I've been thinking about this stuff since I moved to a place where nights are very dark and people use high beams much more liberally (and inconsiderately)

It's it possible to have some sort of lumen-activated glass tinting? Something to protect the receiving end?

I don't understand how lifted trucks where the bumpers are lifted as well and are well above those of all the other vehicles on the road are legal.

It's not that they are too bright, it's that they never realign the beams to the correct angle for the height increase.

I keep a reflective umbrella in the passenger seat, it's been quite useful

unfortunately you'd need a quite large surface for it to be effective

I support a return to round sealed beam headlights. Especially if we can have pop-ups again.

It would fix the headlights as soon as it goes into effect.

All headlights would magically change? Even the millions installed in cars already? Wow, that's a powerful legislation.

This! People who don't spend 5min to figure out their lights and just leave them on auto.

during annual checks

Most of north america doesn't do that. Some place require a safety check to initiate insurance, after that most just wait for things to break or get pulled over by a cop/ministry of transportation.

Im also a little iffy about #2. We already subsidize drivers enough, making them pay for their lights or at least partly pay sounds reasonable.

I think a middle ground solution would be add the regulations for new cars and enforce the regulation when a noncompliant car changes owners. This way buyers of used cars should be able to research if that cost is likely to impact their model or not. It doesn't take all the headlights off the road at once but it starts phasing out the problematic cars.

Just put the onus on car and bulb sellers going forward, then tack on a req for antiques that goes into effect in stages, probably paired with registration renewals. That way it's not an all-at-once burden, and most people can know about the transition well in advance. No surprises.

This article is from the UK, and nobody plays baseball over there.

So let’s get this straight: you’re driving along at night, a car driving toward you on the other side dazzles you with excessively bright lights, you roll down the window and grab your baseball bat, lean out the window and smash their headlights with the bat.

But what do you do about the lights on the other side of the car? They’re not so easy to reach from your side of the road!

Collisions dropped suddently in 2020. What could have possibly caused it???

Death is not the only concern.

You don't just not beat your dog because it doesn't kill it.

These lights are too bright, they cause discomfort and stress out blinded drivers, and make driving at night impossibly for many who could otherwise drive safely before they were introduced.

For many night driving has become a rather traumatic experience, and that negatively effects them and other people as a result.

Imagine wearing a shocking dog bark collar and not knowing when it's gonna go off, but knowing it could, and you are also operating a 2 ton vehicle at 60mph on a busy and notoriously deadly stretch of road with your adorable 3 year old twins buckled in the back seat.

In my daydreams that sounds like a great idea. In reality I think the law would probably close in on me for doing that.

I was disappointed by the scene in 'fight club' where they hit the modern vw beetle with baseball bats.
They did virtually no damage.

Make sure you use a big pointy hammer.