Memes

HID headlights were just as bad, and those go back to the 90's.

Fucking god this is the truth.

What deregulation-used brain that that doesn't demand safe legal infrastructure for their roads made this meme?
(LEDs are the way safer tech, if they aren't used wrong)

Brighter headlights than incandescent bulbs provided is a safety feature - legislation needs to make you safe by insuring irl that it's not directed to other drivers (various countries also set max candles at various distances too, but that's not even the issue).

A yearly mandatory roadworthiness test & legislation about what the max distance from road headlights can even be positioned solves all problems (apart from deliberate long-beaming peoples peepers - which should be solved by fees/cops).

Not to mention nowdays few cars don't have auto-leveling or adaptive headlights. So it feels like a half-solved perform.
And again, like automatic emergency braking, govs could just demand auto-headlight-leveling as minimal equipment from some production date onwards.