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Also, it seems like a lot of police have just decided to stop enforcing any sort of traffic laws. 
We said, "Stop murdering brown children." 
Their response was, "Fine, we won't do our jobs at all then."
It's so bad especially driving through the country and you see these big ass lights headed your way and it's the ONLY thing you see >

Think it's bad in the country. Imagine being stuck in front of one and having to tilt all your mirrors for your 40 min. commute ... sometimes the same one several times a month. >

LPT: You can flip the tab on the bottom of your rear view mirror to deflect the light away from your eyes while maintaining the same view out your rear windshield.
ULPT: You can also angle it in such a way that the person behind you gets an eye full of their own headlights. >

The little tab on the bottom is a thing of the past in newer vehicles but when I did have the option I always tried to blind them with it haha >

Huh. Didn't know that. I had a 2019 Civic that still had the tab. I too like flipping the tab and having the roving searchlight behind me suddenly turn their brights off or back off considerably lol >

LEDs are more efficient. All headlights should be LEDs. But they should limited in their brightness. I fully agree.
The problem is that there are already laws on the books limiting headlight brightness, but they aren't enforced, and a lot of folks don't follow them. >

It's not really the brightness that's blinding, is the angle. They should be angled down towards the road. A lot of cars have adjustable lights she people and them as high as possible for maximum exposure >

To continue on this point, since op mentioned lifted trucks... alot of people lift their tru ks but dont realize that the have to readjust their lights, which is why they have what seems like an obscenely bright headlight 
Still tho i agree the brightness limit needs to be enforced thru the govmt regs at the source ( ie. The manufacturer) >

Regulating the manufacturer doesn’t do anything when people use aftermarket parts >

Aftermarket parts are still regulated
Cops should also be ticketing tho >

Yeah, shouldn't be too complicated to let cops regulate. If it's enforced enough, the parts will become harder to find.
In my province there are certain regulations over tinted windows (basically there is a certain transparency threshold, and the windshield can only be tinted in its upper part), and it works fine.
It doesn't have to be 100% of cars perfectly following regulations at all times; if you don't meet them, you'll get caught eventually. And if you stay off the roads, you can do whatever you want (re: comments about farmers putting special lights or whatever). You start requiring that new cars follow these regulations while announcing it'll become regulation for all cars by some date in a distant future, so you give plenty of time for everyone to adapt. >

As someone who frequents country roads, in roadkill country, i feel safer driving with my dim as fuck headlights than being blinded by the wankers with led driving lights either coming at me or hanging right in my side mirrors on the freeway.
I legitimately believe my high beams are dimmer than some peoples ordinary driving lights. That's just wrong.
I have no issue with LED spotties, but when your driving lights are enough to make me grab my sunglasses, you are absolutely an asshole. >

When I first started driving I lived in the country, and my parents taught me to turn off the high beams at night if someone was coming the other way. I feel like people do that less and less now and it's annoying. >

anyone that doesn't is a bad person >

I had to quit my CDL OTR job because the high intensity discharge headlights were so bright that it started causing ocular migraines that would black out my field of vision after a year of night driving. It took years to recover and I’m finally able to drive without nighttime glasses. The lights themselves are very dangerous and I think more car manufacturers should look into this. 
My 2022 Forester has headlights that seem to “cut off” right about hood level. So if I’m driving behind a sedan, I’m not blinding them in their rear view mirror. It also has auto dimming bright lights and will turn off the high beams when it senses another car coming towards me. All that said, some times I think the auto level of my own headlights are too bright for other drivers. It’s just ridiculous how bright these headlights are, especially when people turn on after market light bars while on the pavement…how far are you trying to see? Into the future?! >

I had to quit my 6 figure night gas job because of ocular migraines and fatigue due to these damn lights.
It’s terrible >

LEDs aren't the problem.  Overly bright, poorly aimed headlights are the problem. >

It is every single suv and truck I encounter on the road at night. >

Ok, but LED is a technology.  The complaint is too birght poorly aimed headlights, not LED.   
All I am saying is, let's focus on the actual issue rather than banning LEDs. >

Well naturally if I’m in a car, an suv or a truck’s lights are gonna be higher because they’re higher off the ground. Doesn’t matter where you position them at on the vehicle. >

It's a beam of light which you can aim. The parabolic mirror inside the headlight changes random light into a directional beam. >

Also, most headlights now are projection beam lights, and plenty of brands have an actual dial to angle your headlights according to the conditions and area you're driving in.
They should be angled up on the highway to see further, and angled down in cities or residential areas where you have street lighting. >

I so agree with this. They stress me out so much, and I live in Los Angeles so driving on the freeway is a death wish at night. >

Pretty sure this is only a real issue when they aren't calibrated properly - especially common in aftermarket DIYs.
Well, except when people are too dumb/lazy/selfish to turn off high beams in a timely fashion. >

I don't even use my highbeams bc I know my lights are too bright. My car is 6 yrs old at this point & I still get flashed when they are on dim >

Downvoted because this is a VERY popular opinion >

Try being in the USA, the land of oversized SUVs and pickup trucks, and driving a subcompact hatchback. I’m constantly getting blasted with headlight glare. >

Man, it's not even just headlights anymore. Even tail lights are getting ridiculously bright. >

The other parent at my kids bus stop always turns her hazards on when she parks. Even when I’m behind her. Shit about gives my epileptic self a seizure. >

I'll up vote this twice a day if it means it'll gain attention >

100%
Everytime this comes up, I feel relieved that maybe I'm not crazy.
I get that LEDs are a lot more efficient, and that angle/color/self-adjusting beams are all ways to reduce glare from these headlights, but at some point, it's just too much damn light. I don't care if it's the angle or the temperature or the whatever. I come home from my evening commute dazzled and with a headache basically every day in the winter.
It didn't used to be that way and I hate it, and I don't get why I'm the asshole for wanting it to not be that way. >

Absolutely on every point. I do gig work as a courier full time but can't work evenings during the winter on most gigs as you can get sent on country roads you don't know with no lighting. I'm light sensitive and the number of times I've almost crashed from being completely disoriented is more than I feel comfortable admitting. I used to think it was just arseholes who liked showing off, but I think it's also poor drivers or people with poor vision who just think "well at least I can see 1 mile up the road". >

Most are adjustable. People are just morons and don’t adjust them. >

Or they just don't know that's a thing they have to/should/can do. Most people aren't exactly car savvy beyond "is my oil/coolant/brake fluid about to run out and burn up my engine" and "hmm, tire looks a bit flat. Now to figure out what pressure im supposed to fill this up to". Most people would assume the lights are done the way they're supposed to be >

That’s no excuse. It’s in every cars manual about the features of the car, especially safety features. >

...and how many people do you think would read that in depth on the manual? If people read the manual, they're more concerned with engine function or the buttons inside the car and airbags. I didn't even know headlights were adjustable until 2 years ago and I can't imagine how many people would have thought it pointless to read a section about the headlights- also can't imagine this helps people with used cars where the manual is likely long gone and Google can be a pain in the ass (i remmeber how much of a nightmare it was to look up something for my car), and again, most people would not think that looking up how the headlights work as something important or needed because that should be something that's aligned properly when you buy the car (especially if it's new) >

Reading your owner's manual is the responsible and smart thing to do. >

Fully agree. They are great for the person using them. Awful for everyone else. >

The person using them still has to deal with other people's though. As someone who has them (on a sedan) and also experiences other people's, I think stock LED headlights are mostly fine. It's usually a problem when there's aftermarket stuff involved, like lifted trucks or poorly angled aftermarket LEDs. >

Had a pickup behind me yesterday, at 4:30 pm with very slight overcast, with his LEDs on. Brights too. There was zero reason for it whatsoever. It was bright out and we were on a well lit road.
Jackass >

If a LED is installed properly and the headlight adjusted for the lift it is no more blinding to other vehicles than a conventional headlight. Unfortunately 90% of the LED lights installed aftermarket are not installed correctly. >

The problem is not the lights.  The problem is that they’re aimed incorrectly and glare in your eyes or the lights do not have autolevel sensors/motors. >

This seriously needs to be a pinned topic. I think it gets posted every 10 minutes. >

Thank you! I manage chronic migraines and these can trigger a bad attack. I have to wear polarized sunglasses at night because of these fckers. >

Banning a more efficient light technology is a misunderstanding of the problem. It’s people running too much luminosity as low beams, bad alignment, and lack of enforcement. If you wanted to you could literally get back at them with some clever retroreflective strips. >

If you have a lifted truck, that is not used for work or offroad, you are a terrible preson
LED light worsen this fact >

some people just like lifted trucks. why should they be called terrible people? >

I wouldn’t call them terrible, but I would call them stupid if they’re not using it for hauling shit regularly. Such a waste of gas and money when you could have bought a hybrid sedan that will last you forever with low maintenance costs. “I just like it” is not a rational justification for willingly fucking yourself over financially like that. it’s irresponsible, but if it really makes you that happy then who am I to judge? >

You are making a lot of assumptions about people that buy lifted trucks financial situation. >

no it doesn’t matter what your financial situation is, it’s an irresponsible financial decision unless you need to use it for hauling shit regularly. >

How exactly is it irresponsible for someone earning 200k to buy a 40k used truck? >

because you could use that 40k for an infinite list of more responsible things. plus, the vast majority of people who buy lifted trucks do not make 200k. People who make 200k are either stupid enough to buy a Porsche or they stick to their honda civic >

Once active matrix headlamps are more common you’ll change your mind. Cars will be able to have full high beams all the time, however the individual beams that would be searing your retinas will actually be completely off.  Car makers are also listening to the complaints now. That’s why you’re seeing headlamp assemblies on larger vehicles being moved lower on the vehicle specifically trucks and suvs. For now though I think they’re generally safer especially on dark roads. >

Aren’t those types of lights illegal in the freedom country for some back assward reason? >

I think they were just recently approved >

The problem isn't LEDs themselves. It's the fact they are often misaligned and instead of pointing at the road, they scorch your eyeballs instead. Although a problem I have is the light is too cool to be comfortable at night. Cooler temps are more efficient, but the lights (low-beams at least) should have a color temperature limit of 4000K or whereabouts. >

Is there any law against putting a mirror on the back of your car/work van? >

The problem is the people who put them in aren't smart enough to adjust the light down so you're not blinding everyone >

LED lights, all of them not just headlights, are often triggers for photosensitive epileptics. I am one of those oh so very lucky folks and can barely even ride in a car at night anymore because of these shits. The more popular these abominations become the less I’m able to leave the house after dark. r/fuckyourheadlights >

Can you go in stores and stuff like that?  My entire workplace retrofitted with (cheap) LEDs that have a flicker to them.  They had to replace the ones in my office with nicer ones because it was messing with my eyes. >

Some stores I’m okay in, some not. I definitely wouldn’t be able to be in your work. The LEDs that a lot of convenience stores have started using in their drink coolers are a massive no for me. >

It's amazing that they sell the LEDs with almost no smoothing on them.  You end up with a 120 Hz flicker.  The worst ones are half rectified and you get a very noticeable 60 Hz flicker. (I'm assuming you are in the US) That's what you are probably seeing in those drink machines. >

3-30 Hz is the range that’s the most dangerous but it’s not uncommon for up to 70 to cause seizures. For people like me it nearly doesn’t matter at all what the Hz are, they all mess with my brain. >

Man, I'm so sorry to hear that.  Most of the failure modes for LEDs will induce flashing and flickering that are right in that range.  They can make LEDs that don't have that issue; the components are less than $1 a fixture to fix it.  The ADA needs to be updated to address it. >

I know the EU is either working on implementing a standard or has recently done so. I can’t remember. Another side effect of epilepsy: CRS syndrome. 😂 
I don’t believe epilepsy is covered under the ADA. It’s ass backwards but whatever. 
Anyway, photosensitive folks are only 3% of people with epilepsy which is roughly 1% of the total population so I try not to complain much. Just like to put info out there so people can learn some stuffs. >

I know your pain but I think anything over 5-6k warmth should be illegal. there is no reason to have over 6k "cool white" blue light beaming my face in the dark. >

While there are many strict regulations on automobile lights, they are rarely enforced. Even as many places in the US have annual car inspections, as long as your lights are workimg they don't care.
It's not that they are LED, it's that they are manufactured and advertised as being "brighter" because that's what people want. Even more so than the actual lumen rating is the angle of the beams.
There is a decent amount of engineering that goes into modern headlight layout, and generic aftermarket bulbs do not confirm to that. Better yet, all new cars should be using LED bulbs everywhere. But sealed headlight assemblies like in my Subaru have an insane cost if they need replaced. I had a bunch of water condensation in a headlight unit that would fail my inspection and didn't have time to find a replacement on my own. That part cost $1000 from Subaru.
But back to enforcement, I am seeing more and more actual colored lights like blues and greens (not just the blue quality of cheap"cool" LEDs) which is also illegal. Cops just don't care, which probably means the departments have been instructed not to enforce it unless they suspect you for something else. >

Not unpopular.   While people are correct that in a lot of cases, it's people's misaligned headlights. A lot of people are also installing much brighter headlights,  and a lot of new cars are coming equipped with more intense lights.  Add on top of it people who turn on their bright lights and never shut them off. >

When I can see my car's shadow from your headlights behind me, it's a problem. >

So many people around here drive with their brights on during rush hour. Many of them have LED's. They always get so pressed when you flash them. I don't get it. >

It's more about the angles. Most LED headlights are aftermarket, and they are not calibrated to that specific model, so they shine the light WAY too high (I've had this problem myself). If they aimed lower towards the road not only would it impact other drivers less but would also be better for the owners themselves. >

I have an astigmatism. When someone else has LED lights, I often have to slow down and look to the side of the road. I also have blue eyes which are more sensitive to light than dark eyes, so LED lights burn holes in my retinas and I see floating dots for at least 30 minutes after the car passes >

Same here! It's dangerous I don't know why nothing is being done >

Can’t disagree with you. >

Thank god I read this, I thought I've begun a sensitivity to headlights and questioned my vision, I think everyone has their high beams on.  Even worse in he rain. >

It should be illegal to drive a vehicle where your lights are a certain height. Can't stand lifted trucks where their headlights are at mirror level. >

Regulate the lumen... >

They do. >

Are some people biologically more sensitive to LED light?
I know astigmatism can amplify glare generally, but LED specifically ...
I feel like a crazy person when I say that LEDs are exceptionally dazzling to me, regardless of how they are implemented. Sometimes the 'shadow' they leave in my vision lasts for several seconds. If I use them around the house, I get headaches.
Super distracting, and I swear everyone else is mostly "shrug" when it comes to this. >

Yes, some people certainly are. All LED lights can cause me to have a seizure due to me being a photosensitive epileptic. They’re actually a common seizure trigger in people like me. Buying lightbulbs for the house sucks btw lol >

It gets worse every night. We must stop them. >

LED headlights are the future. They're brighter for less energy spent, and produce a clearer light. However that's not what's actually useful for car headlights. Most of the time lights on a car are not about the driver being able to see out, but for other vehicles & road users to be able to see the moving car. The solution is actual regulation of car headlights, running, and rear lights to create a consistent set of options for the driver depending on conditions that also enhances the view of the vehicle without blinding or distracting other drivers. >

OEM LED headlights are just fine.
After market LED light bars that are clearly marked for OFF ROAD USE ONLY and the morons that use them while driving on road are the real problem.  
It's easy to tell the difference, no vehicle comes with a light bar as the OEM headlight. >

And why is it, that 9 times out of 10, the tailgater behind me has the brightest LED lights money can buy. 
You're literally 4 feet off my ass, lighting up my entire cabin like it's broad day. >

OP if you made this for my YSK than that's fucking awesome.
Anyway, I think there's a difference. My car has LED bulbs, but they're not the bright monster aftermarket garbage people install, it's effectively just a normal headlight. For context I drive a 2019 BMW 340i w/ the LED light package.
A lot of new cars come with LEDs as standard and they're really not different from traditional headlights except for lasting a hell of a lot longer. To counter, I think we should regulate how bright a mfs headlights are. People should get tickets for ridiculous aftermarket headlights that are too bright 100% >

Same, my headlights on my 2020 Chevy Trax aren't super bright, but they point down enough and they do the required job. My high beams though, those will burn out a retina even though they're stock parts right from the dealership. Luckily I don't have to use them often, mostly flashing them against other drivers blinding me. >

I'm not saying you necessarily, but I think there are a lot of people with LED headlights who think they aren't the problem when they are. >

Easy answer is simply put one of those sunshades across the back window when driving at night. You'll see just as well and the person behind you will suddenly get the feeling of staring into the face of God itself >

Put a mirror in the back window >

I’ve almost died so many times because of these things. Hard agree >

Properly aimed LED lights are actually much easier to deal with than older headlights.  They have much less light spray.  They will seem very bright from a distance but as you get closer they aren’t directed in your eyes.   Older headlights aren’t as bright from a distance but they are blinding when you pass.  
Poorly aimed LED lights (tend to be aftermarket and self installed) are absolute crap. >

Poorly implemented and maintained LED headlights should be illegal* fixed it for you.
LED headlights are fine, cars where the aim isn't right, the load or other problems are causing lift, this is when the lights blind you. >

yes , poorly aligned headlights is so common and idiots just blame "LED" headlights. NO! The morons at the factory are just not aligning them correctly. 
I've had 3 vehicles now where they were aligned incorrectly blinding oncoming cars. I aligned them myself and they are now LESS blinding than a regular halogen headlight thanks to the super clean cutoff of the beam.
TLDR: Get your headlights aligned properly >

When it's 60:40 or 70:30 poorly -aligned:well-aligned on the road, it's hard not to have a bit of prejudice against the whole class. >

understand but it's still wrong. They would be blinding people if they were halogens too >

said the same shit today everyone in texas gotta truck they need like a  max requirement on lumens yk >

They should not. Our country should update it rules on headlights. What the Europeans are doing with led and laser would astonish you. They can make it so you can have your high beams on all the time. And when an oncoming car approaches it will block out the specific point of light that would interfere with the other driver. Headlight technology is wild now and the US is behind in implementing it. >

I'm convinced that people that don't like LED headlights live in places that have street lamps (i.e. cities, suburbs). 
This little rural area I'm in, is only accessible by two-lane highway, and 20+ miles between towns, if not more. We don't have lights along the highways. Just tons of dark ass trees. I'm so thankful to have LED headlights, and even more thankful that they have an even brighter option for when there's cloud coverage and the moon is covered. 
My LED headlights have helped me to avoid deer and people that think it's super wise to wear all black and walk down said 2 lane highways in the middle of the night. >

Nah. I'm in a rural area for large portions of the year, and I hate them more than anybody. Someone coming the other way with blinding headlights is a dangerous menace who should lose their license. I can't afford to be blind for ninety seconds on the road just because someone's a douche who doesn't like turning on and off their high-beams.
High beams should be as bright as you need. If you want a Death Star Laser of a high-beam, the more power to you. I've modded my lights for that exact purpose (deer are plentiful, stupid, and dangerous in the area of Wisconsin I frequent). But again, you turn that shit the hell off the moment you're driving behind another car or there's someone approaching the other way. >

You know I have been wanting to buy this $600 flashlight that has up to 100,000 lumens but I don’t have any reason to buy it besides just wanting to. But you just gave me an idea of how I could use it >

Seen it in a video. Wow that's a lot of light! >

I just left I’m whatever came in my Toyota. It’d not uncommon for someone to flash their brights at me thinking my brights are on. I miss my old Mazda 3 where you could adjust the angle and at least point them down further. >

Not the purpose of that function at all. >

yea i hate them >

^halogen poor >

I don't know what's worse....a lifted truck with HI beam LEDs on tailing you on a highway at night. Or being on a single lane highway and cars with LED HI beams on coming towards you and blidning you. It's kind of amazing how people lack any sort of common sense. I use my brights, but only when I'm alone. And if I see a car coming I switch back to regulars beams because I'm not an insensitive idiot. >

Well.... out here in the sticks, a person cannot win. I had a small car that was pretty low to the ground. Truckers would flash their lights and blinding light bars at me thinking I had my brights on. If I was driving our F350 Dually, the same thing would happen. So, I have decided to join in. The small car was traded for another truck. Both trucks now have light bars. This is to see the deer, elk, foxes, coyotes and to be armed against the bright light bullies on the road. When I  lived in town, I wholeheartedly agreed with this unpopular opinion because there was already enough light around, but not now since I've moved to the country and it's DARK. >

Agree but I just think that they shouldn't make them as bright. >

It's not fault of the LED that drivers are to incompetent to switch between high and low beams. >

They're illegal where I live, I totally agree. You can have them but not use them in the streets >

Is this just a problem in the US? We've had them in Europe for ages and there's no problem with them. >

There is a problem in Europe too. It's very annoying, blinding and dangerous. >

I drive at night a fair bit and it's never bothered me. The only problems are people who leave their high beams on all the time and SUVs tailgating lower cars. >

Good for you, genuinely. I don't drive that much at night and it kills me. I can't even tell when it's high beams and when it's led.
The worst experience was following a truck with white LED lights in the back at night. I even have glasses for night driving and I was extreamly bothered by this. >

Sounds like the problem is you, not the lights people have. >

How so? >

It's the aftermarket ones those stupid rednecks put in their lifted trucks that are the real issue.
"Hurr but the durr owt hurr are crayzeh brother". 
SLOW THE F*CK DOWN AT NIGHT THEN. I swear I get blinded every night because they can't figure out how to flip off their high beams and you know, not floor it down a country road when the daytime speed limit is 45. >

The problem isn't that the headlights are LEDs. It's that modern headlights don't have fresnel lenses directing the light down toward the road. Blame the car manufacturers for saving a couple of bucks in R&D and glass. >

They need to be properly mounted and calibrated >

Problem is whether it’s halogen, HID, or LED.
Issue is cutoff’s, angle, and other aspects of the projector housing.
But with lifted trucks that you mention, they are supposed to adjust their headlights, but obviously don’t >

They especially suck when 75% is vehicles are trucks, SUVs, and vans and you're driving a little compact car. Those blindingly bright lights end up being right at eye level. I hate bright headlights, seems more dangerous than regular lights for that reason. >

It’s horrible if you have astigmatism. I’ve taken to wearing polarizing glasses/sunglasses at night. >

Sorry, but thats bullshit.
It's not the technology, LEDs can be used at any brightness and angle.
LEDs have many advantages, they are much more efficient and last forever (if high quality).
In the long run ALL lights will be LED, trust me. >

Most of the issues do not stem from the fact that they are brighter but rather that they are not set at the proper angle. Alot of LED replacement lights are not designed for any specific car but just cars in general meaning that they are almost always either angled to high blinding everyone else, or angled too low decreasing visibility for the user. Until manufacturers make the full switch it will probably just suck for a while. >

Horrible person for what kind of vehicle they drive? Wow that’s pretty hateful. LED headlights really aren’t an issue , most headlights are LED idk what makes the difference, if you’re being blinded by headlights it’s likely high beams in which case yes those people are annoying but otherwise what are we supposed to do? Buy old aftermarket headlights that don’t exist for our new cars? >

now i'm gonna put led headlights on my car >


impede the vision of other drivers

Yeah but guess who can see that dumb deer standing in the tall grass from 5km away 🙋‍♀️ >

lol Facts. >

Learn how to properly look when someone coming at you with their led headlights. Stop staring straight at it and you will be just fine. LED headlights are great thing to have and i am never buying another vehicle without it. >

Where I live it's illegal to dazzle other road users with your lights. LEDs save energy and fail less frequently than a lot of older light technologies, that's a good thing. They absolutely should be set up and used not to cause road safety problems.
LEDs aren't the root problem, but definitely blinding other drivers with your headlamps should be illegal if it isn't already.
Here in London I see a lot of vehicles that have been modified in illegal ways. Thankfully lift kits don't seem to be a thing here, but tints, noisy exhausts, illegal numerplates or numberplates in the front window are common. I think your complaint is a subclass of a real problem: Motor vehicles have quite a tight spec to be road legal, but then people modify them illegally to make them more dangerous. >

See the thing is, there are situations where brights are actually needed. People need to learn to use them only in those situations though. But it's better they're there and misused sometimes than them being taken away and someone driving off the road because they needed them and didn't have them. >

OP isn't talking about brights. Regular headlights have gotten absurdly bright over the last five years or so. >

A very similar opinion was posted yesterday here, and I will quote the comment I made there.

It's not really led headlights that are the problem, it's poorly aimed headlights that are the problem. >

It's not thr brightness, it's the angle.  If I have a 1000 lumen flashlight and a 1000000 lumen flashlight, they're both going to be blinding if I shine them right in your eyes >

LEDs are efficient, so I don't know that banning them is the best option. But we should definitely limit their brightness and also fine drivers who have their lights angled incorrectly - these two solutions combined would fix the problem pretty quickly. >

Has nothing to do with LED headlights and everything to do with driver skill.
Where I live, they are pretty much essential to avoid poorly maintained gravel roads and kangaroos/wombats. It's common courtesy to drop down to low beams when any driver is ahead, ingrained into lessons when you take your license. Souped-up super trucks are only a thing in the U.S. A world exists outside. >

If only mirrors in cars were dimmable to combat the light. Or in older cars with less technology maybe a switch you can manually flip to reflect the harsh light up or down so you can see the lights but aren’t blinding. That’s be pretty neat. >

Can't upvote you, buddy. I completely agree!! And the trucks that have LEDs plus the light  strip on the grill are even worse!! >

LED headlights come standard on vehicles these days. 🤷🏻‍♂️ >

I think LEDs should not be as bright but they should still be LED because of their efficiency >

THANK YOU!! I’ve been complaining about this for awhile!
I live in rural bumfuck SC and the number of redneck morons with super bright headlights is astounding. The worst are the jacked up trucks with the LEDs…piercing your retinas with their headlights. Of course down here half the cars drive with only one headlight and that’s equally moronic. 
This should be enforced!! >

I completely agree. It’s why I avoid driving at night now if I can help it. It’s too dangerous and blinding. 
It’s not just the trucks that I find problematic. It’s very much a distraction with all vehicles that have them. >

Seriously, there has to be a very simple solution to this and I don't understand how the car industry is so completely unconcerned with the issue.
For example, we could polarize the glass on the lights, or shape them to focus the light downward.
How far in front of a car does one need light focused in the air above the road, really?
Let's say you're driving cross-country in the dead of night. Four car lengths? Six? Ten if you drive really fast and there are no street lamps.
We don't need lights that point directly forward into infinity. >

Not an unpopular opinion. The temperature of the LEDs needs to go down or the brightness of LEDs need to go down, currently they're a hazard. >

Brake lights also, I had to shield my eyes from the car in front of me waiting in line to turn left! Headlights obviously. >

Yet people get pissed off when I put once my high beams on in dark rain at night. >

Why do I see a post on this topic every 3 days now? >

Do people not dim their lights when they pass people? That’s common practice (or meant to be) as far as I am aware… you can blind someone with regular lights if you have them full beam going passed someone.
Although I suppose it could come in through the rear window… but same issue tbh. >

A lot of times, especially when someone lifts their truck, the problem is that they don't adjust their headlights. There are two screws in the headlight mount to adjust where the lights shine. When you lift, the light shines further out. You need to lower the light. >

There really should be a government regulation for how bright an LED headlight can be. I usually see streaks in my eyes if I look at them. This can't be healthy for your eyes in the long term. >

I don't know how unpopular that opinion is.  Every time I talk about those lights someone says they should be illegal.  I don't know how they ever got the ok for road usage. >

It baffles me that I've been pulled over by a bored cop for driving a tiny car with my brights on in the country and forgot to dim them when passing someone, but don't have a thing to say to these fuckers who will tail me in every lane and literally gouge my eyes out and make it impossible for me to really see to the point where sometimes I have to pull over and let my vision recover >

I’ve seen this “unpopular” opinion more in the last 24 hours than I’ve seen my dad >

I must have the least sensitive eyes out there, yeah there are bright lights at times but nothing like the hate I read about for LEDs. My car is a pretty low to the ground sedan and the only lights I would wage war against are the bright billboards I see on a highway in Chicago. Those things are brighter than any headlight and change randomly to a white background in the middle of the night. >

LED headlights are better imo, i hate that ugly yellow light >

I never knew they existed!!thankyou!now I know the people who live opposite aren’t driving around with full beam on every night >

The problem isn't led lights, its people who put led bulbs in halogen headlights. Halogens are typically used with bulbs with a fraction of the power of led lights, so when someone uses it with an led bulb, it's 4-5 times as bright as it should be. >

It sounds like you just don't like very BRIGHT lights, be they LED or some other type. >

I have learned which angle will reflect the light back from my mirrors.  It helps not have the light in my eyes, and gives a taste of their own medicine back.
Most creative solution I have seen: once driving a highway, saw a car with one of those programmable signs. I sped up to see what it said, and it switched from Have a Nice Day to Back off or I'll brake. I had to pass the guy and give him the biggest thumbs up. Was awesomely funny!! >

I find nothing more blinding than a cop that pulled someone over and I'm going passed. There could be a deer 10 feet passed the cop and i wouldn't see it until i hit it. Can't see anything. Can't even see the officer standing until you are too close to react if they move quick >

Audi matrix lighting solves this. >

The last post a day ago wasn't enough to satiate your gripe? >

Led headlights save lives. 
If you have an issue get a dimming rearview mirror. 
I think they should make the dimming mirror standard and leave the led headlights alone. >

I’d imagine the topic of the subject is head on traffic, not who is behind you. Still too bright either way. >

It's both, but I love this solution /s. "Think my headlights are too bright? Dim your mirrors!" That's like "Think my music is too loud? Put in earplugs!" >

How many times have this come up here. What should be illegal are LED MULTI REFLECTOR headlights. It’s not focused enough and blinding to the incoming cars. What should be used instead, are LED PROJECTOR headlights. Focused with flat cut-off, that way it’s not blinding the incoming car and the lights are only focused and brightened where it needs to be >

I'm just going to bring a mirror in the car. When their lights are too bright I'm going to shine it right back at them in their windshield. >

The much easier solution is to have a mandatory maximum height for headlights on vehicles. And that height should be around the position of the lights on a normal sedan. There's no reason for headlights to be mounted higher for on-road use.
The Hyundai Kona for example keeps its front headlights low while keeping its running lights up high. From a design perspective this is trivially simple to do for a car maker. >

Royal Enfield still uses halogen bulbs for its headlights. Not sure why. >

I was having to replace bulbs like every 6 months. With leds, they last years and they're cheaper. >

The LED’s are a pain, but at least a lot of cars now are self levelling. The bigger problem is the popularity of SUV’s when you’re driving an ordinary car. The headlights are all at eye level. >

I just wish I had them. I can barely see the road at all with mine hell sometimes I have to double check they’re even on cuz it’s so hard to even tell. >

This opinion was literally just up the day before yesterday >

“Everything I don’t like should be illegal” >

r/fuckyourheadlights >

Cops should be issued brightness measuring devices and fines imposed. Let cities raise their money that way and reduce property taxes. >

I wish they all had yellow covers over then so the light wasn't so blinding. No one enforces how bright they're supposed to be, so if the light was more yellow it would help. I miss being able to drive at night on the highway and not having to worry about being blinded from across the other side of the road through the large ditch and fences separating the 2 directions of traffic. >

The LED isn't the problem. It's the brightness. LEDs are much more energy efficient and reliable than incandescent bulbs so they're a much better choice. The brightness does need to be regulated though. LEDs come in many forms and the brightness is easily adjusted at the driver circuit when a lighting system is being designed. >

People think I have my brights on all the time, so they slow down abruptly, break check me, sometimes even get behind me and flash their brights.
Then I show them my actual brights and they promptly leave me alone. >

It's not the LED that's at fault. It's the crappy design or the faulty settings that they're ran at.. >

These things give me a fucking xray every time. The absolute worst. They make driving more unsafe. What idiot invented these? >

Making this post again should be illegal >

I SECOND THAT. >

also, and this is just selfish, i can’t identify cops by headlights anymore because of these assholes who think they need the power of the sun to see down the road. if you need LED headlights to drive, you probably shouldn’t be driving. >

They should have limits to how bright they can be. You shouldn’t be completely blinding the person in front of you >

I VERY much agree.. but I’m going to downvote simply because this is a pretty popular opinion. >

It isn't an LED issue, it's that people put LED headlights in stock headlight housing assemblies that aren't designed to direct the bright white light out of the vision of other drivers.  
I am one of those people lol.  My 2006 tacoma's incandescent headlights had terrible downroad illumination.  You can get $70 beamtechs on Amazon, but people won't like you for it. >

The biggest POS is the Jeep drivers with the lifted kits and aftermarket LED light bars that will blind from over 20 meters away. >

I agree, i work nights and i can't see shit sometimes on my way home. I've also got an astigmatism so that doesn't help. >

I flip them off hoping they'll realize if they can see me doing that at night, they need to think about what's wrong with their headlights. >

Yellow driving glasses help a bunch. I drive a little hatchback and the headlights have been getting terrible. Wearing the yellow lenses practically makes all the headlights the same brightness. I got a decent pair for about $6 on Amazon. >

have you considered not looking straight at them? I don’t have LEDs but they’re pretty easy to just not look at >

I put LED's in my car, and love them. I only use the brights when no one is coming at me, but they are a lot better than stock. >

I know many people won’t understand this, but I’m in a car that’s super low to the ground and I can never see. I literally get blinded every time I drive at night, especially if someone decides to follow me super close. It is the biggest safety hazard I’ve ever experienced when driving, so I’m not sure why this isn’t seen as more of a problem. >

this isn’t even unpopular >

This opinion is poorly written. LED headlights are fine and an improvement over halogen. Improperly installed headlights are and should be illegal. We just need to enforce the law. Same with improperly tinted windows.