Night driving

[Chris KC]

This subject is certainly generating a lot of discussion -- all good stuff.

The same problems existed back in " the sixties" although modern headlights then were less blinding. Night driving in an Austin Seven in those days was fairly common and we didn't have the advantage of LEDs.
One strategy was to knock off  the rear view mirror, and drive in the middle of the road using the following car's headlight to see where you were going. I remember getting back from Brighton to London in a Ruby using this technique and as far as I can remember no one got too upset, but of course everyone was more tolerant in those days and road rage had yet to be invented!

Charles.  (Safely in rural Norfolk)

Ha, love it Charles. I recall many years ago as a student running from the midlands to south Devon in my Nippy. We negotiated the Devon lanes after dark in a pea souper (actual fog that is, not a bit of mist) with my passenger standing on the passenger seat trying to find the white lines with a torch! It seems inconceivable now that one might attempt such a thing - how the world has changed...

Interestingly I now use your above technique, more or less, in my modern car - I can't see a thing with my mirrors normally adjusted and Mr. Hi-Intensity sitting on my rear bumper. He gets so cross when I slow down too.