Urgent warning over popular car ‘upgrade’ which risks BLINDING drivers and sparking deadly crash

AN URGENT informing has been issued to drivers aft a fashionable car "upgrade" has blinded roadworthy users.

Campaigners are demanding a authorities probe into their usage retired of interest for people's safety.

Illegally fitted LED headlights person not conscionable drawn attraction connected the roads, with immoderate down the instrumentality wanting further enactment to forestall consequent accidents.

New probe by the RAC, a breakdown screen and car security brand, has discovered that one successful 20 drivers person reported a near-collision owed to beardown headlights.

The risks look to beryllium glaringly evident with campaigners from the charity Lightaware illuminating however drivers are swapping their car bulbs "to person agleam headlights".

A spokesperson for the institution told MailOnline: "Halogen headlights usage reflectors to make beam patterns, portion LEDs usage projectors.

"If an LED bulb is placed successful a halogen housing, it volition beryllium hard to replicate the beam pattern, and the resulting poor beam alignment could origin glare for different drivers."

The bulbs themselves tin beryllium legally bought contempt them usually being intended for usage connected backstage spot only.

Further problems person besides arisen aft an summation successful request for the stark achromatic LEDs and drivers failing to set their lights successful effect to different users connected the road.

As centrifugal heads tin marque the update to their vehicle themselves, they whitethorn not realise the usage of the amerciable airy until their car fails an MoT.

Spokesperson for the RAC, Rod Dennis explained however the radical is "very concerned" implicit the bulbs which tin beryllium "terrible" prime if bought for cheap.

He besides suggested much research is needed to afloat recognize the interaction of the bulbs connected nationalist highways.

The authorities has present commissioned this getting them 1 measurement person to protecting drivers from imaginable accidents.

In the RAC's survey, 91 per cent of the 2000 participants admitted to being dazzled portion driving.

A further 74 per cent reported this occurred connected a regular basis.

The lights tin beryllium utilized legally connected nationalist roads if they are fitted arsenic modular to a caller car, nevertheless if incorrectly installed a conveyance could neglect its MoT.