While this is something of a consent manufacturing exercise for the self-driving car industry (not that I'm opposed per-se) - and should be taken with a truckload of salt - one factor they didn't directly allude to is the damn lights are too bright.
Briefly scanning the research there doesn't seem to be much backing this up at the moment and some evidence that 'better' lighting is actually reducing collisions.
The one article I could find was about pedestrian deaths.[0]
But anyone who has driven at night in the last decade will be well aware of the retina shredding death lasers too many drivers are driving around with. To my mind this should be a higher enforcement priority than even speeding.
I've worn glasses for driving for more than 20 years despite passing every driver eye test I had to sit for. And I tended to avoid night driving because it's obviously more dangerous. I hate to imagine that people who need glasses but pass the eye test are driving around at night. I no longer drive. I'm only 60.
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[ 0.20 ms ] story [ 15.2 ms ] threadBriefly scanning the research there doesn't seem to be much backing this up at the moment and some evidence that 'better' lighting is actually reducing collisions.
The one article I could find was about pedestrian deaths.[0]
But anyone who has driven at night in the last decade will be well aware of the retina shredding death lasers too many drivers are driving around with. To my mind this should be a higher enforcement priority than even speeding.
[0]: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/12/11/upshot/nightt...