Blinded by the headlights

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🗓️ 30 March 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Drivers and passengers are right: Car headlights are brighter now. And the solutions aren't simple. If you have a question for us, please give a call at 1-800-618-8545 or send a note at vox.com/askvox. This episode was produced and sound designed by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Miranda Kennedy, fact checked by Melissa Hirsch, engineered by Patrick Boyd and hosted by Jonquilyn Hill. Photo by zhen li for Getty Images. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:18.0	Have you noticed that headlights seem brighter these days?
0:22.0	It's more than just a nuisance for some people.
0:25.1	Those headlights and other LED lights knocked me out of being a teacher.
0:29.0	I just couldn't get to work anymore without suffering these impacts, these neurological, psychological impacts.
0:35.4	The dark side of those gleaming headlights.
0:39.1	That's this week on Explain It to Me.
0:41.4	Listen every Sunday morning, wherever you get your podcasts.
0:46.3	Nobody likes LED headlights.
0:49.0	Their intensity, the maximum intensity that they produce actually has increased.
0:54.8	When they sell cars, they really want a good safety rating, which is more easy to attain
1:00.7	with a super bright light.
1:06.7	Hey there, I'm John Glyn Hill, and this is Explained it to Me, where we answer the questions that matter to you most.
1:14.1	What the heck is going on?
1:15.9	I wish I understood.
1:18.0	Somebody please just explain it to me.
1:21.2	And these days, I only really get behind the wheel when I'm out of town.
1:26.8	So when I noticed a change in cars on the road, I thought it was just me.
1:31.9	But then we got a call from Reid, and he also worried it was just him.
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