Blinded By Xenon Headlights? - April 2010

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Blinded By Xenon Headlights?
For a while now drivers in the UK have been complaining about being blinded by oncoming motorists whose vehicle have bright white Xenon headlights.

Anyone who drives at night will be well aware of how dangerous and irritating they have become. This included not just the badly adjusted ones but also the properly adjusted normal ones which can dazzle as they approach from behind.

It is the case that new cars fitted with xenon lights are required to have automatic self-adjustment to keep them level. Often, however these fail to react quickly enough or simply fail completely. In addition xenons set to dip left pose a hazard to drivers being overtaken because they shine directly into the door mirror.

If you are a driver of a vehicle with xenon headlights you might be aware of other road users flashing you? This may be because the level of your lights may have been incorrectly set? Currently The department of transport do not find it necessary to teach drivers of any vehicle how to set their lights so as not to endanger others.

Thus if you are driving with xenon headlights it would be wise and sensible to check that the leveling mechanism is set correctly and oncoming motorists are not being blinded by extremely bright white lights!

ENDS

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