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Are LED lights subject to brightness checks? Sources: https://www.straitstimes.com/forum/letters-on-the-web/led-lights-on-cars-can-cause-momentary-blindness Many new cars are being fitted with LED lights. While LED lights come with benefits, such as being more energy-efficient, long-lasting and are cheaper, their main drawback is that they are too bright. Often, they can cause momentary blindness for drivers on the road. More often than not, many drivers on the road at night are tired after a long day at work and are eager to drive home quickly. Add to that the glare from these lights, and the driver's judgment may be impaired momentarily, leading to an accident. Does the Land Transport Authority conduct quality checks to regulate the appropriate use of such lights? Action ought to be taken against drivers who deliberately switch to their high beam to irritate other road users.

Lets talk about those LED daytime running lights that you see on most Continental cars nowadays. A daytime running light is an automotive lighting/safety device on the front of a vehicle, installed in pairs, automatically on when the vehicle is moving forward, emitting white, yellow, or amber light to increase the visibility of the vehicle during daylight conditions. These were most noticeable on the latest Audi's, followed by Mercedes, Porsche and even BMW. All utilizing LED lights. However, they seem to be implemented in a way that suggests appearance takes precedence over safety. Yes. It does look good on that Audi A5, where it looks like jewelery and now an add on accessory favorite to almost any car you see out there in the market. Vios's, City's, Civic's, Verna's, Nano's, Forte's etc. The list is endless. So now since the LED daytime running lights work so well for cars, it should work well on people too. And that is what South Korean multimedia and graphic artist Soomi Park believes too. She has created the LED Eyelash for women, which according to her is an alternative way to make eyes look prettier or larger. This is especially important for most Asian women and the LED Eyelashes make this dream for big eyes and bling come true. This, slightly over the top 'facial make up' has a sensor that perceives the movement of the pupils in the eyes and also the eyelids. If you are wearing it and move your head, the LED Eyelash will flicker. According to its creator, it is as easy to use as false eyelashes and it is like a piece of jewelery in someone's collection. The LED Eyelash won Soomi honorary mention under the section of Interactive Art at PRIX Ars Electronica 2008. The juries said, "Soomi Park's LED Eyelash is in a category of its own-glittering, yet profound, clumsy yet extraordinarily beautiful and strange, and dealing with important issues of gender and identity with a disarming and charming sense of playfulness." How quaint. The thing is, this proves that those LED lights on that Audi/Porsche/Mercedes/etc you see outside are just 'bling', and not something that is there to warn everyone that an Audi/Porsche/Mercedes/etc is coming and you should either get out of the way or be run over. However, this may help LED Eyelashes users navigate safely through the pedestrian underpass while trying to catch the next train at the nearest MRT Station. People would most probably move aside when they see the person wearing them.