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The Charger taillights are a low power running light that isn't very bright at all:
The brake lights and turn signals are brighter but they are only small parts at the outside corners:
It's not really different than the Cougar taillights that went all the way across and had brighter brake lights:
Camera exposure will change how bright they look in pictures, but overall the Charger, Challenger, Dart, and Durango taillights (not brake lights) are not al that bright. The brake lights and turn signals are bright, as they are supposed to be.
That's my take, I don't find them overly bright at all. Definitely brighter than halogens but that's progress.
Is it just me or are these light hurting your eyes? Every time I drive behind one of these suckers my eyes start to hurt and if I shift my gaze away, I see an imprint for a couple of seconds. I think they are kind of dangerous.
I have astigmatism in my left eye so that I see halos or prisms around all of the night lighting and car lights especially LED. They are very piercing.
Yeah I have a mild astigmatism. Don't really need glasses for anything else but they do help a lot with night driving. Gives me "HD" vision and removes the halos and such.
I'd have to get a better look at that specific light but I'm betting they are either not terribly bright or do have diffusion. Even when it looks like individual LED's they are still placed in a housing/lens of sorts.
I'm telling you, they are bare LEDs with no diffusion. They are little pinpoints of light. Why are you so incredulous? Have you never seen a Tacoma?
Yes and no. Most models with LED tail lights are fine. However some models are way too much. I like LED tail lights because they're easier to see in the fog. I don't like the ones that are so bright they look like the brakes are applied. They're far safer than the older cars with very dim tail lights. On dark country roads they're bright enough. On brightly lit city streets they're nearly impossible to see.
If you wear glasses, ensure they and your windshield interior are clean. Try to avoid buying cheap eye glass lenses. They tend to cause more lenses flares. I worry I may be taking longer for my eyes to adjust to the darkness after bright headlights have passed. I also am noticing having trouble reading in low light conditions even with my glasses. Will bring this up with my next eye exam.
annoying, anti-social automotive features tolerated
I just laugh when people comment on something or other on a car these days with "is that legal?" or "that'll never pass inspection."
What a joke; cops/government don't get into this stuff anymore like they did years ago. Witness: annoyingly bright headlights, ditto: brake lights, bumpers (usually on pickups which constitute half of the "cars" on the road) that are never going to be at at the same height as those of the car they impale, pickup truck mirrors that extent WAY on out into traffic/bike lanes, "chariot" wheels that also extend WAY on out there, over large and loud exhausts, etc. Am I forgetting anything? Probably. PS, don't bore me with the details on what type of lights they are. They're way too bright and distracting, that's why their owners like them.
So now you are ascribing motive to owners for lighting standards that manufacturers are following and safety studies that have been proven? GTFO.
You didn't follow what I said, let me try again: government used to set standards on headlight brightness. I don't think it occurred to anyone to create super bright taillights, they used to be round and red. Marketers, working for auto makers, figured out that today's narcissistic auto customer would react positively to anti-social, gaudy features such as crazy blue headlights and "in your face" taillights. Government doesn't say no. Auto reviewers site "test data" and "studies," test subjects become early adopters, many customers buy them proving marketers correct once again, and next thing you know we're in the midst of a plague of hazardous and annoying over bright cars.
But hey, if you want to think you were smart enough to find a brighter tail lamp equipped car all on your own out of concern for your family's safety, you can.
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Bright lights and night vision
