headlights on new cars to bright or is it me?

path1 wrote:
Just me or anybody else notice this?

I thought it was just me. I find them way too bright and flippin' annoying and actually distracting. It used to be that the super bright HID headlights weren't legal now they're standard equipment. I can only imagine the pressure that was put on the gov't by vehicle and headlight manufacturers to allow them. The bluish/purplish spectrum of them is annoyingly harsh.

Around here in our rural area, we have a lot of pickup trucks which bother me when I drive our car because we're lower to the ground and get the light reflected back of the mirrors. Lifted trucks are really bad and their headlights go directly into my eyes. When they come up behind me at a stoplight, I feel like getting out with a hammer and fixing the problem. Cars full of passengers can tilt the beams higher and into your eyes.

And then there's some drivers that insist on using fog lights when it's not foggy and high beams at the same time 'cuz it's cool.