December 4, 2024 – Report: How Headlight Glare Became Such a Big Problem – A report on LED headlight glare based on The Ringer report.
December 3, 2024 – Asleep at the Wheel in the Headlight Brightness Wars – An in-depth report on problems with LED vehicle headlights.
October 31, 2024 – Headlights Are too Bright! But US Experts Say Their Not Bright Enough. Article about excessively bright headlights in The Guardian.
September 25, 2024 – Garbage Truck Overturns – The driver was blinded by oncoming headlights.
September 15, 2024 – These LED headlights are causing problems in the US – American drivers have decided – Summary article of LED headlight issues.
July 20, 2024 – Annoyed by headlight glare at night? You’re not alone. Here’s why it’s become a problem. – This article correctly notes that US standards promote more light being directed farther down the road, while ignoring the impacts of glare on oncoming drivers.
May 12, 2024 – Elana Scherr: Are Modern Headlights Too Bright? – Car and Driver magazine publishes an article about super-bright LED headlights that are frying our corneas.
April 24, 2024 – Vehicles with White LED Headlights to Face Legal Action in this Indian State – The Indian government is taking legal action against aftermarket LED headlights.
April 4, 2024 – 5 On Your Side: New headlights could end nighttime blinding, but haven’t hit US roads yet – Misstates the impacts of ADB on blinding headlights.
April 2, 2024 – The Problem with LED Headlights – Sonoma State student editorial on blinding LED headlights.
April 2, 2024 – Ministers to launch review into headlight glare as drivers report being dazzled – News release from the Royal Automobile Club that the UK Department for Transport is opening an investigation into LED headlight glare.
March 29, 2024 – America’s Drivers Agree: LED Headlights Are Just too Bright – Effort by Soft Lights Foundation to petition NHTSA is mentioned.
March 19, 2024 – Why Are Headlights So Bright? There May Be a Fix, But It’s Complicated – WBZ TV news story with Soft Lights Foundation mentioned prominently at the end.
January 17, 2024 – The Maine Millennial: Car Headlights Are Out of Control – Opinion article about blinding LED headlights.
January 6, 2024 – Urgent Warning Over ‘Blinding’ New-style Headlights Experts Label as “Potential Killers” – Is Your Car Affected? – Review of Baroness Hayter UK report on LED headlights.
December 22, 2023 – Wondering Why Headlights Seem Brighter? Placement is Part of the Problem, Experts Say – More misinformation from IIHS and Consumer Reports.
December 19, 2023 – Comedian John Oliver rants about LED headlights – John Oliver delivers commentary and hazardous LED headlights.
December 14, 2023 – LED headlamps draw attention over safety concerns – Discussion of LED headlight glare, NHTSA, and ADB.
December 11, 2023 – Why Are So Many American Pedestrians Dying At Night? – New York Times article makes no mention of blinding LED light sources.
December 11, 2023 – LED Headlights Creating Glaring Problem for Drivers – Newsday article.
December 9, 2023 – Residents Angered Over USPS Delivery Vehicle Change in Massachusetts – Live 95.9 radio station host discusses being “completely blinded” by the LED headlights on USPS trucks.
November 16, 2023 – Luke Hamnett Comments on LED Headlights – He says he “Can’t see a f….’in thing with these LED headlights.”
May 15, 2023 – Car headlights are making driving unbearable, says an eye doctor – Article quoting the College of Optometrists worrying about excessively bright headlights.
May 13, 2023 – Older Drivers Forced Off the Road by Dazzle of Ultra-Powerful Headlights – The Royal Automobile Club acknowledges for the first time that the problem with LED headlights is not misalignment, but unregulated intensity.
May 11, 2023 – Blinded by the Light: U.S. Cars Still Lack Glare-Reducing Headlights – NBC Today story that places the blame for blinding headlights on misalignment, rather than unregulated intensity.
April 15, 2023 – Thousands of Drivers Sign Petition Calling for Ban on Blinding Vehicle Headlights – ABC6 Philadelphia reporter on our petition.
March 15, 2023 – Blinded by the headlights – Opinion article in the Gustavian Weekly.
February 9, 2023 – Hawaii Bill Introduced to Regulate Blinding Headlights – HB 541 requires headlights to be inspected at inspection stations on a regular basis.
January 13, 2023 – Times Colonist – Road Safety: The Fight to Ban Dazzle Headlights – John Ducker makes clear that the government has failed to properly regulated LED headlights.
December 11, 2022 – Blinded by Headlights, Driver Veers Into Creek – News story of driver saying he was blinded by headlights.
March 28, 2022 – Bright Headlights: What You Can Do To Minimize Their Impact On You While Driving – Blames the individual rather than the technology.
March 25, 2022 – The Era of the Too-Bright-Headlight is (slowly) Coming to an End – Misses the point about non-uniform LED light.
March 4, 2022 – GM Headlight Recall – NHTSA ordered the recall of 727,000 vehicles with overly bright headlights.
February 28, 2022 – 202 Between New Milford + Litchfield is Bright Headlight Hell – Radio Station op-ed about blinding LED headlights.
February 28, 2022 – Dolphins Challenge – This TV news story shows dozens of brutal LED bicycle headlights.
February 27, 2022 – Letter to Editor – Bright Headlights Create Hazards for Other Drivers
February 22, 2022 – NHTSA publishes ADB final rule in the Federal Register. – There are 586 references to glare in the ADB final rule, but zero references to blue wavelength light.
February 16, 2022 – Patients Complaining of Glare and Double Vision Due to LED Lights –
February 15, 2022 – Rising U.S. Crash Deaths Are No Accident – Interview with Jessie Singer, an advocate for better design and for laying blame on the system, not the individual.
February 15, 2022 – Vehicle Crashes, Surging – New York Times article, but no mention of LED headlights or LED flashing lights.
February 9, 2022 – Rivian R1T Crash – Shows LED headlights, LED streetlights, and LED flashing lights.
February 3, 2022 – Pedestrian Crash Avoidance Systems Cut Crashes – But not in the Dark – Research paper by IIHS that contains invalid assumptions and does not mention the glare from oncoming LED headlights.
February 1, 2022 – NHTSA Approves ADB Headlight Systems – This final rule will allow Adaptive Driving Beam headlight systems, even though they have been shown not to work properly.
February 1, 2022 – US Road Deaths Increase at Record Pace – Secretary of Transportation, Pete Buttigieg, declines to take any action to study the impacts of LED headlights on road deaths.
February 1, 2022 – Tesla Recall: Full Self-Driving Software Runs Stop Signs – This article quotes NHTSA referring to the Vehicle Safety Act which prohibits manufacturers from making intentional design choices that make vehicles unsafe. LED headlights and Daytime Running Lights are clearly design choices that make the vehicles unsafe.
January 26, 2022 – Man Hit by Car Dies – Pedestrian hit by vehicle.
January 24, 2022 – Here are the Worst Automotive Laws – This is a story in Jalopnik. Item 3 lists blinding headlights.
January 24, 2022 – Miami-Dade Freeway – NHTSA, IIHS, and the NSC say there is nothing wrong with this scene.
January 20, 2022 – Ford F-150 Hybrid with Flickering Daytime Running Lights – Start at the 5:50 mark. This video shows how LEDs flicker, causing neurological trauma.
January 15, 2022 – Smart Headlights Are Finally On Their Way – This story in the New York Times is filled with industry talking points about Adaptive Driving Beam, but discusses none of the negative sides of LED light beams.
December 23, 2021 – California Drivers Endangered by Ultra-Bright Headlights –
December 7, 2021 –Super-bright headlights a hazard – Letter to the Editor in Mangilao, Guam.
December 5, 2021 – New LED Headlights are Blinding Drivers – Letter to the Editor in Palm Springs, California.
December 3, 2021 – Headlight Glare Causes Death – A driver was blinded by headlights, and then ran over and killed a pedestrian.
November 23, 2021 – Shine a Little Light On: U.S. Headlight Standards to Get Major Update Thanks to Infrastructure Law – Motortrend.com confirms that LED headlights are illegal.
November 5, 2021 – Driver Passing Police Vehicle in Australia – Video shows dangerous glare shined into the eyes of a police officer as another vehicle passed him.
October 28, 2021 – 2021 Traffic Deaths Increase 18% over 2020 – LED headlights not mentioned.
September 25, 2021 – LED Taillights are Too Bright – An automotive journalist describes how painful it is to sit behind a vehicle with LED taillights.
June 16, 2021 – ABC News 13 – Houston TV News story on blinding headlights with Soft Lights interview.
June 5, 2021 – Blinded by Brighter Headlights – New York Times article includes quotes from Soft Lights.
February, 2021 –Pedestrian Hit by Vehicle – Our assessment is that the LED headlights from the truck blinded the driver of the oncoming vehicle who then could not see the pedestrian.
February, 2021 – Trucks Pulling a Truck – High-glare LED headlights in the snow.
July 11, 2020 – Why Most LED Headlight Upgrades Don’t Really Work – This article quotes Daniel Stern of Daniel Stern Lighting as saying that LEDs emit light from a flat surface, which is different than light from a spherical or cylindrical emitter.
March 16, 2020 – Aftermarket LED Headlights are Illegal – This article in ARS Technica makes it clear that aftermarket LED headlights are not approved by NHTSA and are therefore illegal.
February 15, 2019 – Blinded by the Light? Experts Say LED Lights Can Hurt Our Eyes – News video.
January 1, 2019 – Laser light for cars – Osram now claiming 600,000,000 nits, 3.5 Watts of optical output, and blue wavelength 447nm for laser headlights.