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It is the headlights, the UK has the MOT which is very harsh in testing and you cant just bribe your way through it (massive legal penalties for the garage performing the check). And if these lights are that bad while maladjusted then they're still a issue, malajusted bulb headlights are just slightly annoying not totally blinding.

Can we stop saying this? This might have been the case 10 years ago when conventional bulbs were the better established headlight standard but they're coming off the line like this these days. It has nothing to do with the housing and everything to do with the height they sit at, where they're aimed, and the brightness.

Also, the newer massive trucks that are so high they blind anyone lower than them regardless of how properly it's configured.

Also just cars being too high/big. My car gives no issues to others, but fuck me those bigger cars...

It's typically this and not the particular tech in the headlight. And when it's not "plug n play" (pnp) bulbs, it's bad aim because every factory aims them with an empty tank and owners are clueless headlights can be aimed. That A8 had pretty good lights for the time. Sure, the lights do tend to be more intense when you're in the beam on a hill, curve, etc), and the bluer color isn't great for human night vision, but that's a tradeoff for the increased speeds we travel at now.

The further development of matrix LED lights by the Germans is a great development, really only feasible with LEDs. They turn off individual segments to give a near-high beam experience but specifically without blinding other drivers.

But blaming it all on LEDs is like blaming gas engines for loud exhaust. There's supposed to be a system in place that makes it tolerable for everyone around.

Likewise some emergency vehicles have made it difficult to get around an accident safely since you can't see shit.

I love my rear view mirror being able to auto dim, not sure if that feature is in most cars but it's saved my eyes a number of times now.

Dodge RAM enters the chat.

I actually think regulation is how we got them, but not in a known bad way. Originally car headlights had little to no standards, but eventually people realized they’re important to safety and so testing started happening to ensure that headlights met a minimum safety rating. The problem is that the testing was done from the drivers seat, and based on light projection in front of the vehicle rather than taking into account other humans looking toward it. I’ve been a big proponent of LED lights that dim when stopped or slowing, and even halogen/ultra dim lights for city driving, and keeping LEDs for brights. LEDs have really made a lot of brights basically useless, but the brightness, and harshness of color temperature is absolutely detrimental to other drivers.

My 10 year old car has that. Just adaptive headlights.

USA legalised them only recently - that's why ("expensive") European cars in Murikan movies always had the shitty incandescent headlights that in most markets weren't even available.