Headlights are so bright that now 1-in-4 drivers are avoiding driving at night full stop

Headlights are an important part of driving at night, but some are now so bright that drivers are avoiding driving at night altogether.

As technology and safety standards have moved on, car headlights have become brighter and brighter over the years.

Modern cars have some very bright headlights, yet research in the UK has shown that, with how bright they’ve become, many drivers are now simply avoiding night drives altogether.

One in four drivers are doing this, with many also taking to social media to voice their concerns over the bright lights.

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How many drivers are avoiding night drives?

Night driving can be tricky due to low visibility, and in the UK, 40 percent of all road accidents occur at night.

Headlights, of course, are the primary way we see where we are going when darkness falls.

Research from the RAC, however, has shown that up to 25 percent of drivers are avoiding night driving.

This is due to how bright the headlights on other cars have become.

The remaining 75 percent are driving less in the darkness for the same reason.

They feel the lights are making driving uncomfortable and more difficult once the sun has gone down.

There does appear to be a definite trend of the lights on cars getting brighter and brighter over the years.

How to avoid being blinded by bright headlights

There are some tips out there to avoid the glare from the lights.

Flipping a rear-view mirror into night mode can dim the intensity of the lights, but still allow you to see what’s behind you.

A lot of modern cars have it built in automatically when they detect that darkness has fallen.

Drivers should also make sure their lights are in ‘dip’ mode when driving around other cars in darkness.

Users on Reddit recently commented on how bright they find modern car lights.

Some found that larger vehicles, such as Range Rovers, are usually the worst offenders.

Tesla EV lights are also known to be quite bright and intense.

Some users even said that it’s quite scary when driving in the rain at night.

With this many people complaining, maybe it’s worth some legislation coming in to restrict the brightness.