As the winter closes in on the UK, nights will get longer, meaning more drivers could be dazzled by glare from headlights and potentially cause dangerous situations for all road users. Speaking in Parliament recently, Lilian Greenwood, Minister for the Future of Roads at the Department for Transport, clarified that the DfT plans to look into the issue.
She said: "The Government is in the process of commissioning independent research to better understand the root causes of headlamp glare and help identify potential countermeasures."
Experts have suggested that the rise in issues with car headlights is a result of new cars being fitted with brighter, LED headlights which give off a much more intense light. The focused beam from the LED also creates issues as the human eye reacts differently to these lights compared to a conventional "yellow" halogen bulb.
The RAC research also found that "higher" and larger cars like SUVs, which are more common on roads now, dazzle other vehicles more often, as six in 10 say they cause issues.