The Daily Mail, a British tabloid, reports that according to a new survey by the motoring group RAC, drivers are increasingly upset by headlight glare. In the survey, 85 per cent of respondents say they have been partially blinded by the glare of bright headlights and believe the problem is becoming worse. 68 per cent said they are unable to see clearly again for between one and five seconds after glare exposure. 60 per cent say it has reached such problematic levels that dazzling is becoming a cause of accidents, and 5 per cent told the RAC they have nearly been involved in a collision themselves as a result of having their eyesight temporarily compromised by bright headlights.
Having annually researched and published reports on the number of motorists suffering from dazzling on the road since 2018, the RAC say this is clearly a growing concern. They list our possible reasons behind the increase: brighter and bluer LED headlamps supplanting yellower, less-intense halogen ones; misaimed headlamps, the increasing popularity of SUVs with high-mount headlamps, and aftermarket “LED bulbs” installed in halogen lamps.
