ATLANTA — In last week’s column, I wrote about how headlights have markedly become brighter in the last decade. I spoke to a safety research engineer, who said that while lights are certainly brighter, the amount of glare-related crashes is low and has not risen. And he said that the amount of low-visibility crashes has dipped.
And he noted that technology exists for modern headlights to adjust for oncoming traffic. But he said that U.S. regulations have kept automakers from making that feature more common.
Headlight-brightness has been a top-five topic complaint from people to me about over the years and this recent piece drew plenty of feedback…