every 10 years while you are under 60, then one every 3-5 years after that

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[–] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

Heavy disagree on that. Much bigger issue is trucks whose headlights are too high (in north america anyway, we don't have many of those in Europe except for lorries that don't drive at night that much). LEDs and HIDs, by law, are installed inside projectors that cut off the beam and low beams are pointed down... from the factory, anyway. There's quite literally no reason they should blind you except for being installed too high (trucks) or pointed too high (idiots or people whose headlight leveling systems are not calibrated, but stuff like that actually gets checked at annual inspection where I come from).

Old headlights with no projectors are worse than correctly aimed factory HIDs or LEDs because the light is all scattered (and they're so shit that the driver's more tempted to just keep the high beams on as long as possible)

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago

    While I hate requiring complex and expensive solutions, I really think the only choice is mandating adaptive headlights. They make a huge difference and don’t require anything from the driver. Headlight glare is well beyond the point of spending a little on the only solution

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