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[Jimbob]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13143206

[Marks DTM Calib]

I think the biggest issue is incorrect headlight aim......and that is independent of the lighting technology.

[Andy B]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13143206

I saw him on telly moaning about HIDs, but it wasn't aftermarket lights he had a crusade against, it was factory fit in the likes of Audis, BMWs etc

[Martin_1962]

I agree with them on DRLs, but HIDs - only have any problem with off roaders.

Dazzling DRLs should be banned!

[feeutfo]

Posts so far confirm my suspicion that the guy can't see too well. Hids per say are a massive improvement as we know. As said it's head lamp aim in general IMO.

Although retro fitted hid lights are a nuisance on the younger drivers cars round here. Fiestas of that year where not factory fitted with hids! They really are blinding, like hid high beam.

[Martin_1962]

Blue ones - hmmm

Sounds after market to me

[Martin_1962]

Mine are aftermarket but are set low to avoid dazzle

[Proz]

I have aftermarket hid on mine and the night time drive is so much better than the crappy standard projectors and yes my lens are crystal clear , even had Nightbreakers in them . I couldnt belive how much better the hids were ...anyway i  just recently had the car in for mot ( which it passed  ) and i actually asked the guy doing the car if they were ok to use .
His reply was that as long as the beam pattern is ok there is no problem with them .
I actually find the DRL on Audi, bmw's etc much more blinding than any car i see with hids either aftermarket or not .
Why do these daytime lights have to be so bright  :-/

[Andy B]

Blue ones - hmmm

Sounds after market to me

As said, I watched the programme in which he was complaining. His gripe was against HIDs in Audis etc ie fully factory fitted systems.

[Varche]

As someone definitely not in the younger category, I can empathise with the general plight of older folk i.e. night vision is not as good as day vision.

I know people compensate for this by either not driving at night or only using known routes.

Like others say, the issue may be one of badly adjusted lights rather than too bright as left factory. Another issue in the UK is that the roads are often wet which worsens the problem of glare.

Maybe the answer is better MOT lights testing OR anti dazzle spectacles (even if you don't need prescription glasses). There you are Specsavers, Varches tip to make a market killing .   

[dragonlord]

sounds like hes one of them vigilantly bell ends

that turn on there full beams when your  Hid`s are dipped
in a attempt to blind you

to you give the full beams

its usually the  same morons that start flash and throwing a wobbly

when you do a safe legal over take cause there doing 15 in a 60
nearly all factory fitted hids are self levering any way and wont blind any

other than going over brow of hill or speed bumps like a normal car  will still

[Martin_1962]

Blue ones - hmmm

Sounds after market to me

As said, I watched the programme in which he was complaining. His gripe was against HIDs in Audis etc ie fully factory fitted systems.

No problem with those - but I do with gaytime running lights

[Chris_H]

sounds like hes one of them vigilantly bell ends

that turn on there full beams when your  Hid`s are dipped
in a attempt to blind you

to you give the full beams

its usually the  same morons that start flash and throwing a wobbly

when you do a safe legal over take cause there doing 15 in a 60
nearly all factory fitted hids are self levering any way and wont blind any

other than going over brow of hill or speed bumps like a normal car  will still

They can also dazzle when rounding left-hand bends (in the UK at least).

[Nathan]

I can understand them clamping down on the wide boys that fit them to their corsa's etc but the factory fit Hid's are there for a reason........

ROAD SAFTEY

[Psychoca]

I have found that on the roads around me (which are unlit rural roads) that in foggy conditions, HID lights (in oncoming traffic) have caused the Fog to halo in front of me...  Not due to the lights being badly set, just purely the brightness of the light...  under usual conditions in general they aren't too bad...

That said, I find that both the DRL's and LED rear lights for more distracting, the DRL's being far too bright and the LED rears dancing all over the road everytime I move my head...