Welcome to Lightmare ......
| Our organisation has been formed to fight the growing road safety issue of blinding lights which
diminish a driver's ability to perceive hazards. Four prominent professors of ophthalmology have declared that these lights are dangerous to the human eye: Peter Heilig, University of Vienna (Expert Opinion) John Marshall, University College London(Daily Mail May 2017) David M. Kleinman University of Rochester New York (CBS May17) Geoff Roberson, Association of Optometrists (BBC April 2011) All the manufacturers can say is that "they meet the regulations" surely from the thousands of complaints it proves the regulations are wrong. Rather than saving lives, these lights are killing people - why are the authorities doing nothing? why are they permitting this to continue? |
The Authorities are allowing this "Lightmare" to escalate, they
are putting the most vulnerable and less conspicuous road users
at risk - pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists.  HID-Xenon headlight + Blinding LED Daytime Running Lights> |
News
# Mar 18 - RAC - Motorists Dazzled by Modern Headlights - Pete Williams
# Jan 18 - i News - Campaigners call for dazzling headlights to be dimmed - Dean Kirby
# Jan 18 - Lightmare ask UK Transport Minister Chris Grayling to ban blinding light
# Jan 18 - Lightmare ask DfT UK why medical opinion is ignored and cause of 72,000 casualties
# May 17 - CBS News take Lightmare campaign global see USA and please sign the US PETITION
# May 17 - Daily Mail - Why car headlights painfully blind you - John Naish
# July16 - USA Senator Hartmann demands NHTSA action on blinding headlights
# June16 - Lightmare ask VW to eliminate blinding light
# June16 - American Medical Association say LED light above 3000K is dangerous -
# June16 - Lightmare call for the DfT to act under its duty of care
"Unshielded LED lighting causes significant discomfort and disability glare decrease visual acuity, decreasing safety and creating a road hazard" "All LED lighting should be properly shielded to minimize glare and detrimental human and environmental effects" See Expert Opinion and CNN "Doctors issue warning"
# Feb16 - DfT response re Informal UNECE Working Group
Despite exhortations, the UNECE Working group is a combination of lamp manufacturers, automakers and Gov't officials who originally determined blinding standards. i.e. NO ophthalmologists!
# Jan 2016 - Lightmare response to DfT re Informal UNECE Working Group
Lightmare call for glare free vehicle lights plus a standard to determine safe light levels for the human eye.
# Dec 2015 - USA Blinding Headlights: - Traffic deaths up 8% nationally
# Nov 2015 - Department for Transport response to Blinding Lights
UK DfT announce UNECE Working Group formed stating:"an Informal Working Group of experts will develop solutions for the concerns you have raised with respect to glare and vehicle lighting".
# Oct 2015 - Blinding Lights blamed for soaring crash rate - a gimmick too far?
2014 road accident statistics make sorry reading, since blinding lights were introduced instead of falling UK and EU accidents have increased - a problem bigger than the VW crisis!
# Mar 18 - RAC - Motorists Dazzled by Modern Headlights - Pete Williams
# Jan 18 - i News - Campaigners call for dazzling headlights to be dimmed - Dean Kirby
# Jan 18 - Lightmare ask UK Transport Minister Chris Grayling to ban blinding light
# Jan 18 - Lightmare ask DfT UK why medical opinion is ignored and cause of 72,000 casualties
# May 17 - CBS News take Lightmare campaign global see USA and please sign the US PETITION
# May 17 - Daily Mail - Why car headlights painfully blind you - John Naish
# July16 - USA Senator Hartmann demands NHTSA action on blinding headlights
# June16 - Lightmare ask VW to eliminate blinding light
# June16 - American Medical Association say LED light above 3000K is dangerous -
# June16 - Lightmare call for the DfT to act under its duty of care
"Unshielded LED lighting causes significant discomfort and disability glare decrease visual acuity, decreasing safety and creating a road hazard" "All LED lighting should be properly shielded to minimize glare and detrimental human and environmental effects" See Expert Opinion and CNN "Doctors issue warning"
# Feb16 - DfT response re Informal UNECE Working Group
Despite exhortations, the UNECE Working group is a combination of lamp manufacturers, automakers and Gov't officials who originally determined blinding standards. i.e. NO ophthalmologists!
# Jan 2016 - Lightmare response to DfT re Informal UNECE Working Group
Lightmare call for glare free vehicle lights plus a standard to determine safe light levels for the human eye.
# Dec 2015 - USA Blinding Headlights: - Traffic deaths up 8% nationally
# Nov 2015 - Department for Transport response to Blinding Lights
UK DfT announce UNECE Working Group formed stating:"an Informal Working Group of experts will develop solutions for the concerns you have raised with respect to glare and vehicle lighting".
# Oct 2015 - Blinding Lights blamed for soaring crash rate - a gimmick too far?
2014 road accident statistics make sorry reading, since blinding lights were introduced instead of falling UK and EU accidents have increased - a problem bigger than the VW crisis!
Our aim is to persuade the world regulators
(NHTSA and UNECE) to limit eye damaging light intensity:-
# High Intensity Discharge Xenon headlights (HID-Xenon) - can cause temporary blindness
# Misuse of brake and fog lights - contravention of highway codes
# Over-bright Daytime Running Lights (DRL) - the EU have set maximum brightness to 1,200cd
to compete with the sun - the Japanese proposed a more acceptable 200cd = bright sidelights
# High Intensity Discharge Xenon headlights (HID-Xenon) - can cause temporary blindness
# Misuse of brake and fog lights - contravention of highway codes
# Over-bright Daytime Running Lights (DRL) - the EU have set maximum brightness to 1,200cd
to compete with the sun - the Japanese proposed a more acceptable 200cd = bright sidelights
Manufacturers and Government appear not to care about the dangers of blinding lights.
In this website we explain why a driver's vision is affected by blinding lights.
We document the growing body of Expert ophthalmological opinion, Legal opinion and Media coverage
See the thousands of comments on our original UK petition to March 2015 (Excel file with 4683 comments)
Supporting Organisations:-
Lightmare are worldwide a voluntary
group of experienced motorists including scientists, engineers,
mathematicians, lawyers and ophthalmologists supported by the leading
pedestrian, cycling and motorcycling organisations who are committed to
improving road safety by reducing glare and other distractions in the
driving environment.
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