@@weldonyoung1013 Ifthere factory original equipment to the vehicle, then probably not so bad. It’s the cheap aftermarket junk LED Head lights that you can buy on Amazon/Ebay that I don’t care for.
@@weldonyoung1013 bright isn’t the issue its misaligned, also LEP or laser lights are only a high beam assist light ATM. That is not an issue as you cant activate them manually and if the car detects incoming traffic they are turned off. A test also showed in fact that a matrix LED system was brighter than a laser light
@@viccao8431 , thank you for the more detailed information regarding very bright adaptive LED or LASER headlights. Though, there might be the consideration of how the adaptive feature detects outward problems which require modifying the beam pattern. This could come down to the type of "light" or electromagnetic frequencies used for detection. Thus pedestrains and/bicycles could still be blinded.
1000% they are. 99% of the time while you're driving in the dark, the only other things you have to watch out for are things that have headlights and tail lights on them, which tint doesn't prevent you from seeing. I always tint my windows and I'm absolutely not going to stop lpl
@@TheMrbear186 um, there are also unlit physical obstructions including road infrastructure, trees, berms pedestrians, bicycles and animals. Would any of these objects present something you might want to see instead of hit because of your excessive tint limiting your visibility?
True. You almost need them YOURSELF just too see with all that light blasting at you from other drivers! I'm going for LED amber fogs myself for the rain & snow. But it's a low sedan and they will be aimed down. Good ones will have the same beam pattern as a halogen bulb. Cheap ones don't have the correct "filament" spacing
Yeah big semi trucks and especially the newer Ford power stroke trucks. Those things are damn bright. I couldn’t see anything so I looked down, it was basically an X-ray lol I could see my rib cage 🤣
While headlight alignment is very is important, I think a significant problem is also people installing aftermarket LED or HID bulbs in halogen reflector lenses.
Headlights need to be aimed, but they should have mentioned aftermarket HID and LED bulbs people stuff into older reflector housing that blind everyone on the road!
@@AZ-jd5cr HEADLIGHTS NEED TO BE AIMED, BUT THEY SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED AFTERMARKET HID AND LED BULBS PEOPLE STUFF INTO OLDER REFLECTOR HOUSING THAT BLIND EVERYONE ON THE ROAD!
Honestly the people with tinted windows haven’t been a problem in my experience, it’s the LED / Laser headlights. They must feel great to use, but being on the receiving end is difficult. My MINI still uses Halogens and sometimes I think my headlights aren’t bright enough because I’m being blinded by high-beam LED/Laser headlights. Don’t get me wrong Tinted windows can become a problem, but just like Yuri said, he rolls down his windows when he needs to back up- you can adapt to tinted windows. Being flashed by LED’s on the highway, not so much.
My truck canopy has tinted windows, as most do. During the winter months, I often get back at night, and have to back my trailer into my driveway. I had to mount spotlights on the canopy just to do it safely.
@@jessicayoung1190 Maybe some car models now have it, but his 2010 mini probably doesn't have any factory installed rear-view camera. Could get an off the shelf install I guess, but for a vehicle that old, why bother.
@@callak_9974 you're right. My visibility out of my 2011 MINI is very good, I don't *need* a rearview camera but sometimes it would be nice. Buying and installing one would be a nightmare. Nobody wants to play with BMW wiring harnesses and electronics. I still like my MINI enough that I don't want to upgrade.
Definitely, it is the lights. Some people, should not have tints, they cannot be trusted with them, most people and most people should not be able to obtain a driver's license.
I hate those goddamn bright as lights that are so blinding you can't see anything. They also strain your eyes and cause headaches for some. Also where I live you can tint the back pretty much as dark as you want, but you can't tint the front windows past a certain level.
You are 27 and experienced something like this. Wait until you become 40 up and see. Poor old ladies have to deal with all these LED lights. What is our government doing.
@@Motorcycle1237 Its definitely the most likely thing to take me out of the game before I get yo 40 lol. Im a pretty safe guy, driving especially, but I cant drive for everyone else. There certainly needs to be standards.
Both tinted windows AND bright headlights are dangerous. I'm particularly perturbed by the high riding pickup trucks that shine their very bright headlights right into my lower riding sedan.
The tint thing is a non-issue... But those bright LED lights definitely are. The European, American, and Korean brands manage them very well. But Honda/Acura & Toyota/Lexus specifically are always losing points on their IIHS Safety Rated for very bad glare; their lights are way too bright and seem to be aimed way too high from the factory. and in real life those Japanese makes always 'seem' to have their high-beams on, even during the day. But occasionally there are vehicles with aftermarket LED bulbs installed with no filter and some of those lifted trucks, even though the lights are aimed properly, because they're higher up the light shoots straight into the car in front.
Tint is DEFINITELY an issue. Especially when making left or right turns at intersections at night. You can hit pedestrians/ joggers. That's not to say I really appreciate my dark tint but it's naive to deny the risk associated
@@Striker50_ LOL yeah. Not going to act like my 15% Stratos Ceramic tints don't affect my visibility at night. If it's a bright night then I have no trouble. If it's a cloudy night, with no bright moon in sight, I get anxious at intersections in busy streets.
Doesn't matter if you have a dashcam and truly aren't at fault. Without a dashcam, I'd say that may be a valid point. You're not going to sit there and tell me getting t-boned going through a green light is "because of tints"
I don’t think tint is as much of a problem as headlight glare. I SPECIFICALLY bought a car with auto dimming side and rear view mirrors because of glare.
simple and super hard solution is educate every car owner to lower their headlights to correct directions : ) facing the road not 300m away to the trees.
The real problem is inadequate lighting on roads that we pay taxes for, as well as pedestrians wearing mark colors and not paying attention to traffic when they are walking at night. The latter is natural selection.
What about police with tinted windows and overly bright lights. Come over a hill with police lights flashing you are blinded. And they do it all the time
Maybe in Ontario not all police vehicles are tinted but I am sure there are some. Plus even though the intended purpose of police are to be bright it doesn’t diminish the fact that they are blinding. Maybe it is just new technology that is creating these lights to be brighter. But no one should be above the law
When I was in high school I bought a used car with a very dark tint. I went to a tint shop to ask about the legality of it and to see how much it costs to replace it if it wasn't legal. They said it was a 20% tint and technically it's not legal. They did say the dark tint is also a deterrent for break-ins. I don't recall how much it was to remove all the tint and replace it however it was too expensive for me at the time. I drove it at night and had no problems driving at all and had zero accidents due to the tint. I'm much older now and I'm not sure that my eyes are as good as when I was younger. Would I ever go so dark again? I never use my rearview mirror because I drive a pickup truck with a cap on it. I'm very accustomed to using my side mirrors. I feel that I would still feel confident driving with a 20% tint. I currently have no tint on my truck and it is really aggravating on sunny days. I probably wouldn't go 20% but a little lighter just due to my age. The headlights however are a completely different story. Crazy bright headlights are just plain dangerous for all incoming traffic and people that knowingly use them are just selfish. All they're concerned about is their own safety without any regard for any of the other drivers on the road. I drive for a living and would like to see everyone that purposely changes their headlights to those crazy bright lights be ticketed with high fines for using them.
@@tatsumaru12345 I have 20% on the 2 front windows but not the windshield. But visibility is still great. Although no one can see perfectly at night because of darkness, I have good night visibility. It also helps that my tint is darker on the outside than the inside. Depends on person and tint
Yea i have 15s all the way around (except windshield obviously) and i have no issues at all. Ive had friends drive my truck and complain they cant see anything when its dark but they also need glasses so to each their own. I've had people pull up next to me in his old beater civic with halogens, saying my brights are on and then i had to explain its factory leds not my high beams lmao
I learned that tints hold glass together the hard way when someone broke into my car last year. They smashed the passenger window, but looked like it took quite a few hits for them to be able to get through. And in the end, the window was in tact, still in the frame with a hole in the middle of it. I did have to clean up quite a few shards of glass from the seat. But just seeing that, it would be much safer in an accident since the majority of the glass was held in place.
In Sweden we check headlight alignment at every yearly vehicle inspection. It is really strict and even involves your foglights. Also your windows may be tinted by 25% in the windshield and 30% through other windows. (So light coming through should be 75%/70%)
Yeah i used to use foglights all the time in my small town in northern Manitoba. Until I got pulled over for it. Cops only tore off tint if you drove aggressive or were loud.
We're not so smart in Canada. Corporate greed has taken over major Canadian cities. Massive influx of people with no city planning. Under policed and the cops too busy don't care. People driving like maniacs, roads unsafe and getting away with everything, including illegal aftermarket too bright headlights and high beams on. But its all good for business, as they buy cars, pay insurance, buy gas....great for the economy at the expense of public safety.
@@ajm-wu6wd what about all the accidents that are avoided because a bright, properly aligned, headlight will Better illuminate the road, show obstacles, road signs, and curves in the road earlier than dim headlights?
@@Canadianwithacat We wouldnt be having this conversation if headlights worked so well as your pointing out. Your bring up the benefits for the driver when the problem is about oncoming traffic being blinded.
@@Canadianwithacat what about all the decades when people drove safely with properly aligned halogen lights? If you can't see, the answer isn't brighter lights, the answer is slower driving and vision correction (glasses) if you need it.
When there is some pickup behind my car, due to no tint and lower profile of the car, all 3 of my rearview mirrors reflect the light directly to me, probably need auto-dimming mirrors.
Go out and buy yourself some yellow lens sunglasses to wear at night or in bad weather driving like rain or snow Cuts down immensely on the glare and refractive lights and they don’t have to be expensive I drive for a living and this works well for me
Thanks for the reminder. I use to wear Yellow lens sunglasses when I use to ride my motorcycle at night. That was about 20 years ago, I totally forgot about that. Now as I'm ageing, the headlight bother me more and more every year. It's time to pick up those yellow glasses again. Thanks for the reminder. And yes they do work!
There's no money in the body shop aiming the lights. It's the easiest step to skip and 99% of city folk won't even notice, definitely don't complain. When the headlights get replaced after a collision, they get left however they came out of the box.
I'm gonna have to tint the top half my front windows. I have an eye condition where all lights make lines and have haloes. Its either driving with yellow glasses at night or getting a tint for the headlights/street lights.
2 years ago I switched employers and now have a 46km commute. I bought a VW Passat to save on fuel and just drive my pickup in the evening and weekends. This is my first car, I've always owned and driven pickups. I cannot believe how staggeringly blinding it is sitting down that low at night. It's also scary to make left hand turns at intersections, when you sit that low you can't see past the opposing vehicle. I should have gone with a small SUV. The extra fuel savings is not worth the annoyance/ hazards. I stay waay back from cars now at night when I'm in my truck... had no idea how bad it was for car drivers.
You get used to it. I used to live in Las Vegas, Nevada where placing tint on your vehicle is a MUST if you want to beat the heat. I had limo tint for the back and 35% for the front. It took a while, but after a week, I got used to driving around with tinted windows all around, even at night.
@@Honeypot-x9s Mt Dad has a sun allergy because of his heart medication. I bought him those forearm wraps you can get for exercising and its right as rain. Its also protects him outside of the car. So you don't need tinting.
@@loganholmberg2295 never said its needed just said its desirable option. specially ceramic tint which knocks out almost all of UV and IR light and energy which not only what causes allergy but also contributes to heat and damaging effects. benefits very
Why not talk about what the real danger on the road is? That’s right folks, I’m talking about soccer mom road rage and lifted trucks with their high beams on 24/7
If you have good window tinting done properly you’re vision from your car interior is normal and doesn’t hamper vision to the outside, window tints have come a long way except for the front windows
@@Tb0n3 It depends on the level of tint. If you have 5% on your fronts then you can say it can be difficult at times (depending if it's raining or not), that it is at times difficult to see out. However, if you're running 10% or up on the fronts, you should have no problem.
So Canada didn't mandate back up cameras like the United States? Looking to the right of the road to deal with glares is something I first learned when I began to drive.
This is on new vehicles, I take it? I installed one on my truck because it made mating with my trailer so much easier. Put the screen right above my rear-view mirror, where it doesn't get in the way. But those giant LCD screens newer vehicles come with are just distracting, especially if you're trying to change radio stations while not taking your eyes off the road. Having a tactile interface (as opposed to a "software" interface) is far safer if you're trying to avoid distractions.
Dude, the bright head lights are really scary. I drive in the country often and when I get glare from another, taller car, I just kinda hold straight and hope I don't hit/ the road doesn't turn too much because I can't see!!! I wondered "How are these legal?"
I drive on single lane highways with oncoming traffic at night in Manitoba. The biggest problem is modern cuvs, suvs and trucks having headlights up far too high and too bright. I think headlight brightness should be standardized across Canada so if you’re headlights are too bright then you put a tint film on your headlights to achieve the required amount. Just my 2 cents.
I have sensitive eyes but I use polarized sunglasses during the day driving rather than tinted windows. But that being said, I am not satisfied with the headlights conclusion. I feel there's is no difference between low beam and high beam light intensity other than just being angled upwards for high beams. Maybe have some reduce intensity for low beams in the market. Or go back to incandescent light bulbs?
Yea.. I have a bunch of issues with this episode. 1- Bright lights are a safety feature, otherwise safety agencies wouldn’t test how far they shine. 2-semi and pickup trucks (stock) are just naturally higher vehicles there is only so much someone can do to avoid glare without aiming the headlights into the floor... t
@@Canadianwithacat effective or efficient lights are a safety feature, NOT bright lights. There's plenty of extremely bright and dangerously blinding HID kits you can buy that perform much worse than factory bulbs because they scatter light everywhere (including up into the sky eye and into the eyes of other drivers) instead of onto the road. Factory headlights aimed within the factory spec will almost never be blinding, but no one bothers to actually measure if they're aimed properly.
@@TheMrbear186 light intensity at a distance is partially a function of the brightness of the bulb. So YES brightness is a factor. It’s scattering from aftermarket mods and alignment that are the issues.
Too bad these led/laser lights are now factory installed in almost all brands. And the danger is they go full high beam almost all the time adjusting to low when it's very close to you and you're already blinded.
i like tinted windows. they offer uv protection, less dangerous if glass shatters, and also help with sunlight glare especially if your car has reflective trim pieces inside
When I contact my optometrist I just tell them I have light sensitivity and ask them to test it? I get blinded in even mild sunlight Unless it's completely overcast I need sunglasses and sometimes to block the glare with my hand
Very interesting story, I'm in the state of MA by law the legal max tint on the drivers side window and front passenger window is 35% max tint. If any lower you can get fined by the local police or state police. We also have yearly inspections for vehicles and they are supposed to check for max tint. All of my vehicles are legally tinted including my F350 truck. It all comes down to skill of the driver. There are many times that I have to back a 16 foot landscape trailer into my driveway in pitch black while looking through the crew cab of my truck and side mirrors, and rear tinted windows avoiding a tree, my wife's car and a stone wall. As far as bright head lights. My F350 stock headlights were so bad I could see a gap between the 2 of them. I added LED headlights and it's night and day difference because I live in a very rural area .
Many, who take a vacation in their car, will drive long distances with a heavily loaded boot ('trunk' for you North Americans), which lowers the back of the car, thus raising the front. In such a situation, even if your headlights are properly calibrated during an annual test, the slight increase in angle will still blind oncoming traffic... UNLESS your car has self-leveling lights. Considering the amount of 'tech' talk on this program covering alignment, etc., I'm surprised no-one mentioned self-leveling lighting systems, which have been around for many years!?
I agree 100% that the head light glair at night is getting more dangerous as newer cars are coming with brighter head lights. They almost seem like high beam cause they are so bright. I have thought of it many times.... that I should contact Transport Canada. So the head light can be regulated like they are in Sweden, and tested every year. Head Lights should he to see and to be seen not to blind the on opposite driver.
Public transit is a much better solution than automated vehicles. With that said, it should probabaly be made mandatory to have your vehicle headlights calibrated on a maintenance cycle. It would likely lower the cost to operate insurance companies like ICBC by reducing the amount of accidents. That and it will save lives, obviously. That would also make a great reason to tighten up on tinting regulation. No excuse if the headlamps are calibrated and regulated. People with medical issues can get medical passes. Simple.
Driving in a sedan or coupe can be horrible at times because of people's too bright lights. I turn my side mirrors to point back at the person behind me if they are tailgating and lights are too bright. They tend to fall back. Some cars are made to have the headlights turn in the same direction you turn the wheel to help you see better. Unfortunately people will sometimes think your brights are on. My car does that exact thing.
So in Germany where I live we are not allowed to tint any front windows. Only the back windows are allowed to be tinted and most older cars don't have any tinted windows. It's mostly newer cars that got them, but even there it's just a very small degree I guess (as I don't have tinted windows I am not entirely sure, but there a surely strict laws, its Germany after all). But bright lights are really dangerous I think, like high lights tailgating you but especially too high lights on the other lane from the front.
This is a huge freaking problem here in the USA. It really takes 10 minutes to aim the headlights. Specially if you lift you're truck, you should have enough sense to aim them down.
I had US legal 35% tint on my car. I owned it for 13 years, loved it. It wasn't hard for me to see outside of my car even at night. It's the led lights that don't have sensors that are worse. Most luxury cars have sensors that dim when cars are coming from the opposite directions.
As long as they are aimed properly, reflectors are ok. A few cars come with LEDs paired with reflector housings from the factory e.g. All Hondas, Toyota Rav 4, and many more
@@FlexSZN23 you might have a point, since even a newer corolla, with projectors, can be blinding since no one seams to aim them even from the factory...
The biggest problem is that people are buying cheap LED lights that physically do not match the size and position of the original halogen filament that the reflector housing was designed for. Often you'll see 3-4 sided LED headlights being sold, or large COB arrays that are 4 times larger than the original filament, resulting in light being reflected above the cut line or in both low and high beam areas. In newer cars, the lights are completely OEM LEDs with the optics built in.
@14:18 you really should not flash your high beams back at the oncoming car. Turn your lights on and off fast to signal their high beams are on. By flashing your high beams, you will be blinding that oncoming driver.
These new LEDs are borderline cruel for people with migraines and 24/7 photophobia. It feels like I'm staring directly into an ultra-bright sun, without even having to look directly at the light. It's horrible.
Tinted windshields, no. Tinted other windows okay... but not highly tinted. At the end, "Focus on the right side of the road" yeah they told us to do that in the drivers test so that's just common knowledge. But okay. Thanks for the tip lol
@@dennis2376 Hello Dennis 2, I'm Dennis (1) I recommend polarized sunglasses. They're great for blocking out sunlight at dusk and don't block vision like sun visors.
I had a very dark tint on my rear window.. con was reversing at night, pro was the extra bright headlights coming from behind at night didn’t burn my eyes out.. LOL
Well another problem is curvature of the road. As you are further, the car ahead may be on a slight incline which caused their car to point up and the headlight to be blasting at you. Some roads/highways put flexible light blocking flaps on the divider.
I ride a motorcycle and i have full OEM LED built in. Instead of a single headlight for high and low beam, it is built separately, mean my high beam which is on the right side turns off, to get what Im trying to say, do a search on my bike, Hero 200S. Anyway, I adjusted my lights way to high that even my low beam bind on comers and making my high beam point to the sky, so I had to adjust them back to where they were. The problem with bright headlights is some bulbs dont work for all headlight housing and the owner of that vehicle needs to understand this. incandescent and HiD works well with reflector housing headlight, while LED and HiD works well on projector headlights. That being said, if you do put LED's in a reflector housing, you would need to adjust the headlights, that can be done with a couple of screws built at the back of the headlights housing, also some cars come with the feature with a switch inside of the vehicle.
On both of my trucks I have limo tint on the windows and LEDs in the headlights had them for 7 years now never gotten a Ticket. In my county the police don't stop people for Tints and LEDs
The tint holds the Gass that's fine you push it and it folds down. I tinted my front windows I have a doctor's note I went 20 percent. I went with Texas limits and safety study as I didn't want tint at all but was forced to do it due to a disability. I went ceramic not died film it color shifts but is way clearer at night. Even the type and brand of tint maters.
@@OOOO-ou6ek either way tinted lights are worse then bright lights and tinted windows, from a generation that grew up with family guy and the Simpson yall get butt hurt easy
word of advice for everyone here, by polarised sunglasses and keep a pair in the car, I never had to worry about light sensitivity, while I was driving, and I assure you, I am very sensitive to light, I just am wise in how I bloody drive.
its hilarious how clueless she is. She has no idea what shes being told. Customer could have said 1 instead of 5 and she still would have responded the same "oh thats pretty dark". Clueless.
@@lloydchristmas4547 agreed however if you're going to get tint tested for a national broadcast ya might wanna at least learn what the results mean. Also when the lights reading went from 4.1 to 3.6 I forget her response but again she had no clue at all what was happening . Few other times as well, it was just funny, but enjoyable .
@11:51 he could get a doctor's order requiring the tint to be darker because of his light sensitivity. At least here in America you can, not sure in Ca.
It's impossible to feel safe making a left turn in the middle of the night at a major intersection with those blinding headlights. It's like you cant tell if another car is coming from other lanes.
15 years ago I wanted to tint my windows. M.T.O. officer told me 3% on front doors and 97% on back. Bought new vehicle in 2020, can't find 3% tint today,so no tint now. What scares me is trucks with dark tint. The biggest problem is drivers today think driving is a RIGHT not a PRIVILEGE.
Both of these are extremely big problems in America especially the super bright headlights, another really bad issue, loud exhausts on cars and motorcycles.
To save money, i put tint on top of tint to make it a bit darker cuz the car came with light tint. But what ended up happening is it became way too dark. The most dangerous thing is not being able to see people crossing the road at crosswalks at night. Ive almost run over several people. I suggest going no darker than 25 or 30% at front and limo tint which is 5% is pretty dark but its doable.kinda hard to see things from 5% so id suggest no lower than 15% in back.
Way way back in the 70's when I was tinting auto windows, my car had different tint shades installed on the frt sides, bk sides, and the rear window to show the customers the difference of darkness and some customers wanted the 5 in the front sides knowing it was against the law (LOL) and were willing to take the chance because it was new at the time and it made their car looked really COOL. As for bright driving headlights, they are very useful for safe night driving. I had installed a pair of Lucas driving headlamps and they were bright and fantastic. The headlights had a very unique diagonal aim pointing down a bright pattern (for the road) and a regular pattern pointing forward (for front-facing on-coming traffic) on the lamp. They were well worth the extra $$$ for the added safety when one has to drive fast and furious at night... Cheap headlamps tend to be just bright aiming straight in front which is dangerous for oncoming traffic. Make sure your headlights are aiming in their correct height for safe driving.
There’s some misinformation here about window tint. Most jurisdictions only have restrictions on tint percentages for front windows. Rear windows often are allowed to be darker. And many vehicles (like SUVs) come from the factory with tinted rear windows but they didn’t mention that here.