The US is worse - an F150s headlights are at eye level if you're sitting in a Corolla. Nothing on European roads is quite as bad.

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Melatonic 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Theoretically the higher headlights could be angled down more to at least sort of help this ? Unless you were right in front of the vehicle.

The worst are the trucks with the insane aftermarket light bars

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mitthrowaway2 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I don't understand why headlight elevation isn't standardized.

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bradfa 3 hours ago | parent [-]

It was. We had sealed beam headlights for a while till we didn’t. There were common rules for aiming and it worked. The lights weren’t all that bright and the styling was not stellar, however.

	▲	dylan604 42 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I remember having to take my car in to adjust the aiming of the headlights after it didn't pass inspection. So we used to take things like this seriously. I just had my car inspected last month, I don't even remember them hitting the horn. I'm guessing they pretty much just shove a sensor up the exhaust pipe and call it a day while accepting your payment.

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retired 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

First generation Audi Matrix LED lights would have a word. Those blind oncoming traffic for a full second before dimming.

They were banned in the US, ironically.