WHILE there are a number of motorists mostly those of public utility vehicles who do not switch on their headlights even in the darkness of the night, there are on the other hand vehicles which have blinding LED lights.
LED lights are now a trend among households, streetlights and vehicles. For a brief background, LED lights are not actually lights but technically speaking are light-emitting diodes. The LED is an acronym of such, thus the name.
I am sure colleague Rox Peña would agree on me that LED lights are very efficient and good for the environment since they do not emit too much heat and do not waste too much energy for them to glow.
LED lights are far better than the traditional bulbs including the CFLs or compact fluorescent lamps because they use less electrical energy yet emit much brightness than ordinary bulbs.
When LED lights were first introduced in the market for household use, they cost so much and not many actually know how better they are compared to what people have been used to.
Soon they became popular that many electric supply companies started mass-producing them and mass-selling them in the market. Because of this, LED lights became more affordable to the public and were made more popular because of their now cheaper price.
LED lights are now also popular among vehicles including motorcycles. Aside from being used as decorations, signal or utility lights, there are vehicles’ which uses LED lights are their headlights.
While the light of LEDs gives drivers a better and clearer view on the windshield at night, the brightness of these lights is so blinding to incoming vehicles. Such LED headlights are now becoming nuisances to others.
Unfortunately, there were some reported vehicular accidents which were caused by too bright headlights. Incoming vehicles are blinded that they cannot see other vehicles or obstructions on the road.
At present, there are no regulations that limit the lumens supposed to be the standard brightness of headlights of vehicles plying our roads at night. The Land Transportation Office has no law or regulation to implement in relation to too much bright headlights.
LED headlights are so annoying that some incoming motorists have to put their vehicles on road shoulders or simply stop in the middle of the road to avoid collisions or accidents because of the blinding effect of the LEDs.
I think its time that government regulatory agencies should act on the problems pose by LED headlights. Lawmakers should likewise enact laws or regulations to regulate the usage of LED lights which should limit their brightness to avoid any accident.
This may be a simple matter to others but is a serious threat to road safety.
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