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1. Is it my imagination

Mon Feb 11, 2019, 09:07 PM

Feb 2019

Or are oncoming cars’ headlights at night WAY brighter than they used to be? I swear, they almost blind you.

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Dazzlingly bright on-coming head lights. [View all] OxQQme Feb 2019 OP

Is it my imagination Ohiogal Feb 2019 #1

I have the same impression. thucythucy Feb 2019 #2

I think it's the newer generations of lamps pecosbob Feb 2019 #4

They are brighter because.. MicaelS Feb 2019 #8

Yeah, now LED lights seem to be the norm csziggy Feb 2019 #15

Walk away if the person answers their phone. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2019 #3

I miss the days when only two sorts of headlights were legal. hunter Feb 2019 #5

I don't, not one bit. MicaelS Feb 2019 #9

If there's some science to back that up I'll change my mind. hunter Feb 2019 #11

Most of the ones that blind are Chuuku Davis Feb 2019 #6

Europe is ahead on this - Adaptive Headlights ksoze Feb 2019 #7

Whoa ornotna Feb 2019 #13

I remember reading in Car & Driver years ago NotASurfer Feb 2019 #10

HID vs LED vs Halogen Headlights in Projector Housings OxQQme Feb 2019 #12

I immediately think it is a Trump supporter Awsi Dooger Feb 2019 #14

Hah. Me and my bff shotgun rider share that thought. OxQQme Feb 2019 #16

K and freakin' R oasis Feb 2019 #17