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Down in Timaru, New Zealand, a new LED street light outside a family home had some really bad effects on a resident. His father, an astronomer, did lighting tests over the next two years and made some interesting discoveries about blue light. https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/116865102/effects-of-led-streetlights-on-autistic-son-led-damien-mcnamara-on-dark-sky-campaign
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Effects of LED Street Lights on Autistic Son Led Damien McNamara on Dark Sky Campaign
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by Runaway1956 on Sunday November 03 2019, @06:33PM
I feel for you - but, I'm on the opposite side of the fence with blue light. I'm the guy who sees a whole lot better with 4,000k or higher lighting. I've spent my life wishing that bulbs could be brighter. Warm red, cool white, and all the other names thrown around to make you like one brand of bulb or another, none of them did anything for me. Today's "daylight" LED's really light up my night. I can even see color under them! If the lights are 4k+, I don't even need them to be as bright. A "60 watt equivalent" bulb allows me to see better than an actual 100 watt incandescent ever did.
But, I can still empathize with you. We don't all have the same vision, after all. One man's meat is another man's poison and all that.
As for vehicles? The DOT is lax in establishing standards, and ENFORCING them. You're right, there is no excuse for those blinding bright lights at night. I'm pretty sure that a lot of those are off-road lights illegally mounted and wired in place of headlights and fog lights. Young idiots have no idea what they are doing to us aging drivers. They haven't a clue that when they blind us, we may very well drive right into them, and kill them. It's happened many a time in the past!