Oh, thx for the description, I’m starting to understand now.
There isn’t any inherent reason why we couldn’t use reflector tech with LEDs - there wouldn’t even be anything wrong of you would exchange an incandescent bulb with LED if it was certified correctly (by the manufacturer, which actually exist), by which I mean with the right power & with full round and equal light emissions (for the reflector to pick up correctly). The LED emissions needn’t be harsher (tho the cheaper ones def are, low cri led are more power efficient too, but project a diminished spectrum) tho I def understand you.
The projector style headlamps also come (came?) with incandescent (instead of xenon or led) bulbs which still had the issue you point out at your 2). It’s not a bulb thing, it’s a light casting thing.
And projectors (incandescent, xenon, or led) are indeed used exactly bcs of what bothers you - they bleed less light around their target angles so they are legally allowed to be brighter (since at level they can emit more light without it crossing the threshold of for much of it bleeds higher than allowed). Yes, this doesn’t account for actual daily life, just a sterile average (which positively def affects safety too - ofc besides the issue is blinded drives you pointed out). But road infrastructure is a giant factor here. Cars shouldn’t jump up and down due to road quality.
To points 2) & 3) I would add that it makes an enormous difference if you suffer from the slightest astigmatism - for me that was what caused the diminished vision when someone slightly blinded me (the pain is considerably less to in road situations).
It’s what makes “single bright points” tolerable for short durations & it makes easier for the brains to compute around it (with astigmatism points become more like lines & brains now have to interpret/check those + lines are bigger than precise dots & it takes more info to process them). This isn’t noticeable during the day & it doesn’t necessarily mean your vision is below average.
Oh, thx for the description, I’m starting to understand now.
There isn’t any inherent reason why we couldn’t use reflector tech with LEDs - there wouldn’t even be anything wrong of you would exchange an incandescent bulb with LED if it was certified correctly (by the manufacturer, which actually exist), by which I mean with the right power & with full round and equal light emissions (for the reflector to pick up correctly). The LED emissions needn’t be harsher (tho the cheaper ones def are, low cri led are more power efficient too, but project a diminished spectrum) tho I def understand you.
The projector style headlamps also come (came?) with incandescent (instead of xenon or led) bulbs which still had the issue you point out at your 2). It’s not a bulb thing, it’s a light casting thing.
And projectors (incandescent, xenon, or led) are indeed used exactly bcs of what bothers you - they bleed less light around their target angles so they are legally allowed to be brighter (since at level they can emit more light without it crossing the threshold of for much of it bleeds higher than allowed). Yes, this doesn’t account for actual daily life, just a sterile average (which positively def affects safety too - ofc besides the issue is blinded drives you pointed out). But road infrastructure is a giant factor here. Cars shouldn’t jump up and down due to road quality.
To points 2) & 3) I would add that it makes an enormous difference if you suffer from the slightest astigmatism - for me that was what caused the diminished vision when someone slightly blinded me (the pain is considerably less to in road situations).
It’s what makes “single bright points” tolerable for short durations & it makes easier for the brains to compute around it (with astigmatism points become more like lines & brains now have to interpret/check those + lines are bigger than precise dots & it takes more info to process them). This isn’t noticeable during the day & it doesn’t necessarily mean your vision is below average.