Campaign for humane lights

Mercedes-Benz front lights at night on many models look tacky and sadly it is not Mercedes fault. The owners and drivers should give them feedback but they do not bother.

Just fresh last night I had a BMW X5 driver who said he had been flashed on countless occasions. He knew his lights were too bright and dazzling and endangering others. What did he do about it? Nothing. Many drivers put their fogs on to try to counterbalance the brightness from others. Less of me moaning. This is a link to our new website: www.lightmare.org

Asked on 25 January 2010 by KP, via email

Answered by Honest John

Quite interestingly, the other day when a lot of people were driving new E Class around locally with both DRLs and headlights on (why?) I got a FIAT 500 behind me with its headlights on and the DRLs underneath seemed to have dimmed. When I got home I checked my own and, sure enough, when FIAT 500 headlights are on the DRL's automatically dim. Amazing that companies like FIAT get it right and companies like MB, Audi and BMW apparently get it wrong.

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