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Re:Ask HN: Are headlights getting brighter or am I getting old? by midoridensha on Thursday January 12, 2023 @12:16AM (#34349506)
You can thank government regulation for that. The semi-trucks and other commercial vehicles, because they're so large and tall, have sensible regulation designed to prevent blinding other drivers in smaller vehicles.

Pickups and SUVs don't have this, for reasons... I guess the regulators don't want to piss off the large majority of the voting public, who feel entitled to blind other drivers?

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Re:Ask HN: Are headlights getting brighter or am I getting old? by qbrass on Thursday January 12, 2023 @02:15AM (#34350224)
The laws already exist for passenger vehicles, they're just selectively enforced.
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Re:Ask HN: Are headlights getting brighter or am I getting old? by midoridensha on Thursday January 12, 2023 @02:29AM (#34350301)
The laws allow pickups and SUVs to have extremely high-mounted lights. There's no law against it, otherwise manufacturers wouldn't build them that way. Selective enforcement has nothing to do with it.
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Re:Ask HN: Are headlights getting brighter or am I getting old? by antisthenes on Thursday January 12, 2023 @11:15AM (#34355765)
I get regularly blinded by transit buses and other tall vehicles, so I'm not sure what the 'government regulation' actually says about headlights.

Freight trucks are hit and miss, but generally not as bad as the suburban dad trucks, yes.

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