Blinding headlights are growing problem on US roads
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- Ultra bright headlights in newer vehicles were designed to improve visibility but now they are having unintended consequences - blinding other drivers. NBC’s Vicky Nguyen reports for TODAY.
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It’s about time someone addressed this! I hope people will start trying to do something about it!
Omg right?
It is about time!!
even if it is addressed going forward, for at least 10 years it will be a major problem with cars still on the road with the issue...and 20 years before its a rare issue.
@@Karma_has_arrived sarcasm detected.
Close your eyes when you drive Problem solved
As a normal car driver, I really hope they do something about this. Its insane driving at night
As opposed to what? An abnormal car driver?
@@healingpotionthatkillsyoui1844 being that most vehicle sales these days are trucks and SUVs, "normal" lower to ground cars as in coups or sedans are less common.
@nugsymalone1247 In that case the trucks and SUVs would be normal. Normal implies the majority.
@@healingpotionthatkillsyoui1844 Thats for you to decide. If I'm in a room full of crazy people, doesn't make them the normal ones.
@@nugsymalone1247 No, but it makes you the abnormal one.
There absolutely needs to be legal limits for how bright headlights can be.
I recommend people to just take this as far as they legally can. Make your lights so insanely bright and angle them horribly, and maybe drive around the right people until they're forced to change the rules around this.
In the dmv handbook it tells you to face right while driving to avoid the glare problem lol y’all need to read and learn the rules of the road. There should be mandatory retest at dmvs every 5 years Mfs too stupid to learn and retain anything they learned for longer than a week and act stupid on matters as such.
@@ethosforeign728you really think you right and that is truly sad. I’m not saying factually your are wrong but how does facing right solve the problem of not seeing the whole road lol.
@@Badbobo8 Face the white line to your right literally if you have average to good eyesight your able to see oncoming traffic left of you within your peripherals, use the white lines as guidance. To the other dummy I’m not foaming out the mouth, if people are modifying their headlights brightness then yeah that’s a problem but manufacturers set the brightness accordingly to rules and regulations and high beams and lows beams need to be used accordingly to avoid issues. You say it’s sad that I think I’m right, where exactly was I wrong?
there are
The worst drivers are those big tailgating pickup trucks & SUVs that are tall enough to shine their lights directly into your rear windshield. When they tailgate directly behind me, that just causes me to slow down even more because I can't see anything.
So move out of the way?
Do you also drive 5-10 miles below the speed limit?
On a multi lane highway or road, do you drive on the left lane or move away? Sounds like you’re not blameless either
@@dustf1nger118 They were going the speed limit until the truck got behind them.
The other issue is on single lane roads.
@@DeyTookOurJobs where into the tree?
I’ve had the most problems with mid sized hatch back type vehicles, they are super popular where I’m at.
Emergency Physician here (and nocturnist). In interviewing my MVC patients nearly ALL of them mentioned blinding headlights were a factor, with many mentioning it was the SOLE factor in their collision. Headlights like this are seriously injuring and killing people. Many more than these few anecdotes
By design !
So which governmental department is supposed to be regulating this?
@@nicolemiller8314 The Federal Highway Safety Commission. But Some RepubliCANT Is Likely Getting Paid Off By A Headlight Bulb Manufacturer To Ignore The Problem...
Well if I told him my car because I'm staring at my phone while driving and it's night time, why not just pick the low-hanging fruit and blame it on other people's headlights?
Too much darkness and too much light. Both of these can cause a fright
This is just now hitting the news? This has been a problem for years now
Either they failed to do adequate testing or (more likely) they just didn't care.
@@ryder4508 it’s always answer 3.. the $$
@@JSteez5024 Exactly.
Probably turning more into a bigger problem?
Exactly! I’ve been afraid of these lights for years, thinking that if I ever got into a deadly accident, I’d be the one to be blamed and not the person with the lights
As somebody with glasses, i agree. The government might as well legalize drunk driving with how much lights like these impair somebody with a stigmatism from being able to see/drive well. Also, i do look at the right line, but sometimes the lights are so bright it blurs into those as well
Same here. I've had a few close calls because of astigmatism and driving at night with those bright lights totally blinding me.
I’m a 20/20 seeing 23 year old, and i’ve had to drop speed quick because I suddenly couldn’t see the road due to these bright lights, and they give me intense headaches when I drive longer than 20 minutes at night. if they’re that bad for my sight, then the law needs to change.
I am glad you mentioned astigmatism and glasses. It is even worse when it rains...crazy dangerous at night!
Then add rain. Shut up. No.
Looking to the right line used to be the way to do it, back when you could pretty well count on the oncoming driver on the other side of the road doing the same. Now, though, you have to consider that if you watch the right line you will miss when the oncoming driver drifts into your lane because there are too many things going on in their vehicle that are way more interesting than watching the road.
These headlights do not have to be this bright. We’re just tryna see the road, not searching for Waldo.
If that's their normal lights, I'm scared to see what their highbeams look like.
This really needs to be regulated. I used to be a trucker (and am only 32 now) and never had an issue driving at night my whole life. These days, I'm scared to drive at night, especially on back country roads (which is all we have where I live), because people use blinding lights, and now trucks have these insanely bright gold-yellow flood lights they use any time it rains for some god-forsaken reason that keep anyone in their cone from being able to see anything at all, and also burn right through the "night time" dimmer on rear view mirrors. It's made worse by the stupid """light trucks""" that are the only thing american car manufacturers will sell anymore. They don't even fit in parking spots, and they're so high up that anyone driving even a normal van is getting blinded as their low beams act like high beams.
Thank you young person! It’s not just older folks
I call it the “insecurity package” 😂
@@jflanagan9696 they are compensating madly....
I’m * not am
I had a dude turn his led brights on because he was butt hurt I flashed by pathetic hals to be "hey man that's overkill."
I don’t drive at night anymore because of this. I thought I was the only one who thought it was a problem. As a matter of fact, all LED lights for outside use are insanely bright.
I have to tilt my rear view mirror down because there is always going to be a giant truck with blaring lights behind me when I go out at night.
I'm only 30 with 20/20 vision and I hate driving at night because of this. I thought maybe it was just me
Agreed, LED street lights also excessively bright. Light pollution is a real thing.
Seems like you live in a southern place that doesn’t get dark at 4 PM like it does here in the north
@@jphickory522 not even just street lights. My neighbor just replaced their front porch light that was 100watt with a led flood light equivalent to 5000 watts. One look at bright leds like that can hurt someone’s vision.
Glad people are now talking about this - I have astigmatism and the bright LED lights make it incredibly difficult (if not impossible) to see the road without being blinded
SAME HERE! I feel so unsafe, I will avoid driving after sunset at all costs :(
It about time right?? YEARS THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM. Society is always so behind
Oh! I have astigmatism but never knew that the trouble I have with oncoming headlights is because of it! I got a pair of cheap clip-on yellow "sunglasses" that help cut the glare nicely. The lights aren't much dimmer, but they're no longer actively painful.
@@PurdyGood Yeah, American society, 'cause they're based on nothing else, but money!!!
Word, I feel like it is spreading, here in NJ these people put the high beams for you to go over the speed limit, or they start to tailgate with these on. It is just horrible.
I am surprised the auto insurance companies have not stepped up on this problem. Auto accidents hit them in the pocket.
It's about time someone addressed this issue. When I last went to the auto parts store to pick up some new lights, they actually encouraged me to get brighter blue ones. Telling me you could see so much better. Sure, but I'm also blinding everyone else on the road.
This was exactly my argument years ago when they had those commercials for the bright lights. Like no, please stop.
I know!. These should have been tested and not just sold . Anything to make a buck.
Thank you for being a kind person ❤
Same with me, I never knew this was an issue but The only reason I went with the lower temperature lighting was cuz otherwise I'd have to change All of my bulbs to blue to keep my car uniform lighting.
I'm so glad I went with my gut feeling / being cheap, lol
It's good to know it is not just me
Also some people put bulbs in their headlights that are technically illegal
It’s about time the media did a story. This is insane how bright lights have gotten.
You mean how safe they've gotten? They're not too bright, not unless somebody leaves their high beams on or aims their lights up.
@@BlueOvals24 you have a vested profit in this. Your lively hood is at stake, and you want more and more people to shut up or you lose money.
@@BlueOvals24 They don't "aim their lights up". They come out of the factory aimed at your eyes.
@@arcxjo They wouldn't be getting them past DOT if that was the case.
@DVincentW I made like 5 comments, calm down buddy. Just sick of people complaining about a problem that can't be fixed.
I remember being at a stoplight and a truck from the opposite side had those lights. I brought my hand up to my eyes to shield them enough so I could see the stoplight if it turned. The driver in the truck saw this happening and decided to turn on his high beams to blind me even more as my blocking of his headlights shining in my eyes somehow seemed to deeply offend his fragile ego. I will never understand the thought process of these pieces of trash.
Well, you have to consider they're just pieces of trash to begin with. It's like the guy that set small plastic animals alongside of the road to see what people would do once they spotted them. They said some people actually veered towards them to deliberately hit them.
They're just not very smart, antagonizing them by calling them trash will only make the situation worse. He obviously thinks that not having his brights on is all that matters, that doesn't make him a "trash person", it makes him uneducated. He obviously gets brights flashed at him constantly when his are not on, to him, you putting up your arm is a signal that you think his brights are on "AND THEY'RE NOT!"... Obviously the brightness of a light isn't the only issue, that's why we tell kids to not shine flashlights in people's eyes, shine them down just below the eyes and it's no big deal. We simply want the lights to not shine in our eyes,
@@nathaniellarson8 don't apologize for idiots. He didn't flash his brights to show the comparison. The story says he left the brights on.
That is what an a hole would do.
This is the most American thing I've read all week
@@nathaniellarson8 yeah no he deff did it on purpose lol he left them on and when I finally had to make a left turn he flashed them multiple times at me
1 year later and it's still a problem. This news story really had a major impact.
Yep ugh
Yippee
That's why I'm here, I wanted to see if it's still being talked about and found this. It's insane.
As the driver of an older Honda…this video hit home so true. I’m sure glad all the new big SUV’s can see like it’s daylight but makes it downright dangerous for me at times
Same with my last car that I still had a few months ago. A 2001 Mercury Grand Marquis. It's possible I could have gotten brighter headlights, but as it was, there were times a car would pass and I couldn't see.
to correct the reporter - Companies are not "met with red tape" to implement it - they STRAIGHT UP DON'T WANT TO because nobody is forcing them!
EU laws ARE forcing companies to use better technology as Safety First, in the US the reason why pickup trucks even took off is because no safety laws are present to Test their safety and Enforce safety. They wouldn't even be a thing if there were safety laws but there aren't! Fricks sake they are literally child killing machines!
Honda for life 💪 😭
I drive a ‘94 Honda Wagon and the LEDs can be so dangerous, cars have gotten so tall too with everyone driving larger cars 🚗
Same. Older Infiniti. My plastic is now yellowed so my lights are dulled. And I’m blinded already with an astigmatism. Honestly, I won’t drive at night now. It’s so scary.
This has been angering me for so long now. It’s so frustrating to be blinded by the lights around me nearly every time I’m driving
I agreed with you 100% I'm driving a sedan and my neighbor are driving trucks with aftermarket LED headlights and and during the rainy season it is hard to see and the glare is bad.
The weeknd wasn’t joking 😅
Street lights too.
I know the back of my eyes literally hurt just from the glare of cars behind me in my side mirrors. I feel like it's going to cause a car accident soon.
@@jessica3218 lol🤣
As a person with an astigmatism, seeing those LED headlights shine directly into my eyes for a few seconds really feels like “am I gonna crash today?” and it’s absolutely worse in the rain
Not to sound mean but maybe you should adapt your life to stay off the roads at night. You could be putting someone's life at risk.
@@tc1uscg65 the people with the lights are putting lives in risk. these lights affect everyone equally, as people with 20/20 vision can barley see when theyre in the same situation
I have the same problem. Prescription glasses helped me a lot. Hopefully this works for you as well
Yes, I have the same problem! I often have to slow down at night when I pass someone. I really don't like driving at night
@@tc1uscg65 These lights *unneccesarily* blind most people, it just gets even worse if you have slight eye problems.
The commenter is not putting people at risk here, just adding onto how people with these lights are the ones that pose a huge risk.
Guaranteed the “red tape” mentioned has everything to do with profit margins for the auto industry and nothing to do with public safety.
We also need to discuss how poorly painted the lanes are on a lot of highways and backroads too. It’s like driving on a road without lanes sometimes.
And the few light poles are barely/slowly replaced when burnt out
In North America several years ago they took something out of the paint, which makes it less reflective. I think there is more damage to environment due to crashes than whatever flaked off from the paint.
I don't remember where this was exactly but somewhere, they painted their lines on the road with glow in the dark paint so they'd be more visible. Along with some reflective material. When I saw this, all I could think was why isn't this a thing everywhere?!
Yes, I agree, I’ve never understood why they aren’t glow in the dark. Esp in our area where we have a lot of rain.
Need cats eyes like Europe and the UK.
It's amazing to me that warmer halogen lights were made to be a specific color temp for the longest time because we knew this, and sodium street lights were specifically made with their color temp and monochromatic light because we knew this, and then LEDs came along and we just threw it all out the window using bright white lights.
Interesting. The generation that came after, are more concerned about making money...
They're concerned about looking Cool
Technology connections did a video on about monochronic street lighting and about the difference between sodium and LED lights. Sodium street lights are really good at put producing a lot of light but for night time lighting it's not very good for human vision. It would take more lighting from sodium to meet the same lighting effects that you get from blue white LEDs
Corruption. Tell me amazon couldnt put a filter up to prevent sales. Perhaps bezos should pay the fines.
Partly I think that's because LEDs are harder to get the same frequencies...they put out a fairly narrow frequency so even if it looks like the same color it's not the same wavelengths.
But part of it is definitely "cool" factor too...if you look at older devices any LEDs are probably red, mayyybe yellow or green. Blue LEDs were harder to make, so they came last. As a result, maybe people came to associate the particular glow of blue LEDs with futuristic high-tech. Younger generations have had blue LEDs their whole life so that effect should be starting to fade, but it's gonna take some time..
I’m glad they’re finally talking about this. It’s scary and frustrating. I don’t understand how it’s been allowed to get to this point. Driving with your brights on near other vehicles is illegal for a reason. They’ve just made all lights into brights now and it’s insane.
It's not though. Most of the overly bright lights you're seeing are still high beams or poorly aimed lights, nothing to do with how they're being built.
@@BlueOvals24 it's actually the fact that trucks and SUVs sit higher. A lot of truck's properly adjusted headlights are at my eye level in my car. Yellow headlights are bright but these Blue/White headlights are just out right blinding.
@@BlueOvals24 Either way it’s a really frustrating situation. I don’t know the answer or the correct solution, I’m just glad people are talking about it so that maybe improvements can be made somewhere along the line. I have definitely noticed a difference though, when it looks like 80% of the cars I pass have their brights on and I have to look away from the road in order to not be blinded. That’s terrifying when you live in an area with a lot of dear like I do.
@@BlueOvals24 it’s crazy how many comments you’ve left on this video about aiming headlights, entirely not considering that roads aren’t perfectly flat and all it takes is one small bump or just going down a hill for your headlights to temporarily blind someone regardless of how well they’re aimed
@@BlueOvals24 hush up, liar
i loooved the old headlights. i dont care if you had to change them all the time. They were universal and $2 at the gas station
YES FINALLY someone addresses this! I’m sick of the new cars with blinding headlights. I’ve crashed almost many times from being blinded completely
This needs to be on every car. Last night an SUV following me was blinding me so bad I couldn’t see anything. Even after I covered my mirror, I was already blinded that it affected my vision for 5 mins. Luckily there was a lot of street traffic so I didn’t need to drive fast.
_when cars get behind me following too closely and blinding me, I turn my mirrors out so the light comes back on them. And they get from behind me._ 🤭
to correct the reporter - Companies are not "met with red tape" to implement it - they STRAIGHT UP DON'T WANT TO because nobody is forcing them!
EU laws ARE forcing companies to use better technology as Safety First, in the US the reason why pickup trucks even took off is because no safety laws are present to Test their safety and Enforce safety. They wouldn't even be a thing if there were safety laws but there aren't! Fricks sake they are literally child killing machines!
Make sure you flip up your rearview mirror when that happens.
😂
@@TheBlairWenchProjectSame
I've been screaming about this for years...as a OTR truck driver with countless miles the torture of these lights on vehicles is extremely dangerous.
& trucks drivers ain’t known for the same thing!?🙄
The torture of one set of bright headlights every few miles is too much for you? Hand in your CDL, bud.
@@BlueOvals24 one set of headlights every few miles eh? I can see you don't know what you're talkin about.
I live in the mountains and going around winding roads with a cliff on one side is scary whenever someone with those headlights is coming towards me and I can no longer see the road for a second or two. You're telling me having anything but white or yellow headlights or tinted windows will get you a ticket (in California), but having blinding lights is all good? Great job California.
@davidlangston9595 The problem is those people have their high beams on and don't turn them off for oncoming traffic like they should. Some makes like Subaru have light sensors that will automatically dim the high beams for oncoming traffic, then turn them back on when no light is detected.
This is an issue that absolutely needs to be addressed sooner than later
Good news is u can do it yourself By simply Tinting your windshield to reduce that glare it did the job for me
@@Shiesty9168 its illegal but a good idea. its a shame we need tint to be able to see
Glad this is getting some attention because it's a huge, dangerous problem. I hate driving at night bc of it.
The attention doesn’t matter- the US is in no hurry to fix the issue with tech that’s been available for a decade
Same. This is really out of control.
There's no reason headlights should be that bright. People drove around just fine with those dingy yellow halogen bulbs for decades.
Halogens are barely sufficient. If you can't handle LEDs or HIDs than don't drive at night. My safety supercedes your occular comfort.
@@shooterjenkins7089 Yeah okay pal...
@@Psa-ms It's the truth. They're barely sufficient at speeds beyond 25 miles an hour.
@@shooterjenkins7089no it doesn’t because you’re also endangering others by blinding them. Thanks for showing your selfishness
@shooterjenkins7089 some of us don't have a choice here in corporate America. We drive to work when work schedules us.
Talking from 2025! Still a massive problem!
I'm constantly blinded by idiots with their LED BRIGHTS on!
Im a truck driver and i see this problem all over the U.S. but the bigger problem is that lots of people drive around with their highbeams on at all times. Even though i sit up way higher than pick up trucks, it's still a problem and trust me, a semi is one of the last vehicles you want to blind and cause to hit something or someone.
Yes I have noticed that too, those people are so selfish
You sit at an intersection and some guy across the way has his high beams on I’ll just click mine on sometimes for a bit to maybe help remind them. I have a Tesla and I know the lights can be really bad the white is awful tbh…
TBH, I used to hardly ever use my high beams but nowadays... Its like I need to use my high beams just to have a fraction of effectiveness as people with solar flare headlights. And then everyone is running around in lifted trucks and F150's and Escalades so I really have no chance out there.
But still, I turn them off when I'm behind somebody or if its a narrow road with oncoming traffic.
@@ICU1337 The thing is people has always had lifted trucks. Now people are using more and more high beam lights. The Ford Edge has a feature that turns on the high beams whenever a person or car is around. My truck has no high beam enegery at all, I get blinded by the slightest High Beams from Sedans to raised trucks.
It isn’t even high beams most of the time. Headlights on newer cars are as bright as ever.
I'm so glad people are talking about this ,I thought I was going crazy from how bright the headlights are on people's vehicles ,I've been blinded so many times and was terrified I was gonna crash
It is awful. And there is so much misinformation in this video from this so-called "expert".
1) The light from LEDs IS brighter-- not just appears brighter, it IS brighter. It's also a different kind of light-- different spectrum.
2) Headlight alignment is NOT a primary cause. OEM alignment is JUST as blinding as misalignment.
3) Adaptive headlights are great, but we need REGULATION and enforcement of penalties for over-bright headlights.
4) LEDs should be banned unless they meet a threshold of safety for other drivers. Just use halogen or HID until adaptives are commonplace.
I thought I was the only person having issues with this. Lights are blinding me at night. God help me if there is a truck behind me. 😮
@cw4623 nice fuax expertise, blinding headlight issue has been a thing for decades and it's always been in cars with improperly designed aftermarket bulbs or misaligned headlights. There is DOT approved patterns for reflector and single/multi projector headlights. When this pattern and the alignment specifications are used, this I a non issue.
The drivers don't know and don't care.
There's times when I'm driving home at midnight after work on a back road that has no street lights and cars are on the opposite side coming towards me with extremely bright Headlights glaring, I can't even see my side of the road. Also when I'm in the Left turning lane and they're facing me I can't see anything.
They've been an issue for over 10 years.
I can't believe manufacturers are even allowed to sell cars with some of these lights.
I was not allowed in the past LED lights
@@katgalatolo reflector housings are for LED and HID, you're thinking of reflective housings.
i would also say Windshields should have an antiglare layer as well and it should be law.
The brighter and more precise automotive LED’s, the better and safer it makes us feel better confident driving at night. That’s a fact.
@@toyotabronydid you watch the video. They’re obviously not safe. Everyone I know hates them.
Please revisit this story. They can mandate seat belts in a car so they can mandate a safe brightness to headlights. Blinding others is dangerous!!
I’ve felt this way for so long. Ever since those “brighter” and “seeing farther than ever” commercials came out, I was thinking about driving opposite of those bright lights and how dangerous it can be. I have decent night vision and still lose sight of the lines and roadside when facing these lights
Not only cars coming at you, people behind you with these lites will blind you reflecting from your mirrors.
If someone drives at night a lot they NEED brighter lights, there are no set of lights that if lowered to low beams are a huge problem, the problem is people not lowering their beams to low beam which is the law.
I wish I had night vision:( haha I know what you meant
@@johnlmcgary no, the standard LED lights on new cars are blinding. I know they're not highbeams because I used to flash my highbeams at new cars out of anger, until they started flashing back and I realized they get even brighter.
@@johnlmcgary You are a special kind of stupid. The problem isn't high beams. the problem is that the standardisation of "normal" operating lights on cars are becoming brighter. These brighter lights may indeed help the driver of the car with the bright lights BUT it blinds everyone else in oncoming traffic.
I'm in my 20s and I hate it so much 😭 I can only imagine how awful it is for those older/with worse vision 💔
Thank you for saying this. I knew I wasn't crazy or that it was just my "young eyes" at the time I started driving that made it seem ok. They actually are intensely brighter and I think most people can't handle them by this point. I'm only 39 and have always had good eyesight and I'm struggling, too. It really isn't safe to drive at night any more if you have slower reaction time and/or deteriorating vision.
I'm in my 20s and don't have very good night vision. I avoid driving at night if possible
In my 30s with astigmatism and just learned that it makes headlight glare worse 🥲
@@batsandbatsandbats same. I started with hard contacts at 13. No wonder I always felt like light was stretching horizontally at night especially when raining even with corrective lenses, but never brought it up to an optometrist.
I have to wear contacts at night so it's not worse. I have a strong prescription which means thick lenses (they're hi-index and shaved down as far as they can go) which makes glares worse even with glare reduction. Add an astigmatism in my left eye. I want to cry everytime I have to drive at night.
Another issue is that people install bright LED lights in headlight housings with reflectors that were originally meant for halogen bulbs. This changes the beam pattern which can cause blinding.
Do they not make bulbs anymore, because that is another solution to the problem.
@@retroryan838 they do but many people will opt for an LED upgrade when they need to replace their bulbs since they are much brighter and lasts much longer before needing to be replaced. These days, they are not much more expensive than halogen bulbs.
It’s actually poor quality cheap led conversion kits. Not all are created equally. Most have horrendous beam patterns then you factor in that people just throw them in their headlight housing without proper alignment of the beam pattern. I spent 3 plus hours getting my lights adjusted on my motorcycle when I installed my Morimoto led kit.
ACHEM… here I am putting 15 dollar LED bulbs in my 05 civic which has halogen housing 😅😅
Honestly the problem isn’t that it’s too bright for other drivers, the problem is the light isn’t dispersed properly without the proper housing so I have to use the brights. Thankfully they’re not even as bright as a lot of normal led lights. Nobody flashes me or anything
@@LightsaberGoBrrrrrr its less of a problem with the Gen10 Civics, as they come with projector lenses for their halogen bulbs.
Halogen lights is what we should go back to
I thought I was going crazy that other vehicles headlights always seemed brighter than mine.
same!
Me too. Dang.
Pretty much all new cars use cool lights ( white or even blueish) instead of warm lights( yellowish) used in older cars. Warm light causes way less strain on the eyes but it's not as bright as cool light - from driver's perspective cooler light seems like an obvious choice, but everyone seems to forget that they're not alone on the road.
They dont seem brighter, they are.
Me too omg
As someone who drives a smaller car, I’m so glad someone is finally talking about this!
They definitely need to pass at least one law about this. I've lost vision (not seeing spots, I mean not see ANYTHING for at least 10 seconds) because of bright headlights on the cars in the other lane. I could've taken out another car or several, I HAVE smashed my car once due to this BS. That I'm still alive weirds me out, I've had way too many close calls.
get a xxxxxx truck !!!
@@macnasty7605nope. Buy less of them. Can’t even see a child in front of one.
I remember driving my wifes smaller SUV and turning left at a Y 3 way interesection, with a truck stopped at a stop sign facing me. I basically had to U turn around the truck, the car had to be positioned in a way that put his blinding headlights though the winsheild and directrly into my eyes- on a dark country road. I had to inch my way forward absolutely blinded
Even in a 23 year old full size car I get blinded by newer suvs and 4wd pickups with lights taller than mountains.
This story is a year old and still nothing done about it
Nothing worse than an incoming pickup truck with misaligned headlights and high beams switched on. I'm in Florida and this keeps getting worse every year. It seems like most drivers here just don't think. Lack of regulation doesn't help, either. This needs to be fixed, asap.
You live in Florida; good luck with regulations. Maybe the people in power will get around to it once they're done scouring through all the questionable books.
@@1Letter23Numbers.pretty sure a large portion of book “bans” are just the books being removed from access by kids under like 12 and put into areas for older kids but by all means get triggered by everything the other side does
@@fungdark8270 the fact that banning books is not an SNL skit making fun of the rabid red Republicans makes it even more hilarious!
No need for a pickup truck, unless you have a farm, or need it for other jobs
Man I’m in rural Pennsylvania and it’s just as bad here to be honest. These people get on my nerves, like even assuming you actually need an f350 you could at least try to avoid literally blinding others while you use it.
My work truck has halogen headlights, but I noticed that they pointed directly into car windows. The lights were set that way at the factory. I bought a tool online that allowed me to adjust the lights downward to a proper height that won’t blind other drivers. It seems most people couldn’t care less if other drivers are negatively affected by their bright lights.
Good for you! I wish more people would be that considerate!
Thank you!
Wow, that's so considerate! As a low car/sedan driver, I really appreciate that and wish other truck/suv drivers would do that too. Unfortunately, I think you are in the large minority. But thank you
It also doesn't help that trucks are being built like small busses now
Courtesy isn’t being taught anymore. It’s just me myself and I out there.
The biggest issue I see is how many people drive with their brights on. It seems like there are more people than ever who don’t care about oncoming drivers. It’s so frustrating.
Sad to say this was not an issue in the past, if someone had there highs on, you would flash them and they would turn them off. People nowadays are naturally clueless and rude.
Alot of these new drivers don't know where their high beams are at or if they are on. I told a guy at the gas station that his high beams are on. He said he doesn't know how to shut it off
oh, you must be in Ohio too 😔
@@K03sport lol. NYC
I feel like another issue is Automatic High Beams. We have a BMW and a Chevy Silverado, both with auto high beams. The BMW turns off the brights way earlier than the truck, and I find myself reaching to turn them off in my pickup because the delay is so bad.
The super bright white headlights need to be declared illegal. I'm fed up with drivers' white lights blinding me.
I’ll never understand why the car companies thought it would be a good idea to blind us all.
They do as they are told. Follow the money.
Cheaper to make and uses less battery power... Terrible tradeoff
More car accidents = more people buying cars.
@@NotACupcaketerrible but I think you hit the nail on the head
Exactly
Many huge pickups and SUVs now have four large, very bright headlights. It is impossible to tell if the four blinding headlights are on LOW or HIGH.
I have 12.
There are people that drives with high beams on, on small cars. They don't know what the blue light icon means.
@@domingofungare
@@LiveAndLaughs ty
@Screwdriver440 not mine if you hit the highbeams the fogs stay on too
Finally someone is bringing up this subject. The lights are ridiculously bright, and I almost hit a pedestrian when I was blinded by the glare from an oncoming car.
Biggest issue is lifted trucks that the owners then don’t adjust the headlights down so they are just going through windows of other drivers. This is why y’all needa get tints on the rear glass
They had a solution for this, 40 years ago infact, auto dimming headlights. When other headlights are sensed, voltage drops and the lights dim, then as traffic passes, your lights go back to full brightness. My 1976 cadillac has this feature lol 😂 it's NOT a new concept, at all.
@A-classic-smithy That's major facts. I didnt know it was a function from so long ago. Then again Cadillac was always at the cutting edge of technology for an American company under General Motors. I know the Lexus IS got that function for the newer models.
There's new tech that the headlight will move outta the way. Hopefully it gets approved
Gets even worse when driving at night and it's raining. All the reflections on the wet pavement and from other cars can cause you issues seeing the lines on the road.
Omg I’ve been complaining about this issue for years! So glad to finally see someone with a platform talking about it. I can only hope the discussion puts public pressure on legislators to pass regulations or restrictions to curb this blinding eyesore that poses a constant threat to public safety before more people are hurt or killed.
Unfortunately, retrofitting every newer car on the road would be a logi$tical 'Manhatten Project'. Esp given the cost of headlights, these days. But yeah, I agree.
Until this new technology is made available to all vehicles including older ones, LED use will continue, because without them you only get to see Bambi for a few seconds before hitting him. And don't say "drive under the speed limit at night".
I’m so glad people are speaking out about this. The extremely bright headlights temporarily blind me while driving not to mention they give me an instant headache. Needs to be regulated somehow.
It's not the headlights, it's the highbeams being left on and people aiming their lights improperly.
It is regulated, it's just not enforced in most places
Start with alignment check yearly.. Than regulate max Lumens with a compensation for colour. It isn't hard.
@@BlueOvals24 lies
@@BlueOvals24No even the low beams are out of control at this point.
I swear for the longest time I thought I was the only one with this problem. It's terrifying for me sometimes to drive at night. Like my life is in danger. And God help me if it's raining too.
Right!
Are people not using their low beams or fog lights? That’s what people should be using around other cars. High beams should never be used unless extreme conditions.
@ok. ok. i’ve literally seen big SUVs using high beams in broad daylight. They’re usually tailgaters too, whenever that happens i just slow to a ridiculous speed so it forces them to change lanes and not blind me anymore
our eyes only get worse for nightvision, and these whackos keep getting more and more powerful spot lights
@@raspberryjamz It’s the high beams that get you I know that feeling in the middle of the night with the high beams. Usually places have laws against using high beams like 500feet away from cars and for good reason. People need to be aware not to do this it’s inconsiderate, ticket-able, and against common sense. I’m sure you can be held liable insurance wise too.
Its not the alignment of headlights mostly, its the darn trucks that come from the factory with Led/Hid lights. Theyre much higher up also, blinding everything around and under them.
I’ve been complaining about this for a while now. I got a meeting with my federal representative to discuss this issue and he basically laughed at me. When I mentioned that trucks and SUV’s are most of the problem he commented that he drove a truck. I even gave him suggestions to help fix the problem. Things like tapping into the sensors on newer vehicles that assist in braking and crash avoidance to automatically dim the lights like the DRL’s that run at 50% capacity. Also putting a height restriction on the placement of the light assembly. Today people are replacing burnt lights with LED’s on headlight assembly’s that are not designed for them. When you put a LED in a non-projector (fish-eye) assembly it will act like a flood light and light in all directions , not a focused beam. Unfortunately in the town I live in drivers don’t seem to know what the blue light in the dash cluster means and they just drive with the bright lights on.
There is a height restriction on headlight. There are strict requirements on glare. There are mandatory self leveling system on LED headlights. IIHS does test headlights including glare and basically requires automatic high beam for maximum safety mark.
The issues are :
1- illegal LED bulbs / assembly
2- lifted trucks
3- not aiming headlight properly
4- people driving with their fog lights or high beam on all the time
Actually, in 2 exemple of glare given at the beginning those are clearly old school halogen. The LED headlight tested to demonstrate glare is an illegal aftermarket bulb in an halogen housing.
Who is your rep? They need to hear from us.
Or tint your windshield at 50% helps with oncoming glare big time. And keeps your interior cooler.
This light pierces the eye. It causes extreme glare and eye fatigue, especially for people with astigmatism. It’s sad it has taken this long to be addressed. Thank you
@@tyler87kelleyI don’t want tinted windows. I am going to sue
The DOT is not doing its job when enforcing safety standards for vehicle design and production for our roads.
I refuse to drive at night. It is total BS that these vehicles lights stock headlights from the factory or allowed to be this bright. It should be illegal.
Im the same man. I only drive at night if it isn't far, if I'm helping fam(which are close), and I know where I'm going how to get there. I take my time and stay in the right hand lane. Other than that though I can usually avoid driving at night.
Yep. Same exact thing here. It's genuinely a danger. Almost never drive at night because I know I can't see. It's sad tbh
@donprovolone1425 yup yup! It's like I don't have a little car but I don't have an expedition either. How are average cars supposed to get anywhere safely at night. I dont understand how these lights are legal. I cannot even tell if someone is flashing their beams or not anymore.😭
Agreed!!
This is how it starts...
I'm glad to learn that this isn't just me that has been getting blinded by them, and thinking that it was all me, and my eyes. Can't tell you how many times, just in the last year, or less, that I've flashed my high beams at someone, thinking they had their high beams on, and was about to cause me to run off the road, only for them to flash their high beams back at me (because I did that), and then me being surprised that they only had their low beams on. Never could understand before what had changed in the last several years, or so, because before, I never had that issue.
It's really bad. I'm at the point where I don't want to drive at night. It's dangerous, yeah, but also it freaking HURTS to get blinded like that.
@@PSUhockeygirl Most definitely, and I agree, too.
More SUV’s and brighter lights. Manufacturers need to tilt them down further
Wow I thought it was just me!
look into some night driving glasses. They help a lot if you get a good pair
Reason is led bulbs are being put on non led headlamps. They are not made for that. Also most(not all) lifted trucks fail to re adjust their headlight once they lift their truck
I used to flash these people because i thought they have their High Beam ON but after a few years i stopped after i noticed that's not the case. It's really unfortunate this hasn't yet made it to US regulators. These lights need to be regulated.
I still just flash them.
I got flashed yesterday because someone thought my brights were on. They weren't. 😂. I flipped em on and off tho, to let the other driver know. I didn't have a say when the car was made. 😅
@@JungSooLeee Have you met a 450w LED lightbar yet?
Just lay on your horn. Idiots in lifted trucks need to learn.
More Federal employees sitting on their hands all day at the NHTSA. This agency can't tell that those lights shouldn't be on the freakin' market? Of course not, they're Federal employees.
The worst is when I flash my highbeams at someone whom I suspect already has their highbeams on, and then they flash their highbeams at me, making my blinding even worse. this is getting out of hand and i’m really glad people are talking about it and not just assuming it as our new reality
Flashing high beams is never going to get them to stop doing what they are doing.
@@angelicavasquez3870Flashing the highbeams usually lets the other driver know that theirs are still on, so most will then turn them off right then. Most people don't drive around with their brights on just to be rude.
But when the other person's brights aren't on like we thought they were, like Katie mentioned, that unnecessary flash just makes it worse.
That just happened to me last Friday. Then I realized that the oncoming truck had FOUR headlights…!!
Stop flashing people and you won't get flashed back.
The problem is people have no respect for others and wouldn't do anything about blinding people with their lights. Jeeps are the worst
Agree this is 100% a problem. I find myself searching for the lines on the road just to keep myself on the street when someone with these LEDs comes rolling the opposite way because your vision just fills with blinding light - it’s awful.
yep
Move to the east coast
That’s what I do. Focus on the lines.
@@Raithen- Not sure how that would help. I'm on the east coast, in an area with street lights and dense businesses on either side of the road (which provide plenty of ambient light), and I still get blinded by oncoming traffic. On the Long Island Expressway, because of a wide grassy divider, it's cars behind and passing that cause most of the blindness. (Those wide adaptive beams could pose a future problem there.) In rural areas where I sometimes drive, the only saving grace is the limited traffic. Only thing to do is avert your eyes off the right side of the road.
I have a quiet rage against Chevy trucks in my area. I drive a lil sedan. Those obnoxious headlights are the bane of my morning commute.
This is a really horrific problem. Especially for people that are older and whose eyes can't adjust as quickly and who may be starting to develop cataracts.
Thank you.......I'm having a hard time driving at night. My eyes don't adjust like they used to. I'm 53
@@SuV33358your time is up, if you have bad eyes you shouldn’t be driving anymore
@@GTZ7😂
Those people shouldn't be driving if they can't see well.
@@buca9696people got bills to pay and we live in a country where *most* of us need a car to get anywhere
YES! I'm so glad this is finally being discussed. I have had to legitimately stop driving at night because it is so dangerous with how high people put their lights and I cannot see properly. I don't understand how there isn't any enforcement about this.
yeah, and it a growing problem because no one cares to design against this issue with head lights. if manufactures designed cars with head lights that light the road to no blind drivers
First we need meaningful regulation. Then enforcement.
The enforcers are hypocrites, as they have done this for years. Police vehicles typically have their lights aimed too high.
I agree! While I love the increased visibility my headlights give ME as I drive, I too am blinded by cars - just like mine and thus also avoid night driving. I’m in an SUV so I have a little advantage because I’m not sitting low in a standard car…that helps a bit….no way I could drive a sedan in a sea of truck and SUV headlights aimed DIRECTLY in my eyes.
Not only are white lights almost double the lumens, but the white color is harsher on the eyes and more damaging to night vision. If everyone used normal lights they wouldn't be so night blinded and could actually see.
I’m so glad this is being talked about!! So many people driving with these lights, it completely blinds me from seeing the lines on the road, traffic or people.
It often scares me that I would get into a deadly accident and I’d be the one to get blamed and not the person with the lights
I purposely avoid driving at night because of the new headlights in other cars. It’s dangerous!
Part of the problem is they are making pickup trucks & SUVs bigger & taller. Not only are headlights a problem if you drive a smaller car, but going through drive-thrus, ATMS...they are all getting out of reach for drivers of smaller vehicles. And curbs and medians are also getting taller which makes it easier for smaller cars to get high centered--causing damage to fenders and undercarriage. This is small car discrimination.
Buy a MAN's car, like a Ford 150, and you wouldn't have to worry about it! STay out of OTHERS BUSINESS!!!!!
@@icespeaker81having a certain kind of car doesn't make you more of a man. Part of being a man is defining for yourself what it means
Oh great, you watched the video! 😂
Not true. It is about the angle and dispertion.
Cheap leds in halogen headlamps are mostly to blame.
Why are people soo dumb. Jogging in the middle of the road at night? Entitlement
Thought I had bad eyes but Im glad people are speaking about this. These lights are so challenging to deal with.
You are so right
I just upgraded from a 2004 to a 2024 and the headlights are CRAZY bright. I've been self conscious and paranoid driving at night because I feel like I'm blinding everyone else. I feel bad K-turning in my neighborhood at night because it's like blaring search lights into people's homes. It's insane.
I hesitate to get a new car because of this issue
You need to go back to the dealership immediately and tell them to fix the alignment on your headlights. They should be angled down, not out where they shine directly into other drivers' line of vision.
@xcristinat even angled down their a dangerous nuisance that screams "look at me, I have terrible night vision and everyone else has to be blinded so I can see, totally shouldn't just stay off the road"
TIL that that type of turn is called a "k-turn", ha! Thanks for the new info
@@xcristinatits most likely already aligned. Most roads are not level, so any type of angle with these newer led cars literally sends the lights directly into people's eyes. You can notice newer cars lights getting extremely bright after hitting a bump or dip in the road lol. Its ridiculous how bright these lights are at this point imo
"The only solution is more expensive technology" ...NO, you can go back or have dimmer lights or tinted.
This has been such a huge issue for me when I drive home each night. It’s gotten significantly worse this past year as well.
As someone who wants to learn how to drive, this scares me😅
@voice_0f_reason learn how to drive during the day and on roads you are familiar with
Same. Was beginning to question myself. Thought it was just my age. Glad it's getting attention now.
Finally! Literally been saying for over 2 years now that these new brighter headlights are way too bright and are a danger to other drivers and has to cause harm to people's eyes. Also my girlfriend once crashed our car due to going around a bend and getting blinded by a truck drivers head lights so she didn't make the turn and ended up hitting a pole. She already wears glasses and had issues to see at night and now is terrified to drive at night due to lights like these.
So are police lights. They need to tone it down.
This a few years ago driving home from work I hit a deer cause I legit didn’t see it until the second before I hit it because of the oncoming car headlights it’s was also foggy which to me makes the glare worse
Same with me. I have astigmatism and I can't even drive after dark anymore. For years, I've been panicking every single time I have to to anywhere after dark. Combine dark with wet roads and those lights make it even worse.
This has been an issue around here for the last 10 years and I hate it so much. We really need some laws against running such bright lights.
I really thought I was the only one. It warms my heart to see more and more people aware of this danger
"around here" lol it's all about you, huh
@@Lunar_Capital"i really thought I was the only one on the road"
@@juliebraden6911 Julie, go eat an LED headlight
@@juliebraden6911 You ok my dude? You seem to got some mental issues going on attacking people out of nowhere for such random things. Imagine being you.
Been saying this for years. In fact, I had to stop driving at night because of the led lights
I am so glad this is finally being addressed a little. I try to avoid driving at night as much as possible. I have to slow down when people drive behind me because I can't see and that irritates the drivers more and they get more aggressive and closer behind me which causes me to drive even slower.
Yeah I always say to myself "if you didn't tailgate me I could drive faster!"
Mirrors are my friend
Pull off the road and let them pass
@@billythatkidd6926 Shouldn't have to
I should've done this last night. A huge truck was tailgating me, flashing on and off the existing super bright headlights and I made a change towards the right lane kinda quick.
I seriously thought it was just me and a consequence of growing older. I'm relieved I'm not the only one with this problem.
Me too!
Getting older DOES present new issues around driving, particularly slower reaction times and decreased peripheral vision. But this headlight nonsense is endangering everyone.
I’m 22, and this is a problem for me as well. It’s not just age.
Same here!!!
I'm in England and myself and many I know, have problems with glare from modern cars
As a truck driver, I whole heartedly agree that there are times when those blinding headlights coming at me don't know that I cannot see the road and it's through prayer and luck then skill that keeps us from having an accident. While 'you' might see better, your really putting your life and the lives of your family, friends, and strangers at risk of death or worse.
My husband is a truck driver and he complains about this more than he should.
witnessed a car crash because of blinding lights.. terrible..
Frequently on the two lane highways I cannot see anything in my lane while passing cars the opposite direction. Everyone keeps calling for brighter lights to solve this problem. But that's not the answer because bright lights on the other vehicle are the cause of the problem. We need to get the color of LED headlghts changed.
A recall on all blue LED headlights for all manufacturers would solve this. Get them all replaced with yellowish LEDs.
@@javaman2883 Amen to that.
Truck drivers are the worst at having those blinding headlights though.
As a person with astigmatism, LEDs should be banned
Absolutely. Almost every car looks as if they have their high beams on. When a car is behind me I’m blinded by their lights in my mirrors. Replacing everything with LED lights is a disaster.
It's the spectrum of light, not the LED. They don't have to be blue-white. Halogen and incandescent light bulbs are/were usually 3000K or lower. In generic terms this would be called "warm white", while 5000K is usually called "daylight white". The blue-white LED headlight bulbs I've seen in the auto stores and new cars range all the way up to 8000k.
@@samael335 It is because it's LED. They are harsher on the eyes, regardless of color temp, AND are indeed brighter than halogens. In fact, the average LED headlight is brighter than a halogen highlight.
US auto makers write the rules through lobbying. In the EU cars have had to have auto leveling headlights for quite some time. Any truck with a trailer pulling down the rear axle is absolutely blinding.
headlights do have a BEAM adjustment, this needs to be fixed, led is not a problem. It's fairly easy on most cars, you can see in your vehicle owner's manual or search on UA-cam how to vids... I do have led bulbs, but It's adjusted the way that does not bother upcoming traffic...
@@otarsulavaLED is harsher on the eyes. It doesn’t matter how bright. Your not facing your car in traffic, how do you know it doesn’t bother people?😂
I started talking about this over a decade ago. Everyone thought I was a whiner. But remember the days when it was polite to turn down your high beams when approaching an oncoming vehicle? That went out the window and the companies who made lights decided anything BIGGER A D BRIGHTER AND LOUDER was better. Like little children!!!! Absolutely inept, negligent, even criminally dangerous. Thank you for finally addressing this important issue. Shame on those car companies nd let’s freaking regulate them ffs.
Your not whining, this infuriates me every time I drive early AM or at night, they should be illegal. Let's blind oncoming traffic what a concept.😮😮. Peace.......
You hit the nail on the head with “like little children”. Zero awareness of the needs and desires of others.
The companies didn't decide it the US DOT did and required manufactures to use the LEDs.
I talked about this to my friends as well. You cant even tell if its long or short lights its way to bright that I cant see the road in front at times.
That's actually a cool feature on some newer cars (of course luxury cars have had them for a decade)- automatic high beams. They flip off when they sense oncoming traffic then flip back to high when there's no oncoming cars.
Recently I’ve been doing a lot of night driving, and this is ABSOLUTELY an issue.
I cannot tell you how often I have to look at the side of the road while driving.
It’s worse when I am driving down a dark road without the white light.
This is a HuGe issue and needs to be addressed IMMEDIATELY.
Yes this has to be taken care of. Auto companies advertise how much better you can see with the brighter lights. In reality most driving there is some lighting. So halogen light is fine on low beam. They could have LED high beam for driving in the country. I am 68 years old & a retired mechanic. As you age the bright lights are an issue. That for anyone can cause accidents. No matter what age you are. NTSA has to step in about this, It's like driving blind from oncoming vehicles.
Sometimes I have to drive to the coast after picking up my girls from school (4pm) but we need to drive through the Mountains to get to the coast.
So, the road gets dark after 4 and I just pray all the way to our beach house because lots of big trucks and new cars use the Led lights which it’s a big problem!
I go blind even though I try to look down and on my right side..
so happy the tv is investigating this issue!!
Same here, I travel and doordash for a living so I’m always driving at nighttime, LED’s have started having permanent effects on my eyesight, more blurry vision and floaters in my vision than I’ve ever had before.
Yesss someone do something and get these leds off cars everywhere ASAP
That is it that is exactly what you do look at the side of the road
I've been complaining about this. It's horrible driving at night. I wear sunglasses
When LEDs were first introduced, their excessive brightness was marketed as being safer. After being on the receiving end of the lights just a couple of times, I knew they were definitely not safe.
I think everybody was annoyed by the new "improved" lights when the came out. So why is it that they're only now being discussed as a problem? Oh, because they're developing new technology. They made money hand-over-fist introducing the new "improved" lights, and now they're going to make money hand-over-fist selling and mandating the "new technology".
The old headlights were cheap, worked well, and didn't blind people. But I guess they weren't making enough money off of them. Better to make money and cause accidents is their thinking.
@@user-ry1vi1jc7o exactly. They need to stick with the old style.
Safer for who?
People are using aftermarket leds in the older cars that aren’t designed for them
It's the exact same reason SUVs are marketed as safer: Safer for the one who buys it, more dangerous for literally everyone else
My 70 yr old mother was blinded by these bright, glaring lights which caused her to go off the road and crash into a tree. Thankfully she survived ! Something must be done to stop these car accidents !
What? Who do we contact to complain?
@@AkaruLanfear-on3mpI always turn mine back on if they don't dim theirs. If I'm going down, I'm blinding you with me.
Seriously though, it's pathetic that we have gotten to this point of blinding LEDs and automatic brights that do not work properly. People can't just drive with older style headlights and have sense enough to dim them. Their attention is clearly not on driving...
your congress critter for starts... if they are not too busy banning books and banning abortion. @@sandraclick7812
😂😂yah im sure her eyes and reflexes are on point at 70 ...we all know how great 70 year olds drive stereotypically 😂😂
Along with all the other dee-pop measures, that's probably the whole point.
No, my tin foil tiara doesn't have too many rhinestones. If you don't see this crap right in front of your eyes (that They are barely keeping veiled at this point) you are willfully blind.
What resonated the most with me is that this is technology in use for about a decade in other countries, but here we have red tape stopping a safety issue.🤦♀️
Classic America 🙄
I'm willing to bet the red tape is "red" tape as in republicans 😆😪
It's a technical thing. Headlights are absolutely required to drive. Adaptive headlights have more mechanisms and parts that wear out. Luxury cars have them, not economy cars. Europe has so many transit systems, not driving is very doable.
So, when your luxury car is in the shop, and you're waiting a week to pay about $2,075 for your fancy headlights, you can take busses and commuter trains.
It's not the same in most parts of America.
@@ladygodieva6298it’s still a bad policy no matter who enacted it lol
In the meantime we could at least ban the blue bulbs or require a film or lens cover to cheaply compensate for cars that have them.
Thank you for making this report. I don’t think most drivers understand how their insanely bright lights are actually a safety hazard. I’m glad that auto makers are recognizing this and going to do something about it. Too bad they have to deal with all the stupid BS red tape here in the US.
Thank god. They took the time to discuss alignment. 99.9% of the time, this is the entire problem. My own Jeep Wrangler came from the factory with the LED lights aimed almost straight out. I had to drop them quite a bit before I could drive it without blinding people after that first trip home the night I bought it.
Thank you so much for recognizing the problem and fixing it on your own. I drive a Chevy Malibu so I'm lower to the ground than a Jeep or pickup truck, and when I see Jeeps or pick-ups around me at night, I try to get far away from them fast, or I even try to just get behind them to avoid being blinded by their headlights 😅
Yep Jeeps are junk
I drive a compact car there is no problem there I can still take it out to trailheads.
Wrangler lights are just pure garbage. Their refusal to adapt to newer lights is annoying. Back in the 90s, they made a jeep with rectangular lights, but the jeep babies complained, so they undid it
How do you know what the right alignment is?
I used to think people forgot their brights we’re on, but then would be blinded further if I flashed my brights. It’s crazy how incapacitating “normal” lights are and I’m thankful I’ve never had an accident because of this nonsense.
I had this happen recently. I was sure someone's brights were on so I flashed them. They hit me with their high beams and they were blinding. It used to be easy to tell low beams from high beams from oncoming cars.
@@marklgarcia exactly, used to adjust my sideviews to bounce back a driver's lights if they were purposefully blasting highbeams, but now I don't bother because 90% of the time it's just their normal headlights.
I drive a small car so any new SUVs and trucks with new headlights are completely destroying my vision at the perfect eye sight level.
@@write2nick and so continues the cycle of needing a big suv to stay safe from other big suvs and becoming a part of the problem.. i just wish we could drive our “smaller” cars without any sacrifice.
@@write2nick and my car isn’t even small, its a newer toyota camry but stock pickup trucks are so big now that i’m still blinded
As a car enthusiast, I completely agree with this. I actually adjust and pull my headlights down for others on the road. This needs to be addressed more! It’s so annoying driving with glare!!
My Mitsubishi Mirage ran out of headlight adjustment while the headlights were higher than they should be. I would need to design and build a modification to actually get the headlights to the correct orientation. Made so much worse if I have a couple of bikes on the bike beak at the back.
“As a car enthusiast”? Sorry, that gives you literally zero social authority…
Old cars had those eyelashes for the 7 inch round headlights- modern cars need them.
@@americandissident9062 girl get upset somewhere else
Thank you for being considerate ❤
There are laws against car windows being too tinted/blacked out. There needs to be laws restricting car manufacturers from putting in headlights that are too bright. I don't get how crap like this even makes it out of the gate to begin with.
When lawsuits are successfully brought against car manufacturers, then they will change. Don't expect regulators to do it for them.
@@notexpatjoethese lumen rating are not accurate for blue light LED headlights Vs soft yellow light of old cars. Laws need to be changed.
Most of the Luxury brand names are notorious for their blinding head lights
@@beefsquatch5352 I find the BMW 3 series is alright, I actually find the American brands like GM the absolute worst offenders.
@@beefsquatch5352 in europe luxury cars are best to encounter on roads, because almost all have adaptive lights. Worst are the rednecks who put hid or led on their healights designed for halogen bulbs
It's a huge issue! Those lights are blinding now.
Something needs to be done about it. It's so dangerous.
Exactly!
Never going to happen here in America.
Yeah, but the other problem, is duller lights means drivers can’t see either. So it’s a catch 22, blinds oncoming drivers, but without them we can’t see to drive down the road either. You want me driving on your side of the road cause I can’t see the road?
@@garyzimmerman8679 thats not what the issue is. My car is from 1994 and i have never gotten a complaint about my headlights being so dim that people cant see me. Nor have i experienced that issue from someone elses old headlights. Do you mean when bulbs get old and burn out? Because that can be replaced
@@sosa3559 I can see u with old headlights, but when my car has old halogen headlights, I can’t see far enough down the road cause they are to dim.
This is a huge problem in the US, I can't believe that it hasn't been addressed yet!
It's not a problem at all
@JoeMama-rz7nr it's much worse in the US... US DOT headlights have been inferior to E-code for many decades even back in the incandescent bulb days. as mentioned in the video, we're not allowed to have any of the adaptive tech that non-US cars have enjoyed for a very long time.
@@Turk380 no it’s not, but you’re part of the problem a fkn gullible iddotta that pouts excagerated responses to everything 🤦🏽♂️
@@kenshinhimura9387 It is a problem.
We can't address anything here.
The amount of times I've been blinded both in my Impala and Torrent is crazy, I'm so thrilled that someone finally realizes how dangerous this is.
Been saying for years that those lights should be illegal. Common sense.
The insane thing about this is we have had the technology to do LED headlights with the same halogen color temp as before, but manufacturers opted for the super blue hue because it looks more "futuristic" at the cost of safety.
Also led low beam are 10x brighter than halogen high beam for no reason.
The 2020 Elantra lights have the blue hue and everytime u hit a bump in it it looks like ur flashing the person in front of u
@@V8_screw_electric_cars this is false.
Exactly. It’s actually really difficult to find LED headlights with yellowish color. It seems like no manufacturer makes it
@@LiveAndLaughs My eyes say otherwise
I’m glad you are addressing this. I literally can’t drive at night because of this.
@@cloud1696 be a real shame if someone popped your tires.
@@zerotheliger furry freak
I have a window film on my windshield and darker film on other glass. It really helps and I flip my rearview mirror to dim cars behind me at night. 3M Crystaline is expensive but it is good. The Clear Blue 90 for windshields is the best investment. You can't even tell it is there except the sun and bright lights are better.
Me too!!!
Probably need to see an eye doctor then.
Yes I agree this issue has gotten HORRIBLE and is a completely preventable public safety hazard!
I think auto makers and owners (in that order) should be held liable for this issue immediately, this needs to be addressed in Texas severely!
Ironically it's actually illegal in Texas to replace your halogen bulbs with LED bulbs but most inspectors and cops will not catch it
@@devin7803 Its not illegal dps changed the rules
It needs to be addressed nationwide.
Not just in Texas. It is a national problem.
Texas drivers are a national problem!
OMG. I thought there was something wrong with me or my eyes were aging. It feels like so many people are using their high beams. I’m not crazy after all. Literally today I had to stop my car because I was blinded.