anti-blinding-headlight advocate
@barneyretina.bsky.social
Chief dimwit at reddit.com/r/fuckyourheadlights
Blindingly bright headlights are causing incalculable numbers of accidents and deaths every night.
We need safe limits on brightness/intensity.
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Blindingly bright headlights are causing incalculable numbers of accidents and deaths every night.
We need safe limits on brightness/intensity.
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A user of the anti-blinding-headlight advocacy group at reddit.com/r/fuckyourheadlights tested headlight brightness on multiple vehicles in order to figure out what's going on with regulations and adherence to them.
Here's a 4-part infographic with key findings:
Here's a 4-part infographic with key findings:
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Blew out my front tyre swerving into a ditch out of the way of an oncoming Range Rover with floodlight strength LED headlights.
The sooner these are regulated the better - both the size of range rovers et al and those fkn LED headlights
The sooner these are regulated the better - both the size of range rovers et al and those fkn LED headlights
December 3, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Blew out my front tyre swerving into a ditch out of the way of an oncoming Range Rover with floodlight strength LED headlights.
The sooner these are regulated the better - both the size of range rovers et al and those fkn LED headlights
The sooner these are regulated the better - both the size of range rovers et al and those fkn LED headlights
One year ago, The Ringer published this long-form story by @naterogers.bsky.social on the headlight brightness problem that my group is fighting against.
It cut through the widespread narrative that dismissed this as a non-systemic problem.
Still the best breakdown of why this problem exists.
It cut through the widespread narrative that dismissed this as a non-systemic problem.
Still the best breakdown of why this problem exists.
Asleep at the Wheel in the Headlight Brightness Wars
The crusade against bright headlights has picked up speed in recent years, in large part due to a couple of Reddit nerds. Could they know what’s best for the auto industry better than the auto industr...
www.theringer.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:29 PM
One year ago, The Ringer published this long-form story by @naterogers.bsky.social on the headlight brightness problem that my group is fighting against.
It cut through the widespread narrative that dismissed this as a non-systemic problem.
Still the best breakdown of why this problem exists.
It cut through the widespread narrative that dismissed this as a non-systemic problem.
Still the best breakdown of why this problem exists.
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No they are not fine. They are focussed to a line which, in a lab is fine, but in the reality of roads with bumps and hills mean they are repeatedly “flashing” every oncoming driver whose eyes are near the line. They also do not spill enough light for distance illumination without hi beams being on.
December 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM
No they are not fine. They are focussed to a line which, in a lab is fine, but in the reality of roads with bumps and hills mean they are repeatedly “flashing” every oncoming driver whose eyes are near the line. They also do not spill enough light for distance illumination without hi beams being on.
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LED headlights will be my villain's origin story.
December 2, 2025 at 11:43 PM
LED headlights will be my villain's origin story.
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Nothing pisses me off quite like overly bright headlights.
November 26, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Nothing pisses me off quite like overly bright headlights.
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your headlights are way too fucking bright you fuckers
November 27, 2025 at 3:16 AM
your headlights are way too fucking bright you fuckers
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If the modern LED street lights were even half as bright as modern LED car headlights we wouldn't need headlights on cars at all because it'd be like feckin daylight all night.
a drawing of a person looking at a computer monitor
ALT: a drawing of a person looking at a computer monitor
media.tenor.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:17 PM
If the modern LED street lights were even half as bright as modern LED car headlights we wouldn't need headlights on cars at all because it'd be like feckin daylight all night.
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it’s that fuck ass time of year again where shit led headlights tried to kill me on the road
November 29, 2025 at 4:17 AM
it’s that fuck ass time of year again where shit led headlights tried to kill me on the road
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certified LED headlight hater
November 27, 2025 at 5:30 AM
certified LED headlight hater
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LLMs like ChatGPT aren't like the AI machine learning that enables better weather forecasts (& search engines, translation etc)
@ftrain.bsky.social explained the difference on our recent @flaminghydra.com podcast: Machines shouldn't be pretending to be human beings
flaminghydra.com/podcast-how-...
@ftrain.bsky.social explained the difference on our recent @flaminghydra.com podcast: Machines shouldn't be pretending to be human beings
flaminghydra.com/podcast-how-...
November 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM
LLMs like ChatGPT aren't like the AI machine learning that enables better weather forecasts (& search engines, translation etc)
@ftrain.bsky.social explained the difference on our recent @flaminghydra.com podcast: Machines shouldn't be pretending to be human beings
flaminghydra.com/podcast-how-...
@ftrain.bsky.social explained the difference on our recent @flaminghydra.com podcast: Machines shouldn't be pretending to be human beings
flaminghydra.com/podcast-how-...
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anyone else VERY aroused
Mamdani hires car-hating activist Ben Furnas to transportation team: ‘war on drivers’
Mamdani hires car-hating activist Ben Furnas to transportation team: ‘war on drivers’
Car-hating Transportation Alternatives boss Ben Furnas has been appointed to Mamdani's transition team for transportation, climate and infrastructure – and his agenda is a nightmare for the city's drivers.
nypost.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:51 AM
anyone else VERY aroused
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It's really hard to capture at night, but all these headlights cause your eyes to clamp down and you can't see the trail or street in front of you. By the school, it's basically impossible to see kids walking because of the intense brightness of lights. Better infra can help, but it's an arms race.
November 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
It's really hard to capture at night, but all these headlights cause your eyes to clamp down and you can't see the trail or street in front of you. By the school, it's basically impossible to see kids walking because of the intense brightness of lights. Better infra can help, but it's an arms race.
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Both are equal problems. A sedan with insane headlights still blinds oncoming traffic. A giant truck is a hazard for reasons that exist during the daytime when the headlights are off.
Both things could be corrected with regulation if the government gave a shit about anything but corporate profit.
Both things could be corrected with regulation if the government gave a shit about anything but corporate profit.
Yes, HID headlights are very bright but the bigger problem is the proliferation of gargantuan vehicles with 5’+ hood heights so that if you’re driving a normal sized car their headlights are at your eye level rather than seat level like they’re supposed to be.
November 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Both are equal problems. A sedan with insane headlights still blinds oncoming traffic. A giant truck is a hazard for reasons that exist during the daytime when the headlights are off.
Both things could be corrected with regulation if the government gave a shit about anything but corporate profit.
Both things could be corrected with regulation if the government gave a shit about anything but corporate profit.
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Completely fucking serious when I say we need to ban LED headlights
November 21, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Completely fucking serious when I say we need to ban LED headlights
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i think if you want to have those disgusting LED headlights on your car, you should have to do a test where they blast you point blank with your own headlights and then you have 15 seconds to successfully complete some sort of vision-based task, and if you can't do it they push your car off a cliff
November 20, 2025 at 2:25 AM
i think if you want to have those disgusting LED headlights on your car, you should have to do a test where they blast you point blank with your own headlights and then you have 15 seconds to successfully complete some sort of vision-based task, and if you can't do it they push your car off a cliff
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holy fuck yes fuck LED headlights
November 18, 2025 at 5:58 AM
holy fuck yes fuck LED headlights
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open the government i need to pass anti led headlight legislation
November 15, 2025 at 9:54 PM
open the government i need to pass anti led headlight legislation
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Nice LED headlights! I’m going to kill us both!
November 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Nice LED headlights! I’m going to kill us both!
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Whoever decided to make LED headlights a thing can fuck off.
November 7, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Whoever decided to make LED headlights a thing can fuck off.
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Concept; an indie game called headlight simulator, where you’re driving at night and everybody has LED headlights and you can’t see anything
November 7, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Concept; an indie game called headlight simulator, where you’re driving at night and everybody has LED headlights and you can’t see anything
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The designers of LED car headlights should be sent to The Hague. Luckily for them, America doesn’t believe in any of that
November 4, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The designers of LED car headlights should be sent to The Hague. Luckily for them, America doesn’t believe in any of that
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I’m seriously going to throw up from the pain of driving at night on the freeway with traffic, the LED headlights are so fucking bad, I was wearing two pairs of sunglasses and it’s still too fucking bright and all the lights in the parking lots are too bright I’m at a 10/10 pain from lights
November 5, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I’m seriously going to throw up from the pain of driving at night on the freeway with traffic, the LED headlights are so fucking bad, I was wearing two pairs of sunglasses and it’s still too fucking bright and all the lights in the parking lots are too bright I’m at a 10/10 pain from lights
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Istg headlights are getting brighter and brighter. It’s great to light up the road ahead of me but there’s no point if we’re all blinded from getting flash banged
a man in a red and blue striped shirt is opening a door for a woman
ALT: a man in a red and blue striped shirt is opening a door for a woman
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Istg headlights are getting brighter and brighter. It’s great to light up the road ahead of me but there’s no point if we’re all blinded from getting flash banged
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Great news about blinding LED headlights! Progress! But one thing that sucks about this research is the fact hundreds of thousands of "anecdotal stories" and complaints from all over the world were dismissed for years.
www.rac.co.uk/drive/news/m...
www.rac.co.uk/drive/news/m...
TRL research reveals causes of glare from vehicle lights
A study conducted by TRL has revealed measurable on-road effects caused by bright headlamps and highlights.
www.rac.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Great news about blinding LED headlights! Progress! But one thing that sucks about this research is the fact hundreds of thousands of "anecdotal stories" and complaints from all over the world were dismissed for years.
www.rac.co.uk/drive/news/m...
www.rac.co.uk/drive/news/m...