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Originally Posted by SD1too
Have any members, as I have, noticed a large increase in the number of oncoming headlights which dazzle (and sometimes almost blind) on single carriageway unlit roads in dry, clear weather conditions?
The amount of dazzle seems to vary from when the oncoming vehicle first comes into view to when we pass each other. Often the beam appears to be "bouncing" which makes me think that it could be automatic beam adjustment not doing the job for which it was designed.
I can easily identify older vehicles, like mine, which have standard halogen bulbs by the warmer colour of the light and they are never a problem. It's newer cars with LED units which are the suspects.
Is anyone else bothered by this?
Simon
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I suspect a more common reason at least around my area (and looking at the cars as they pass), for this dazzling effect as I get it with the warmer coloured headlights just as often as the white, is the hazing on polycarbonate lights. Combine that with a loose reflector from the projector style headlights that have become much more common than they used to be, and you have a recipe for a blinding laser torch.
Add all of that with the trend of soft roaders, and their raised position it is right in our eye line.
The default for auto leveling sensor is down, so should not dazzle at all.
The other 'blinder' I get are the cars more popular with younger drivers, that I reckon have xenon burners fitted to non xenon housings. However since the law has changed, I have noticed these are less and less. Our MOT here is very strict on lighting, my own car failed last time for a failed sensor. They have a very short and low beam when they fail.