From Motor Authority newswire:

Porsche is recalling 2,941 electric Macan crossovers because their headlights are too bright, which can reduce visibility for oncoming drivers and increase the risk of a crash.

The recall includes 2024 and 2025 models manufactured between Mar. 15, 2024, Nov. 4, 2024. Headlight-control software in this batch of vehicles was programmed to European standards rather than U.S. standards, resulting in beams that exceed brightness levels specified in Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 108, according to the NHTSA.

 

Good news that something somewhere is being done about too-bright headlamps but sad that apparently not in Europe, where it's obviously OK to fry the eyeballs of oncoming motorists.

 

https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1145281_electric-porsche-macan-recalled-for-headlights-that-are-too-bright

Good to see the Septic Tanks are getting something right, their SUV's in general seem to be very lacking in pedestrian protection the Tesla Cybertruck particularly.

 

I find that I am having to dip my rear view mirror on most night-time journeys do to the glare of the headlights of a vehicle following me, I get some relief when they do their usual tailgating though as the lights are then masked.

 

The other night the car behind was illuminating the overhead road signs in front of me and the reflection from them was dazzling me. I'm pretty sure all these drivers are relying on auto- headlights and would not even know what the dipping function is or how to operate it when flashed by oncoming traffic.