Blinded by Brighter Headlights? It’s Not Your Imagination.
Lights have gotten smaller over time, and “any given intensity appears brighter if it’s emitted by a smaller apparent surface versus a larger one,” said Daniel Stern, chief editor of Driving Vision News, a technical journal that covers the automotive lighting industry. “Tall pickups and S.U.V.s and short, small cars are simultaneously popular,” he added.…