Rise In Drivers Dazzled By Headlights: Rac Blames Brighter Leds & Suvs
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mab01uk
, Jan 10 2024 10:47 AM
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Posted 24 February 2024 - 06:42 AM
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Posted 24 February 2024 - 07:12 AM
"They're lights Jim, but not as we know it"
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Posted 24 February 2024 - 11:36 AM
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Posted 21 June 2024 - 02:48 PM
- drivers who park on the wrong side of the road with their headlights on and/or the engine running. When did that become fashionable?
People have done it for a long time but it's got worse with the introduction of the auto setting for lighting. Now people start their vehicles and the headlamps come on right in your face as your're passing them.
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Posted 21 June 2024 - 02:51 PM
I have even been blinded by those cyclists who wear a very bright white LED light (sometimes flashing) mounted on their bike helmet, with the beam bouncing around in all directions!
Even the normal bike mounted front lights are too dazzling. It's like they're made like main beams. I bought a front lamp for my bike and specifically bought one that had more of a dip beam pattern. It was hard to find - I only found one company selling them. It was made for sale in Germany where they legislate about such things.
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Posted 22 June 2024 - 03:34 PM
It's not difficult to mount them so they don't dazzle, but the round beam pattern means you can't see or be seen as well anywhere off straight ahead.
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Posted 23 June 2024 - 07:59 AM
The thing that a lot of people don’t realise about cycling lights is that there are two types, those that you see with and those that get you seen. The ones that get you seen are generally inappropriate for nighttime use as they’re incredibly bright and scatter light all over the place.
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Posted 12 October 2024 - 06:33 PM
Government-commissioned project looking at dazzling headlights to kick off.
"From October 2024 through Spring 2025, TRL will equip a car with instruments to measure light levels encountered by drivers on UK roads.
The Transport Research Foundation’s subsidiary, the TRL has begun its research into headlight glare, following contributions from the RAC.
The TRL has started practical trials to assess the conditions that drivers complain of as glare from the headlights of oncoming vehicles – particularly at night. TRL has announced that they will be working with the Department for Transport (DfT) to understand the factors that can cause headlight glare.
Results of the research will be used to address the problem."
https://www.rac.co.u...ts-to-kick-off/
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