Blinding vehicle lights are surely the most pressing road safety problem of modern times.
When life-safety is at risk why are car manufacturers trying to out-shine one another by fitting dazzling lights that cause temporary blindness under the guise of safety?
The law is clear: Highway Code rule 114 [Law RVLR reg 27] You MUST NOT use any lights in a way which would dazzle or cause discomfort to other road users, including pedestrians, cyclists and horse riders.
We petition Justine Greening Minister of Transport to enforce the law and to eliminate daytime and night-time blinding vehicle lamps which affect a driver’s vision to save the lives of pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists and drivers.
I have been in the motor trade for almost 60 years, i have discussed this problem several times with the tester who carries out my MOTs. When the vehicle is subjected to the beam test, the pattern displayed quite clearly shows the uncontrolled light scatter from modern lamps ,it is particularly noticable with Zenon lamps. With tungsten and Halogen lamps the cutoff is plain to see and previously if this was not clearly defined, the vehicle could be failed. This is not now the case as MOT rules have been changed.
About time these blinding lights were made illegal. Well done for starting the campaign.
As an optometrist one of the commonest complaint from patients is the disabling nighttime glare from the the `new’ headlamps!This suffering has to be tackled now rather than after any fatalities, that seems so customary an approach with our nation!
No2Dazzle
How in this time and age can theses HID bright lights be legal, they are discouraging drivers to look in there mirrors because of the SUPER bright reflection that course pain to there eyes and blinds them, they are putting peoples lives are are risk.
Thise lights are dangerous also see #cyclesafe
Serious problem here in Hungary as well; while I’m against this whole HID mayhem, including factory installed headlights which seemingly start to malfunction early on and keep blinding others (especially who -like me- drive cars with lower-than-average seat positions) for the vehicle’s remaining lifetime, the worst and most alerting are those unapproved cheapish HID conversion kits, just gaining popularity and getting installed to every crappy oxcart all over the country. Sort of funny, passing the local MOT-equivalent is almost impossible if you have some surface rust on the chassis, and the same time, no one really minds if one of these Death Star-class energy beams are installed, melting down our brains every evening.
It feels just like if we were fighting a war with WMDs (since all us innocent folks get beat aswell), and when the enemy got a bigger gun, most participants tend to get one for themselves too. More and more approaching cars blind you at night, so you feel the need to buy the Destroyer Beam for yourself too, which I believe won’t help the real issue, as being blinded at night means you can see absolutely no sh*t, it doesn’t really matter whatever sort of headlights you got. Way too many dumb human beings on the loose…
As in every war, the only real winners are actually selling the weapons. In our case, Xenon lamp manufacturers and conversion kit dealers. And don’t be surprised all the gov’ts neither give a f*k, they just love that little extra drop of money in the economy… Once again nobody cares the price we really pay. I guess we deserve it.
Have had to cut down night-driving, due to the glare from modern headlights. Seriously don’t understand how these were ever allowed to be manufactured.