Reports painful glare, impaired night-driving visibility and persistent spots after LED-headlight exposur…

I am writing to express my concern about LED headlights and the danger they pose. When I drive at night and come across a car with LED headlights on, I am in genuine fear that I will crash with a tree or pedestrian because of my absolute inability to see anything beyond the lights. They are painful, and affect my vision. And I am a relatively young person; I am only 27 years of age, but I genuinely worry how these LED headlights are affecting my eye health. Once, I was driving up my street (a small dead-end), and a car with the LED headlights on was parked on the side to pick someone up. I could not pass the car, so I was forced to sit there with the LED headlights burning into my retinas. Even though I tried looking away as best as I was able, I still was seeing spots from those headlights several minutes later. And it is so much worse at night, when the darkness forces it to be the only thing your eyes can perceive. I shudder to think how many lives have already been lost because people are unable to see when they are driving at night, because they have been blinded by the headlights of oncoming traffic. These are deaths that could have been avoided by legislation that better regulates. I am including articles highlighting concerns on the effects of headlight brightness. Please consider how much these blue-tinted, absurdly bright LED headlights are affecting the health and safety of so many Americans.