This driving pet peeve seems even worse today, as more and more cars sport those new extra-bright Xenon or LED headlights. SEE ALSO: Here's the Location of Every Flock Safety Camera in RochesterWhy Minnesota Drivers Are Blinded by Bright LED HeadlightsAnd, no, you're not just imagining it, those new LED headlights ARE much brighter than the older-style headlights. This CBS News story says that most new vehicles in the North Star State come equipped with LED headlights that can be up to four or five times as bright as older headlights. When meeting a vehicle in Minnesota, dim your headlights to low beams at 1,000 feet (even on a divided roadway.) And I confess to breaking that one often if someone is coming towards me with their high beams on.