Headlights problems of the 2010 Honda Civic

Consumer writes in regards to concerns with shape of seat belts in commercial vans and drivers not using their daytime running lights while driving at night.

I am 76 years old and recently quit driving. One of the main reasons I did not want to drive any more was poor visibility, which I always blamed on my poor eyesight, including cataracts. The problem, as it seemed reasonable, was when it was dark. My doctor told me otherwise: elderly people with cataracts actually are able to see significantly better in the dark, when pupils are dilated. Someone recently explained to me the real reason: my car's headlights! I am not planning to drive again, I don't even want to try, but I know now that if the headlights in my car would have been working as they should I would probably be still driving. The poor quality of the lenses in this and probably every 2 to 3 year old car in the road today reduces the visibility so much and I'm sure it's the cause of many accidents and nobody is saying anything. I never had an accident, but I had a few close calls, and it makes me really angry to know it was the blurry bad headlights to blame, and that they are probably hurting and killing people every day. Not to mention those like me who take the blame for something so cheap. My son has a car like this and he had the headlamps polished recently because I insisted him to do so. Now when he drives me I can tell the humongous difference and understand it wasn't me and my "poor eyesight" to blame. I can't tell how many times I went back to the eye doctor to look for a solution, and the real solution is in people like you, if you want to do something about it. I will contact a tv channel/reporter to see if they can start a campaign about this, because automakers are getting away with this like with so many other things. It's a shame!.