly in brightness and yes they are blinding and the glare is very blinding. The over intensive brightness and glare are causing more wrecks and this must be corrected expeditely to save lives while driving at night.
Something that happens in my state is also people just drive with high beams on. They need to do something about that.
Some new cars also turn them on automatically if they detect too much darkness, theyre supposed to turn them off when the car detects an approaching vehicle
Many I've encountered use the high beams as a second set of headlights. One of your low beams burned out, just turn on the back-up set! Morons.
As for the auto high beams. I would only design them to turn OFF the high beam when encountering other vehicles. The last driver can fight to continuously turn them back on high.
@@derekeuchner1800Not really moronic just a consequence of being broke. Given that the vast majority of cops don’t notice/care it’s literally the smart thing to do until it’s fixed.
Is riding with one headlight and getting a ticket better? Or reconfigure your life because some wiring failed?
We don't just need limits on how bright they can be, we also need limits on how high on the car they can be mounted
Not TRUE !!! You must have these type of headlights. Urgh...
@mcsomeone2681 saw a ticket handed out for headlight mounted too high once.
It was a double wide heavy tracker that was just as high driving a short distance down the highway.
Hopefully highlights at over 20 feet are not the only case to exceed the limit!
There is a limit on how high they can be, that's why some large trucks that were tall from the factory have the headlights mounted lower in the bumper. That limit doesn't really come into effect on pickups and SUVs though, so It probably could be lowered for non-commercial vehicles.
@@averyw.3939 it is not alway FUNNY how pickup truck and SUV are not classed like regular passenger vehicles. These 2 types of vehicles get off easy on many accounts. avertw.3939, I assume you're in North Ameria where this 2 types of vehicles account for over half of a vehicles on the road.
It might be FUNNY how Government regulators don't conside this!
@@weldonyoung1013 The rules still apply to pickups and SUVs (in this case, they do get off easy in other cases) but the limit on height is set fairly high because it applies across the board. The limit should be (relatively) high for some large commercial type vehicles because you can't have the headlights down low getting damaged all the time, but there could be a separate rule for cars, trucks and SUVs.
Not to mention how many drivers have their brights on not knowing or simply not caring.
I dont understand how they ever allowed those light to be legal in the first place. One night a guy was coming at me and his lights were so bright that I couldnt see a guy crossing in a crosswalk in front of me. I saw him at the last second and jammed on my brakes. Fortunately I didnt hit him
The law requires you to dim your high beams when oncoming vehicles are approaching, or when following another vehicle. Maybe he forgot to turn off his high beams, and it technically wasn't legal what he was doing.
It's not the high beams , it's the halogen lights in general
@@carultch This isn't 2010 anymore. Regular headlights on vehicles have unfortunately become a lot brighter newer vehicles now as opposed to how they were on newer vehicles back then. Also, we don't know if it was a dude or a chic who was behind the wheel of that other vehicle.
It's terrible when you come over a hill and it's a corner and they have LED lights, you can't see, it doesn't matter if they are pointing in the right way, they are still blinding at night!!!
Cry me a river 🎻
@@Shaolin91z yeah your probably one of those who has those kind of lights and you don't care, one day someone who has brighter lights will get you! It's called karma bitch
ABSOLUTELY
Finally something we all can agree on. And I'm usually the first to be against government bans, but it's crazy hard to see often.
The law is already in place - lazy cops just don't issue tickets!
They need to make a law forcing cars and trucks with LEDS to have them aimed down instead of straight forward.
The aftermarket LED bulbs often don’t have a focused beam. OEM headlights focus the light in front of the vehicle towards the path of travel. Aftermarket LED often use multiple diodes that instead broadcast every direction in front of the vehicle
Edit: Use of headlights that aren’t DOT approved should be prohibited
This is just common sense. It just drives me crazy that our leaders can't figure out such a simple issue that could really make a difference for our safety.
They are too busy prohibiting window tint that's effective at blocking the sun glare. Everyone needs to have the sun blinding them, no protecting yourself with tint.
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@jjk2one definitely for some of them. Nancy Pelosi was guilty of that. Her and her husband's insider trading were legendary. If she were on Wall Street, she absolutely would have gone to jail. Sadly she is not the only one guilty of lining their pockets.
Properly aimed Headlights is just ONE factor of several that determines if Headlights cause dangerous and distracting Glare. These tests by the IIHS are great if ALL Roads were flat and straight. We all know there's many undulations in nearly all roads as well as this little thing called topography. Besides that, roads curve around, are winding and meandering much of the time. Even if the headlights are perfectly aimed, reflection off of puddles in the road will still cause glare to oncoming motorists and pedestrians. Factory (OEM) Headlights are indeed getting brighter than ever before despite what BS the IIHS is trying to deceive us with.
Also, they tell you to focus your eyes on the white line to your right. You shouldn't have to because now you're shifting your vision slightly to the right and you lose some of the awareness of what's going on to your left and straight ahead. They say, not to look directly at the headlights..., well, that's not always possible because if you are trying to turn unto a street, GUESS Where you will be looking to safely make that turn or merge ?!? Directly at the headlights of traffic !!
Some may say, If LED Headlights bother you so much, you shouldn't be driving at night..., to that, I say, If you feel that you need Ultra Bight, High Color Temperature (Bluish, Arctic Blinding White) in order to drive safely at night, perhaps you should not be driving at night because, I've been driving since I was 15 years old, always with Halogen Headlights and I've NEVER had a problem seeing exactly what I needed to see and without blinding other drivers and pedestrians.
Every one in a new jeep.
100% !! I've heard time and time again that properly housed l.e.ds would be better, but I always get the blinding from these l.e.ds due to hills or the angle there coming at me. Then it will switch to just slightly blinding usually at the last minute. Just bin insanely bright l.e.ds all together. You shouldn't need to have floodlights on the front of your car for safety. If, with old style headlights, you can't see as far into the distance, you should be driving slower. Drive at an appropriate speed for what you can see Infront of you. Sound more safe than blinding other drivers and pedestrians coz you wanna see for miles and miles ahead of you 😔
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Agreed - My 1984 Chevy truck sealed beam Halogens have great light output to see clearly while driving at night and don't blind other drivers.
You failed to mention police lights. The blues and reds are so intense and flashing so fast that you have to close your eyes as you go past. I’m sure that’s safe…😮. Hopefully they aren’t walking across the road!
Good luck getting that changed
Don't close your eyes! Look to the opposite edge of the road!
Hope this gets resolved . Very dangerous
They should’ve addressed these fools with off road light bars driving on the road. I drive at night for a living and this is totally out of control. There is no standard like years ago, headlights could only be at a certain height at a distance. Now it’s just a free for all. No one inspects this anymore. Hopefully they can finally get something passed to regulate this issue
And even if they passed legislation tomorrow, all of the cars currently on the road would still be grandfathered in and a menace for years to come.
@@josepherhardt164 Yup, and seeing how the momentum of society is going down the tubes more and more at all levels (it ain't Mayberry no more), the carnal nature of man will rebel against rules, that's just how the carnal nature works. The situation on earth will just get worse and worse... man does not possess the ability to make it all better, his vain attempts are really futile and don't last. But, there is a day of wrath coming, and the entire earth will be changed after that, that's where my only hope is. This present earth is nonsense.
@@josepherhardt164 There's also the issue of those who couldn't be bothered to comply with the law and the police who will look the other way and let it happen.
Most new vehicles have auto headlight aiming motors. Its not how they are pointed its the lumen output
They need to ban these super bright ligts.
Im tired of wearing sun glass's at night.
Even when they're behind, that glare is so bad it overwhelms the reactive rear-view mirror.
I've had to pull over to the side, to let the damn thing pass.
The side??? Where the hell is the side? I can't see it.
@@oldandintheway9805 Oh come on! Side of the road, of course. Not side of the swimming pool or side of the hallway, or ...
It’s gotten so bad in rural areas that people shine their brights at me because they think I have my brights on. Sometimes I just shut them off so they can only see my day time running lights/ fog lights when I see a car incoming
For those blinded by these lights, I bought the yellow tint and blue light blocking glasses they go over my prescription glasses and it has helped so much.
A sea of dim yellow lights is so much easier to deal with than the sea of blinding whites and blue they really are
So I should go make an unnecessary purchase to customize my glasses and spend my money, because someone else wants to be inconsiderate? Stupid
Where can I buy these night vision glasses that can be worn over my vision glasses? I would like to purchase a pair.
@@lordhoweproductions3733 Yes. Stop blaming others.
@@chrisx5127 how is having blinding headlights blaming others? It’s just facts and inconsideration
I remember when during a annual car inspection the head lights were checked on a back wall chart and adjusted as needed, those days are long gone.
White leds should be illegal outside at night, if you have a white led light outside you should have a fine of 100 dollar until you replace it with an amber or red colored light. Light pollution is bad for the environment and bad for people.
They are in all newer cars and trucks. It has nothing to do with mis aimed headlights. The factories are mounting and aiming them correctly. The newer led headlights are just far too bright
Why isn't there a law on this... it's one of the most dangerous things for safety issues. Even when a car or truck is behind it also blinds, so I have to adjustment all mirrors so the light doesn't hit my retina.
As a person who drives often, I witness high beam lights used in conjunction with aggressive tailgating. These are a often used to intimidate other drivers into moving out the aggressor driver's path. Very dangerous.
Worst part is they do this in the RIGHT lane when you’re already doing 5-8mph over the speed limit.
I agree.
I'm one of those people who would rather just pull over and let someone pass if they want to go faster.
Problem is, their lights blind me to the point that I can't see a place to pull off the road safely until it's too late to stop.
Then I have to slow down because I can't see ahead due to their lights. Ironic as it presumably defeats the purpose of their actions.
Yep. Haitians are notorious for that kind of behavior.
Do you know you are breaking the law by impeding traffic? It is true! In Arkansas, you will be pulled over 5x faster than an excessive speeder because you are a danger! Please do your part and if you are not passing, please stick to the right lane. Arkansas has highway signs that state left lane is for passing only. I believe Ohio also has that. I am not endorsing tailgating, don't mistake that! I stick to the right lane so I don't have a jackass tailgate me to begin with!
I've had friends who also DIED driving home from work bc of how blinding other vehicles are. Didn't gelp that there were no streetlights and almost all the cars turn on their brights even when there are other cars around
Did they tell you that from the grave or something?
We’ve got the same problem here in Australia, it doesn’t help when people deliberately fit after market lights to their cars that are illegal, come from China and are sold everywhere in Auto parts stores here in Australia and there is no police controlling it.
From the land up over: Gooday mate.
Same here in England, ridiculous led lights are incredibly dangerous, I use small country lanes with no street lights and spend half the journey blinded praying theres no cyclist or pedestrians in front of me, who gets blamed if I hit someone whilst blinded?
You should slow down if you can't see. You should only drive so fast that you can stop in the distance you see clear.
I hate driving at night now because of these horrible led lights. They are brighter on dipped beam than halogen on full beam! The problem in the uk is the government is trying to get us all to buy electric vehicles and led bulbs save battery life compared to halogen ones. Maybe they should be covered with a yellow film like French cars were in the 60's and 70's...
@@RexLancasterA white LED light can have the same brightness as a warm yellow LED/halogen light. The white/blue light hurts your eyes and blind you, the warm yellow won’t(not as much at least).
We did this study a few years ago. I’m still wondering why warm coloured lights are not becoming the norm.
My guess is that it is because white lights look good on vehicles.
That and the lack of regulations by the government.
Not thee nor me, but the man behind the tree!
@@RexLancaster LED lights saveing energy is pure dogma
I’m a trucker whose shift is nighttime. I’ve noticed these bright lights belong to more aggressive drivers who weaponize their vehicle with super bright lights and attitude. Also DoitYourself mechanics don’t know how to correctly install and aim a headlight.
And they also install offroad led floodlights using them as fog lights blinding the crap out of everyone
Really???
And we all get to slam our breaks so you could get out the right lane and start a 61mph parade to pass your buddy doing 60 …but we’re inconsiderate
@sambonedallas This comment is underrated and so true . Plus these considerate semi drivers got bright ass headlights too but it's only everyone else.
@@sambonedallasStop getting in the way.
Long-winded gripe here:
I have LED light bulbs in my house. I have LED interior lights in my van. All these LED light sources are of a warm white, 4000K or less color temperature similar to that of incandescent lighting.
We have the technology to make sub 4000K headlights that are efficient LED's! Fun fact: All of the LEDs in your flashlights, interior lights, light bulbs etc are BLUE LEDs. These blue emitters are coated with a layer of material that is doped with certain compounds that fluoresce (glow) with that familiar cold-white /gray-blue colored light. I can't remember what it is at the moment. Your soft-white LEDs have more of the compound that further reduces the color temperature to a warmer light. (No, it really doesn't make sense that a higher color temp is considered a colder light, but it is what it is. 3500k = "warm white" vs. 6000K = "cool white".)
So why can't these automakers source sub 4000k color temperature LED's to install in their vehicles? Is it availability? Cost effectiveness? Does the compound that emits the warmer light not withstand the hotter nature of headlight-grade LEDs? I don't know. But I do know that I have never seen a warm white, LED headlight. OR streetlight, for that matter.
Also, something else to consider: A shocking number of "drivers" simply either don't know how, are totally oblivious, or don't care or are too busy on the cellphone to turn off their damn high-beams for vehicles in front of them! These "high beamers" need to be fined for causing a traffic hazard. Especially cellphoners! I have had this one Honda Civic driver, (it's NOT just big trucks!) come at me several times with his LED brights on. Even if I flash him, he will refuse to turn his high-beams off. Before anyone asks, No, that's not actually his low-beams. I have seen this itty-bitty Civic with the low beams on and they are totally tolerable.
Additionally: If you must park on the side of the road and leave the car running, park on your RIGHT hand side, and TURN THE HEADLIGHTS OFF! This too, I have had to deal with! Foggy morning. Dark and very poor visibility. Some dipwad parks his car facing oncoming traffic and leaves the damn high-beams on! So tell me this.. When you pass a pair of headlights that are facing you, what side do you pass them on? You pass to the right of them! (In places that drive on the right) So yeah.. Two hyper-nova, night-sun, ultra-blue, million watt, death-rays are shining in my face. I can't see, I slow way down, I go to pass to the right of these "Headlights" and go off the damn road! Park on the RIGHT and leave on ONLY the parking lights. Or better idea: Park in the damn driveway! (again, terminology fails as we park in a driveway, and drive on a parkway ??)
Finally: COPS! Yeah, all of you police officers.. If the guy is already pulled over, turn all of those strobes and wig-wag high-beams etc OFF! You guys out there lit up like you're signaling aliens and shit. CHILL! You're gonna give someone a damn seizure and kill them! Plus nobody can see a damn thing when we have to go by and you have someone stopped. Use a dimmer, AMBER sequential light-bar and hazard flashers. If you're worried about being seen at night, try ditching the military/swat-team black shit and go back to wearing BLUE, and stop using blacked-out SWAT or militant looking cruisers and go back to normal black & white sedans with reflective markings and clearly visible star/shield "(jurisdiction name here) Police" markings. You're POLICE, not military spec. ops or secret service. No need to be all blacked out and then have a blinding, dazzling, light-show that can be seen from the Andromeda galaxy! SHEESH!
Bonus gripe: Advertisers and businesses with those LED billboards: TURN THEM OFF AT NIGHT! Or at least limit displays to only dark color themes, or set them up to go a LOT dimmer after dark! We drive down the road and BAM! Some bright white ad explodes in our faces! If you use such signs/billboard after dark, I will never use your product/service! Same for traffic lights in darker areas. The green comes on and we're frikkin' blind! Dim it down after dark! (But I guess you need to have green light death-rays for those who are busy texting and still don't notice a green light...Cellphones in cars.. a whole other topic I could go on about! Put. It. Down!)
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This is why I have to drive with my sun glasses on even at cloudy day or at night. It’s time to do something to stop it!
I've had to do that too.
Same
Where can I sign this petition? This is a real problem.
Misalignment, whether it’s intentional or by accident, is the biggest reason for the bright headlights. The fact that anyone can change the angles and that no inspection is done as part of the registration is also a big problem. Another reason would be the DOT spec headlights, which must allow small amount of lights above the passengers’ eye level simply because it can be very dark on the U.S. roads. European and Japanese specs do not allow as much lights above the eye level.
good god 81% for SUVs? that number should be ZERO. those heavy cars are not safe and never were.
And not dimming your brights to oncoming traffic...lack of courtesy.
Common courtesy in today's world......now you're just talking crazy.
@@jims4877 Kind of like "common sense".
Bout dam time
Too many people buying unnecessary vehicles they can barely pay for and then saving money on doing their own maintenace adds to this problem as well. Constantly in winter one meets vehicles with half blind or only one headlight. One head light can cost thousands as I have read. Everyone wants trucks, but they don't have the bucks.
I WILL SIGN THAT PETITION!!!!!! MY EYE WAS BURNED AND DAMAGED. HUGE GAS GUZZLING TRUCK CAME UP BEHIND ME TAILGATEING. S
100% agree I felt like their kind of getting our of hand is so bad I stopped using my mirrors at night and point them to deflect light from tail gaters
This is the #1 reason I no longer drive at night.
When a car or truck with LED is behind me at night I adjust my wing mirrors so the light is reflected back at them. It takes about two seconds for them to slow down and keep a safer distance. Then I adjust my mirrors back.
As European, I’m just shocked that this is even an issue! Where I’m from, high beams are illegal where there are oncoming vehicles! And as far as I know it’s the same everywhere in Europe…