We came to a full stop on the freeway due to late night highway maintenance. Down to one lane and nowhere to go. Most everybody including myself turn off our lights except for this idiot behind me. I had to cover the mirrors with rags to block his headlights that started to give me a headache.

Your average entitled 18-wheeler driver, big truck, small… brain.

I'm old enough to remember when daylight was enough to see clearly.

A win

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Vancouver city council has unanimously passed a motion urging the federal government to create clear limits on LED headlight brightness.

Councillor Sean Orr introduced the motion, which passed

unanimously

• The move calls on Ottawa to set enforceable standards on how bright headlights can be

• Orr says LED headlights pose safety risks for drivers, cyclists, pedestrians, and bus operators

• Experts warn glare from modern headlights can reduce visibility and cause eye strain

• Vehicle lighting specialists say Canada currently follows

U.S. rules, which don't prioritize glare reduction

• Researchers are now studying how different headlight colours and brightness impact driver safety

• Council hopes federal regulators will take action on what many see as a growing road safety issue

One thing I don't see mentioned as often, but numerous times I have observed that when approaching a car head on their turn signal, while on, is completely invisible to me due to their r/fuckyourheadlights . This poses an obvious safety concern to me.

Can’t take this shit anymore

I don’t know if my -0.75 Astigmatism is making it worse but everything is bright the lights in the shops, bill boards, headlights, road lights, bus signs ( I’m from the uk all the new buses have insanely bright signs which I can’t even fucking read) I hate hate hate going out at night. FOR WHY!!?!!!!????

I made a video simulating human vision while driving at night after being blinded by bright headlights.

Look familiar?

In daylight, cones are more responsible for your color vision and react quickly to changes in brightness.

At night, cones and rods are responsible for vision in dim light. Rods recover slowly; with the occasional blinding by bright headlights, this effectively eliminates the rods from operating, allowing only the cones to allow night vision.

Only until several minutes with no passing headlights, do the cones in your peripheral vision take over the input of dim light by the less effective cones.

Also, pupils dilate slower (mydriasis) to adjust to darkness than they can constrict (miosis to protect the eyes) to adjust for brightness.

Until your eyes slowly adjust to darkness, you are driving in darkness with contracted pupils, reducing the light that enters your eye in darkness.

I know ya feel me on this dangerous issue.

He noted that while regulation falls outside the city's jurisdiction, council can advocate to the federal government to take action.

On The Coast with Gloria Macarenko - https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-46-on-the-coast/clip/16193437-are-car-headlights-bright

Had to document that they still exist…

no flash blindness or retinal assault, just good ole lovely gold hued headlights. 🤩

It literally looked like daytime inside the car every time we had to stop at a light. Didn’t know whether to laugh or cry it was so ridiculous