Bright front lights - should they include "dipped beam" ?

[hatless]

Personally I find most DLRs on cars to be even worse than the worst cycle lights...

What are DLRs?

[gaz]

Typo for DRLs, Daytime Running Lights .

[[XAP]Bob]

Oops - I might normally blame autoscrewup, but I think that was a genuine typo

[hatless]

Thanks. Google seemed sure it was Docklands Light Railway!

Super bright lights I've looked at have a small, yellow, square thing that produces the light - is it an LED, or array of them? Is it feasible to make a hood for a light, like the peak of a baseball cap, to shade the edges of light? Would it be better to have the LED aiming backwards at a reflector so no one has the little yellow chip of supernova in their field of vision? Some car headlights are like this.

[mjr]

Some bike headlights are like that with reflectors, too. Sometimes even sold in German supermarkets.

[Bmblbzzz]

The B&M luxos and Exposure Strada both have a dipped beam.