I did that once and it turns out their brights weren’t on…when they flashed their brights back at me it felt like i was staring at the surface of the sun

Not only have lights seemed much brighter, but also noticing way more people just refusing to turn their lights on at all. It's like all or nothing lately.

Yeah, about 15 years ago when LED headlights started to appear I noticed that they absolutely nuked my night vision. Now they're everywhere and driving at night is kinda scary because you know that unless something is explicitly illuminated you won't see it until it's on top of you.

I think it's their white violet color that makes them a huge problem, though. Because I've definitely caught yellow brights from a pickup late at night on the highway and it wasn't as bad as getting an eyeful from a late model car as they went over a hill. I'd like to see a bill that makes blue light filters mandatory on vehicles.

I manage a bar and, thus, drive home late at night quite often. At first I thought it was my astigmatism getting worse—known to cause night blindness issues. But, I had to drive my moms SUV during the last ice storm in Tacoma and it was much much much less of an issue for me. Some cars need a dimmer switch and to turn it down a bit.

Same and when these types tailgate it blinds all the mirrors! I feel strongly about this!

Your last statement: my dad’s 1956 Cadillac did that. 😉

I've been annoyed by this for awhile now. It's not just when they are coming at you. I drive a midsized sedan and my windows are tinted. As dark as the state of Washington will allow. When I have someone come up behind me with their LED lights shining so bright... I feel exposed. Usually I never have to flip that little switch on your rearview mirror. I have had to more and more.

My favorite is when some jackass has brightly colored headlights. I’ve seen so many of those lately.

I think it’s a combination of lights being brighter/more blinding and driving in rural areas without lots of city lights around to make the headlights seem less harsh

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It's not just you. If it's not the actual headlights, it's a much larger vehicle shining their headlights directly into the rearview mirror, a newer car's auto-high beams not detecting vehicles in front of it, or some combination of the three. Drives me insane.

Amazing picture. how was the trail to the lake? was it well defined or did you have to do route finding on snow?

it is a combination of both, new cars come with led lights which are fine if adjusted right, but I have also encountered a lot of people driving with their brights on and cops are not pulling them over or ticketing them, my only suggestion is flash your brights at them to get them to use low beams and if they ignore you use your brights on them that is what I do and my car has HID headlights.

For anyone in a lifted truck or with some stupid EBay light bar I just strobe my brights no stop at them

This sounds like an even more complicated version of auto high beams which already don’t always work

I’ve had the same happen near me, already ran into a ditch twice because of people blinding me.

At this point I’m ready to resort to honking at some of these idiots

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There is hope: https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2022-02-15/us-approves-new-headlights-that-wont-blind-oncoming-drivers

Could be both!

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Can confirm the same experience in the city/suburbs. Every gated-community dwelling accountant has a lifted truck with 6 lights so it's almost impossible to see road markings and pedestrians.

Glad to know they can see tho, cause I sure can't

it is a known issue. look it up on the internet. so far, no solution except look to the lower right (away from incoming traffic), keep your windshield clear (to avoid glare), and, if this fails, don't drive at night. utterly unhelpful.

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some newer cars come with the feature that they'll turn off the high beams if they detect an incoming car.

That's true, that would suck so bad. I have never been turned away - at a minimum I've been able to get a spot at Colchuck - but I can imagine it must happen. In that case, I'd just camp in the dispersed camping area along Icicle Creek and dayhike, but it's not the same.

I forgot to mention to go in on a day early midweek, like Tuesday.

Also, I hadn't considered this for folks living hundreds of miles away.

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I'm about to call my legislator's office and start a campaign to get these regulated. I live on a rural road and when it's raining hard, I am going onto the shoulder or almost taking out mailboxes because I am blinded.