The sealed-beam era of headlights is best dimly remembered ... grateful for the excuse they provide to be perpetually buying Hot Wheels.

Ultimately the solution appears to be adaptive driving beam headlights (ADB), a technology that constantly adjusts the headlights to the circumstances. ADB has been common in e.g. Europe already ...

An archaic US rule regarding headlights have automakers in the dark. But one switched on company found a way around it.