Quite often yes. It’s easy to tell on common older vehicles that have separate high beams. It’s pretty common that people do this with one low-beam out, but b

Quite often yes. It’s easy to tell on common older vehicles that have separate high beams. It’s pretty common that people do this with one low-beam out, but blinding everyone to avoid a fix-it ticket is annoying. Headlights haven’t gotten much brighter, many LED equipped vehicles actually put out less than a really good Xenon from a decade ago, but they have a cooler color temp. Also, lower priced vehicles with LEDs don’t often have the self-adjusting leveling systems that are/were common when HIDs were only available as an expensive option or on pricey cars. Combing Xenon-like or exceeding brightness, cooler temp (appears brighter to human eye), a lack of self-leveling with poor factory alignment and you get our current situation.