[torginus]

The US is worse - an F150s headlights are at eye level if you're sitting in a Corolla. Nothing on European roads is quite as bad.

[Melatonic]

Theoretically the higher headlights could be angled down more to at least sort of help this ? Unless you were right in front of the vehicle.

The worst are the trucks with the insane aftermarket light bars

[mitthrowaway2]

I don't understand why headlight elevation isn't standardized.

[bradfa]

It was. We had sealed beam headlights for a while till we didn’t. There were common rules for aiming and it worked. The lights weren’t all that bright and the styling was not stellar, however.

[dylan604]

I remember having to take my car in to adjust the aiming of the headlights after it didn't pass inspection. So we used to take things like this seriously. I just had my car inspected last month, I don't even remember them hitting the horn. I'm guessing they pretty much just shove a sensor up the exhaust pipe and call it a day while accepting your payment.

[bradfa]

No shoving sensors required, the data is all in the ECU accessible over OBDII interface. The car knows if it’s compliant in real time using the sensors it already has.

[dylan604]

Wouldn't the VW dieselgate show that we can't trust the manufactures? A third party sensor would be more trustworthy to me.

[retired]

First generation Audi Matrix LED lights would have a word. Those blind oncoming traffic for a full second before dimming.

They were banned in the US, ironically.