Ultra-bright LED-HID headlights are a serious matter of concern for road safety, know what the system said?

Hemant Parmar: Arvalli district, March 13, 2026
Recently, the activity of installing extremely bright headlights in vehicles is increasing rapidly. Especially many drivers are using LED and HID kits easily available in the market. According to traffic experts and eye doctors, such headlights pose a serious risk to other drivers during night driving and can increase the chances of an accident.

LED means Light Emitting Diode and HID means High-Intensity Discharge, both these types of lights give much brighter light than normal halogen bulbs. When such lights fall directly into the eye, a very bright light suddenly falls on the retina inside the eye, due to which the vision may become blurred for some time. Experts identify this condition as glare effect.

According to eye doctors, a situation like temporary blindness occurs for a few seconds for the driver facing extremely bright headlights. During this time the road, vehicles, pedestrians or other obstacles are not clearly visible. In such a situation, it may become difficult to control the vehicle and the risk of an accident may increase. Frequent exposure to such bright light can cause problems like eye fatigue, watering, glare, and headache. These problems can become more serious especially during long night journeys.

Traffic safety experts say that many drivers install LED or HID kits purchased from the market instead of the headlights provided by the company. These kits are often not made for the vehicle’s original headlight design. Due to this, the direction of the light is not proper and the light falls directly into the eyes of the oncoming driver, due to which heavy glare is experienced.

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A.R.T.O of Arvalli district on this issue. J. K. Prajapati had said that since extremely bright LED-HID lights are a threat to road safety, special campaigns are launched from time to time to remove them. During this campaign, action is also taken against vehicles installed with lights against the rules.

Shri Prajapati further said that notices have also been issued to vehicle dealers that such type of LED-HID lights are banned for vehicles. Clear instructions have been given that such lights should not be sold or installed in any vehicle. If such rules are violated, legal action can be taken.

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The system has also appealed to the drivers to use headlights as per the rules, avoid unnecessary high beams and consider the safety of other drivers on the road. Road safety at night can be strengthened only by using proper headlights and responsible driving.