A fact that's been staring me in the face for years. But only at night. I feel like I've been forced to watch someone welding.

Who stupid idea was it to use these killer lights?

The lights shine right in my eyes since I drive a small car.

not a lot, but enough to avoid blinding oncoming drivers. The passenger-side headlight pointed straight ahead, to illuminate the road, but that doesn't impact other drivers as much as the left-side headlight.

I just don't understand why drivers want to be able to clearly see the people they've blinded, drivers who now may or may not stay on their side of the road.

From the bright headlights - to the ubiquitous unfocused “security” lights that people put all over their buildings that shine for miles - to neon business signs that really don’t need to be on at 3 am for a daytime business. I love to look at the stars and night sky. These things are destroying nature.

I have bad enough night blindness and astigmatism as it is. So driving at night is a challenge that I don't take as often as I used to in my youth LOL. Highway 50 over echo summit is windy as fuck. So when those lights come around the corner and hit you . ...you could go right off the cliff!
In fact my fear of that happening, even as well as I know the road, keeps me from driving it whenever possible.
If I have an appointment and there's a chance that I might end up having to drive up at night I will gladly pay for a hotel room rather than try to blind myself... or end up in the canyon,thank you very much!

Hell on wheels.

I drove ONCE on Highway 49 through Bagby with a pickup truck. I call it the "Thelma and Louise Highway" BY DAY.

Stay safe. However you can.

of the road but who cares? Those other people are so blinded by the thought of an alien spaceship coming straight at them that they run into the ditch before I go by.

minor reason in their minds. Oh! The guy in front of me slowed down too much, or some nonsense like this. You got to be on the defensive everywhere, including on the road where you hope you don't run into a road rage incident that someone thinks you did something.

to pull over, like a get on ramp shoulder. I close my eyes and rest for ten to fifteen minutes and I'm good to go. If I don't do this I will fall asleep at the wheel. It's staring at headlights all night that make your eyes tired. Retired truck driver.

Even with full vision, those lights will nearly blind you.
I live in the foothills and there are many ups and downs and blind curves, just so that lights can whack you.

Driving at night, I am lucky when I can follow someone else (at a safe distance) so that the other person can work the highbeams/lowbeams.

When I bought the car, the fancy wheel treatment was on all the cars in the lot, not the highbeam automator, nor fog lights.

They sure know what people really need.

Sigh.