Modern Car Lights - Far too bright

Glad this thread opened just mentioned to husband driving home the other night how I hate driving at night anymore as the oncoming lights from new cars are so bright, my own are bright too but crap on dims very low facing to ground. Passed one or two cars with yellow lights and i said why did we get rid of them. I go back to my driving lessons 25yrs ago, if oncoming lights blind you keep an eye on left verge so you can see in front of after the blinding. Can I actually change the white leds in my car would fittings be same & are halogens still sold..?

I have driven over there - their infrastructure is in a poor state to say the least. Even interstates are crumbling. We were recently comparing the Irish Regional routes to the Landstrasse in Germany which would be their equivalent, particularly in the state of Bavaria where mountains and raised bogs are the standard challenges any road engineer has to deal with not to mention the extremes in weather - their quality is so far ahead of the muck tracks we have got over here. And, unsurprisingly, no issues with LED glare when I was driving on them that we have over here......

Something I've noticed a few times of late actually is no front reg plates - spotted 2 today in the space of 5 minutes. Not sure if it's another stupid "trend"?

My own car has facory-fitted xenons which are self-levelling etc and I've never had an issue but the big problem as well as blinding LEDs is people who refuse to dip their lights to oncoming traffic (Pro tip: if you can see my lights, I can see yours so dip them already!!).

Agree also on the stupidity of DRLs. Why these aren't coded from the factory to illuminate the rear as well is beyond me. My own car had this issue but it was a simple 2 minute change with an app and ODB dongle (ODBEleven FTW). The amount of dopes driving around with just DRLs in dark/bad weather is crazy. Likewise those driving in dark mornings with NO lights (and why is it they are always silver/grey cars too so they become invisible on the motorway).

Automatic full beam on my car causes Truck drivers on the far side of the Motorway much annoyance. The software logic should be smart enough to dip the lights but often it doesn't.

Also last week a pedestrian walking a dog on an unlit road started gesturing at me and when I came to a stop they said I was driving too fast. I responded I was driving at the speed limit which was 30kmph on this road so they then said I was blinding them with my lights. Not actually sure if I was on full beam as it was set to automatic but automatic seems to only care about street lights and the headlights of oncoming cars but not pedestrians. I'd much prefer to blind them than run over them and on this stretch of road there are a lot of deer and foxes. I definitely saw their lovely snow white Samoyed in all its glory.

This is a very easy fix, thing is the will to sort it out isn't there.

Imagine if it was an on the spot 1pt or 2pt on your licence if you are caught by the guards with non standard lights, silly script reg plates, totally blacked out windows etc. So easily enforced and drivers wouldn't risk it for vanity. Set a date and tell folk from then you're getting points on your licence if you don't comply . Sorted.

I think there used be a setting to adjust the angle of beam on lights.

If I can I usually avoid using any automatic light system in a car and try and find older style or weaker bulbs when replacing them, there's almost no need for them to be as bright as they are, especially for where I drive. I avoid LEDs for interior and licence plate stuff too, ain't got time for it!

Another annoying thing is being behind a giant SUV in traffic with brake lights that resemble the fiery pits of hell. Pretty sure I get a tan from some of them

Here fishy fishy.

Any more dead deer lit up by your amazing headlights since? They must be unreal to see 3 dead deer in one night when I’ve never seen a single one in nearly 20 years driving.

Not too many deer where ever you drive then. You're lucky. Many people I know have hit one, and pretty much everyone has seen the dead ones by the roadside in the morning every Autumn/rutting season.

Your not alone,Ive noticed it a good bit lately too , especially noticeable with car going over ramps or on a less than smooth road, was convinced I was getting flashed by the guards after noticing it with a White Hyundai jeep behind me one day , wasn't wearing glasses and it's a 17 year old car ,

I saw this trending on RTE Radio 1...

Are you finding it increasingly difficult to drive at night? Motorists are increasingly complaining that modern #ledlights are blinding them. Motoring journalist @GerHerbert1

It's gaining traction,it's been popping up on UK car magazines socials asking the same thing,