Unpopular Opinion

I think you should need a unique license, determined by purpose and usage, to own an SUV in the first place and all crossover models should be sent into the sun.

It's wild that I need to ask the state permission to fish but not for permission to own a uselessly oversized vehicle that doesn't even increase cabin or cargo space versus smaller vehicles and creates more dangerous road conditions by design.

Edit: furthermore, anyone responsible for the touch screen disaster in the Ford Edge should be persecuted to the fullest extent with prejudice under this new law.

The Don't Tread On Me crowd does not enjoy being regulated ~~even inside their own minds~~.

Regulating OTHERS, now THAT's a different story, but they will fight HARD to prevent any such common-sense measure, regardless of "saving lives" or other such benefits.

This country (I'm guessing you meant USA b/c of the context, though still applies to other similar ones too:-P) is so broken... on the other hand, more could be done about this at a local level, if you happen to be surrounded by other like-minded individuals who do not regard it as "nonsense" and want to see meaningful changes in your area.

On the other hand, unless where you live is extremely powerful such as the state of California, most such local changes would run into a huge problem with enforcement, making it extremely difficult to enact any meaningful changes on the smaller scale.

Don’t forget the piercing blue lights.

I completely agree, the headlights on a huge truck should be no higher than those on an economy car. You want them to shine down the road as far as possible at a shallow angle without shining in anyone's eyes. All vehicles would have the same relative headlight range, there is no reason just because the cab is higher the lights need to be higher too.

Height is fine, pitch and brightness are the reason for the blinding effect.

It doesn't matter where the lights are themselves. What matters is how they're angled. Almost every jackass I've seen with custom lights also has their headlights pointed straight forward; which is why you get blinded. The lights are supposed to be pointed toward the ground. Otherwise you're driving around with high beams everywhere and your high beams end up shooting into the fucking sky.

Plenty of vehicles with those blue led lights that don't blind you because they're angled correctly. I think regulating the height of the bumper (or rather, the height should be the same for an SUV or truck as it is for a normal sized car) is more needed right now.

Ive started angling my mirrors away from my face to combat this and then changing them back when i get some distance. Bonus points if you can angle them back at the offending driver.

In my state headlight height IS mandated.

I always thought the main beams should be where fog lights are located on big trucks. Keep the normal looking headlights in the same place but only have the turn signals and running lights there to keep the truck normal looking.

I don't disagree, but your estimate on what height they should be is off. Most car headlights are over 2ft off the ground. That's actually the minimum height in most states, so 99% of cars are probably higher than 24 inches

All SUVs look dumb, I figured most people just accepted it as part of owning one.

I agree.

I say ban headlights altogether. I have astigmatism so all headlights suck to some degree.

Related question: if I'm driving and am blinded by a SUV's headlights being too high, am I morally allowed to turn on my high beams and blind them back?

Headlight brightness and color temperature is what should be regulated. It's only LED lights causing the extreme blinding effect.