[uriah]

Yes, the size of those vehicles is definitely a factor. No alignment is going to account for the truck headlights being the same level as your eyes. Misalignment is definitely a thing though. Particularly with lifted trucks and the lack of auto-leveling when carrying a load. This affects halogens as well

But I think a lot of the blinding you see day to day is actually illegal HID/LED retrofits in reflector housings. Factory LEDs are not nearly as bad as those Amazon LEDs in reflectors.

[Espressosaurus]

It's not just retrofits. There are a headlights are much brighter stock than they were 10 years ago, and even where they're correctly aligned, they're assuming a perfectly flat road.

Unfortunately, perfectly flat roads are like spherical cows, so everyone is getting blinded by these newer, brighter headlights.

And now that active control is in play they're going to get even brighter and more blinding. YAY!

[lsaferite]

I constantly get flashed in my Kia Telluride. My headlights are stock and aligned (had them checked (supposedly)). If I'm cresting a hill it's way worse and I can expect at least one person to flash me.

[JKCalhoun]

> Yes, the size of those vehicles is definitely a factor. No alignment is going to account for the truck headlights being the same level as your eyes.

No one says headlights have to be just under the top of the hood. On a giant truck, drop the headlights to the level of the bumper.

[Wistar]

The worst ones I face are the Acura MDX “jewel eye” LED headlights. They are terrible whether oncoming or following. I can tell from a long way away that it’s an MDX.