The dichotomy is that the driver with the “super lights” thinks they’re great, best thing since sliced bread, can’t be without them etc, whereas the person on the receiving end has a very different opinion. Difficult to reconcile those opposing views.
Case in point, I’ve just done a 40 mile round trip in darkness. On the outward journey I was followed by a Land Rover Defender with high-set lights (I know that’s what it was because he went to the same event and parked next to me!). I’m sure he was a very nice guy, kept his distance, lights properly fitted and adjusted, etc, but every time his car pitched up and down over the bumps in the road it was like a flashbulb going off inside my cabin. For a lot of the time I barely needed my lights, I could see the shadow of my car thrown by his lights ahead of me. These searchlights are just not necessary, they are a fashion accessory (like SUVs themselves). The OEM non-LED headlights on my Mk3 are perfectly adequate for all driving conditions.
I can understand an argument that LEDs are more environmentally friendly, but they should be designed to have equivalent light output to earlier bulbs rather than much greater and then relying on fancy beam-forming to avoid glare, because that is fallible under real-world conditions.
