Nissan working on reducing headlight glare.

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Nice to see it's at least on someone's mind. That expensive anti-glare coating I added to my glasses for night driving works for crap! :)
 


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I'm glad to hear this as well. The gov safety tests are for lights that are too dim. Doesn't matter how bright my lights are if I'm freakin' blinded by oncoming traffic. It's ridiculous. I find it especially tough on country roads, where there is no other light source.

Is it just me or do current headlights not angle toward the side of the road, but straight at oncoming traffic?
 
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Is it just me or do current headlights not angle toward the side of the road, but straight at oncoming traffic?
I suspect there are a number of people who re-aim their headlights from factory settings.
 

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Still won't stop the ricer crowd from throwing HID's/LED's into their rice mobile reflector housings.......
Maybe 20 years ago. Now it's guydudebros in their lifted trucks with stadium lights on their football sized grill 10 feet behind the back of my head.
Bright headlights is becoming my obsession now that I find it almost painful to drive.
That being said I dont know why making headlights not as bright and in warmer color temperatures is more difficult.
 

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Interesting read. Thanks for posting it.

Now if there was just a way to educate drivers on when to use fog lights. I see quite a few driving with them on clear nights because they think it sheds more light, or it "looks cool".
Great point. On the way to work this morning, BIG TRUCK GUY had his amber fog lights on, and apparently he liked a yellow hue in the clouds because they were angled up.
 

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The overwhelming glare of the headlights from oncoming cars--trucks usually--is one of the reasons I avoid driving at night. Nissan is working a way to help.

https://www.popsci.com/technology/nissan-anti-glare-brighter-headlights/
My wife and I had cataract surgery last year. Although oncoming LED headlights are still bothersome, turned out the cataracts definitely accentuated the problem. According to the surgeon, the vast majority of people develop them and let them go untreated. This is not a diagnosis but, if I'm right, you'll receive my invoice in the mail.?
 

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Interesting read. Thanks for posting it.

Now if there was just a way to educate drivers on when to use fog lights. I see quite a few driving with them on clear nights because they think it sheds more light, or it "looks cool".
Guilty :giggle: :giggle:
 

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Great point. On the way to work this morning, BIG TRUCK GUY had his amber fog lights on, and apparently he liked a yellow hue in the clouds because they were angled up.
That's weird but orange/yellow lights are safer because it doesn't mess with your night vision adaptation as much. Cop cars have red interior lights just like submarines. Rally cars have yellow tints on their headlights for night stages. It takes 10 minutes for optimal night vision and stuff like age and vitamin A deficiency can mess with that. Basically cool blue lights are making us all blind and unsafe on the road.
 
 







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