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) David M. Kleinman University of Rochester New York (CBS) Geoff Roberson, Association of Optometrists (BBC) 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
# Jan 21 - New Publication: Reflections: Driving - P Heilig / R Milnes
# Jan 21 - Petition UK Improve regulations on headlamps to prevent unnecessary dazzling
# 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 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 - American Medical Association say LED light above 3000K is dangerous -
# Jan 21 - New Publication: Reflections: Driving - P Heilig / R Milnes
# Jan 21 - Petition UK Improve regulations on headlamps to prevent unnecessary dazzling
# 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 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 - American Medical Association say LED light above 3000K is dangerous -
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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