If you are dazzled by the headlights of on-coming vehicles you will be interested in a recent Westminster Hall debate in Parliament on this subject. It was commenced in response to a petition on this subject.

As headlights have got more powerful and the population has aged, this is a growing problem. An ageing population means there is more prevalence of people with cataracts which may not be bad enough to prompt them to have a cataract replacement operation but may deter them from driving in the dark.

The Government has commissioned independent research into this issue but the problem seems to quite clear already. See  https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/f3f97249-7bc5-424f-8850-a9537296720d?in=11:00:05 to listen to the debate.

Incidentally as someone who had cataract operations some years ago I don’t find car headlights much of a problem, but I do have a problem with the bright, flashing lights now used by cyclists. These I find both distracting and liable to conceal on-coming vehicles. I think they should be made illegal.

Roger Lawson

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