It was raining yesterday, at Chennai, and it was late at night. I reached the local train station parking lot and started home on my two-wheeler. But this wasn't a typical day from work for me. On the stretch of the road leading to my house,I rammed into a vehicle parked in the roadside as I was blinded by the high-beam from an incoming heavy vehicle. I did slow down my vehicle because my visor was wet and foggy and the visibility was low, so my injuries were not life threatening, but had I not? What if I had hit a person instead?



I'm starting this petition because of an accident that happened to me, but I'm positive that many people reading this could relate to this. I had thought that high-beams at night are a minor annoyance. But, they are also life threatening in many cases, especially at night. High-beams blind drivers and if careless, one could ram into people or obstacles or if roads curve, vehicles could lose control and swerve off-course leading to damage to life and property.



I did a little research into the usage of high beams and found that various states have provisions in their MVAs for fines if high-beams were used unnecessarily or when not required. But with such loose terminology, neither will the rules be followed nor enforced. The black dot over headlights too are oft neglected as weathering peels away the dot and motorists do not take initiative and replace them.



http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/bright-headlights-a-major-cause-of-accidents/article3127354.ece

http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/article585054.ece

http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/article1373116.ece



Therefore I request the SIAM to implement some kind of "smart"(?) vehicle protocol that can detect night and automatically switch to low-beam. Or whatever design would make it safer for people. We could set the precedent for the world as it seems to be a major problem which is not just restricted to India. Thanks