Dame Jenni Murray died due to dazzling headlights

I agree that headlights are too bright nowadays but try living out of town and doing without your own transport. Public transport is a joke here so giving up driving when it's dark means giving up going anywhere after about 4pm in winter!

MT62 (sorry if it wasn't you!) I agree with your husband that indicator lights are ridiculously tiny and the minuscule ones with an orange bulb behind a colourless cover are worse than useless. Trouble is, as I grumble about that, I resolve to check the size and visibility of my own indicators but I forget as soon as I get out of the car! 😂

I can't tolerate flashing lights.
They trigger migraines ,which leave me with painful cluster headaches.
Poor Jenni Murray .
I miss her soft voice .

I have a bus pass and live on a very good bus route ( although it doesn’t take me to either my sons or my daughter’s house. However, my mobility isn’t good and I have IBS and a weak bladder, so bus journeys are a nightmare . I also can’t easily get to a vets with dog.

Paperbackwriter

MT62

Fallingstar

I meant very unfair for drivers giving up driving in the dark not ourselves having to take public transport.

Yes you are right. If I went to see my friend it would cost me £12, as I need to take two buses each way.
If the fares were reduced to a pound it would only cost me £4.
Shame really as the buses are always empty at that time round our way.

If you're over 65 surely you can get a bus pass?

I am 65 and will not be eligible for a bus pass until I am 67.

Not there is a good enough bus service to live without a car in my area, anyway. No nearby taxi companies either.

I only live about 60 miles from London, in case you are imagining that I life in the Outer Hebrides or somewhere equally remote.

No LPB I haven’t given up driving because of the dark, I can still do town driving at a push!
I just refuse to drive on the motorway at night as I can’t see where the road curves due to there being no overhead lighting.
I’ve heard a lot of people complaining of this issue.

No they could do with bringing down the age to get a free bus pass imo.
I’ve another few years to wait 😩
Pity they can’t be passed on to those of us that could use them.
I know people who have them & don’t use them.

Agree with all of the above. I am not allowed to drive because of a health condition, but my husband still can.
This enables us to live an active life- go on walking holidays, take our dog different walks than just the local park, assist a lot with our grandchildren. My husband has just qualified as a football coach and coaches kids, including our grandchildren.

All this will be severely impacted if he loses confidence to drive - he only has sight in one eye, but is still legal to drive. He finds these new headlights blinding. We did experiment with special glasses that are supposed to reduce the glare but found they either didn’t work or reduced vision dangerously.