> I drive rarely, but the oncoming headlights are blinding when I do.
I drive a shallow car with old lights, and once I was blocked on a street by a much taller car sitting in front of me with very bright LED lights, and I couldn't see a thing because of the glare. I was unable to manoeuvre out the way because of this. They sat there for a minute or so stubbornly refusing to move for me before finally moving out the way.
It's super common where I live for teenagers who drive jacked up trucks to replace their headlights with super bright led lights. They don't adjust the angle of the beam, so they're just like brights all the time. It's miserable.
Also, more people seem to be driving with their bright lights on 100% of the time. I once rode as a passenger at night with an ex-coworker driving and I noticed he used his brights the whole time, even when there were oncoming cars. I asked him why and he looked at me like I was stupid and said “because they’re brighter and let me see better.” When I pointed out that they blind other drivers he just shrugged and said “fuck em, not my problem.”
I drive a shallow car with old lights, and once I was blocked on a street by a much taller car sitting in front of me with very bright LED lights, and I couldn't see a thing because of the glare. I was unable to manoeuvre out the way because of this. They sat there for a minute or so stubbornly refusing to move for me before finally moving out the way.