Driving is always a very stressful experience for me and lately it has gotten so much worse
Is this something to do with LEDs inherently, or are they just being set too bright and blue coloured?
Angled too high, mostly.
I always hear this excuse but I think it’s bullshit. It definitely makes it worse but the lights themselves are the problem. They’re too bright, too blue, and the “safety feature” that IF they’re properly aligned the light has a hard cutoff doesn’t help if the car coming at you is going slightly uphill
Angle isn’t that important when the angle cars face you changes all the time
Hm, I don't think that's natural to LEDs.
Correct, just shitty headlight placement
Yeah no, this laserlight ultra bright shit cutting straight into your eyes wasn't there 20 years ago, sorry kid.
personally I think a lot of it is just the height arms race. I see a lot of Jeeps in the city; their headlights are physically taller than my rear view mirror. Angle won't help that
there's inherent problems too.
Polarized glasses help to some degree (as long as they dont darken) However if your windscreen is like that you a) need new wiper blades and b) also need to clean the damn screen inside and out. Also check out the German lighting standards. They're prolly the best in the world. All headlights need to have reflector/diffuser fittings to limit glare.
It's probably not as bad as the US but tbh with how cheap and ubiquotous Xenon replacement kits are and how little people give a fuck about setting their headlights right all the technical prowess in the world does not stop people from flashbanging oncoming traffic permanently because they can't be arsed to do some simple adjustments
kafka esq. is very good.
Found a pair of cheapo yellow tinted "night driving" glasses at a Walmart that my wife says actually does a little bit to reduce the glare while driving a car. Shit still blinds you but slightly less so the edge of the road is still mostly visible.
Not sure how effective they are outside of a car's windshield though.
Halogen gang
I've considered strategically placing a few strips of retro-reflective marine tape on my car just to start counter-blinding people who get too close with poorly aimed headlights.
I got a car that came with HID bulbs once. The car was low to the ground and the lights were shrouded and angled properly. They illuminated just the ground in front of you (like 50-100 feet) but came up to the right so things on the shoulder were visible. If you wanted to see everything in front of you that was far away on an unlit road you turned on the high-beams.
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