Not even the same. LEDs statistically are better for helping light up the roads during the night, and reducing lack of visibility crashes.
Comment on Why have we as a society just accepted the increasingly blinding bright lights of cars?
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 1 day ago
Same reason we just accepted increasingly loud exhausts. Too many selfish idiots on the roads to enforce it effectively.
SupraMario@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 21 hours ago
No one said loud exhausts or LED lights* cause crashes. They are just annoying to other people. So I would say they are exactly the same.
*we’re not talking about all LED lights here. We’re talking about misaligned and excessively bright LED lights. I’m sure new, modern lights let drivers see better (that’s why they are put in the new cars) but they don’t have to blind other drivers to do that.
SupraMario@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
I must be taking crazy pills…the title and comment is all about how we just accept this and how manufacturers are racing to make lights as bright as the sun. No where in the comment of this post does it say misaligned.
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 19 hours ago
I’ve read other articles about it the consensus is that the lights are not actually brighter:
www.theguardian.com/…/headlights-too-bright
“”“Although headlights feel significantly brighter than they used to, Brannon notes that the maximum standards for light output set by the US transportation department’s NHTSA haven’t changed in decades.
Part of the issue, he says, is that the temperature of the light in headlight bulbs has changed.
Experts point out that more drivers are buying bigger cars. Because these cars are taller, their headlights are more likely to shine in the eyes of drivers of smaller cars.
Additionally, many vehicles on the road have misaligned headlights. Over time, the regular wear and tear of driving can jostle headlights out of alignment, meaning the brightest part of the light ends up illuminating areas it’s not supposed to – say, right into an oncoming driver’s eyes.”“”
And this is also my experience. I see a lot of cars with LED lights but few cars in on the roads blind me and when they do they are clearly shining right in my eyes. In Europe huge cars are still not that popular so I’m guessing it’s mostly misalignment, people driving with long beams on or some custom lights that are way brighter than the norm. I have no idea if most people don’t know that they are blinding others or if they don’t care.
Some people are are more sensitive to sharper LED lights and they have bigger problems when driving at night now. In that case properly aligned LED lights are better (and safer) for some, and worst for others.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 22 hours ago
That’s not what we’re talking about, did you read the title???
SupraMario@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
It really is, the OP is asking why there isn’t more regulation to stop companies from swapping to the LEDs, and the statistics say that there doesn’t need to be because they’re safer.
This is like asking why they don’t regulate 3 point seatbelts cause it irritates some peoples necks…and we should go back to lap belts.
Nemo@slrpnk.net 23 hours ago
Same reason we accepted living further and further away from amenities. Cars are a self-reinforcing malady.