headlights on new cars to bright or is it me?

I know what you mean. my Dr told me a few years ago I needed cataract surgery. I got them done. six months ago she told me I have scar tissue on the inter eye behind the lens. I got that taken care of last week. turns out the bright lights were from the scar tissue in the eye. I can see at night now to drive. I think I would ask your Dr about that scar tissue, but they should be able to see it. 'How old are you if I may ask. have you had cataracts yet? private message me and we can talk about this some more. I reread your post see you are in your mid 60's. I have diabetes so I go to a specialist and she is good. I love her. she has really taken care of me. I had my eyes go crossed one day and a friend drove me to her and she said I may have trouble getting my eyes straighten out. a classmates wife in the Philippines sent me a post on facebook and it look interesting so I started doing the exercises and my eyes straighten out. Dr was hugging me when she saw the eyes and she asked what I did. I told her about my friend and she said I owed my friend a big dinner for the help. I am glad I found this Dr she is a gift.

New style headlights (projection) plus high intensity bulbs. White or blue in color.

the latest in headlight technology is LED
and yes they are bright

my 2017 expedition has projector headlamps and LED foglamps
and my foglamps are much brighter than the headlamps

if they are adjusted properly they shouldnt blind on coming traffic

For me at 57 the new headlights and I think my age are to blame. I use to like driving at night and now not so much. When a car is blinding me real bad I do look to the right shoulder off and on but also make sure they stay on there side of the road.

yep there to bright, I don,t like them.don,t think age or anything else is the problem, there just to bright.

Likely it is some what due to your eyes aging and some due to the brighter headlights, and some due to people not having adjusted headlights after some suspension, load, tire, or other change that affects the aim of the lights. Here in NM a lot of pick-ups have poor headlight adjustments due to oversize tires, lifts, etc.

In Europe some cars have a feature that changes the aim of the headlights for city versus country driving. Getting the driver to adjust his lights would still be an issue though. I also see a lot of drivers here drive with their fog lights on for some reason. Either they think it helps or just do not know they are on I suspect.

I flash my high beams at any cars that have lights that seem to bright. I hope they get the message and go have their lights adjusted, although I do not hold out much hope for that. I adjusted one of my cars lights after noticing people flashing their high beams at me, so I figure there may be others out there who will do the same.

Yep, they are blindingly bright. I`m 47 and I have to look away when passing. even 5 years ago they were too bright for me.
I thought the NHTSA had limits on brightness for this very reason!

I don't think they're too bright. It's new technology and we need to adapt.
LED street lights are becoming common, yes they are bright, just don't stare at the 'light bulb' and you will be okay.

We don't drive a lot at night, but when I got my new glasses the doctor asked if I wanted the coating that reduced the nighttime glare on car headlights. I said sure. Wow. What a difference. Doesn't darken anything, but it sure makes driving at night more pleasurable. I don't have cataracts or anything like that and wasn't really bothered a lot by them, but I am glad I got this.

Dale

Yes, the new headlight technology has made headlights much brighter than the ever were and that's a good thing.

The bad thing is a lot of people put on poorly engineered aftermarket headlights (brighter) but are not aimed properly. Others simply add LED bulbs into their halogen fixtures. They are not designed the same way and, especially if not realigned for the new bulb (and I suspect most are not) the result is blinding light in the eyes of oncoming traffic.