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Bright car headlights, dazzling - any options for me?

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My new car (Skoda Kodiaq) has matrix LED headlights - not something I specifically specified, but came with the car - in theory it should turn full beam on and off automatically, lighting up areas where there are no vehicles whilst allowing full beam on areas where they aren't (such as road signs) - it is quite interesting watching it at play as it lights up random bits of road.

I have currently turned it off though and will get the alignment checked when it goes for service (seems to a common complaint of the new model of the car with them fitted) as I have been flashed a few times when using them. This was most prevalent on the A38 when driving to Derby a few weeks ago and had truck after truck flash me from the opposite carriageway, so something clearly isn't right.

It seems like matrix LED headlights aren't very good at identifying larger vehicles.
I'm assuming they work out what parts to turn off based on where the oncoming lights are which is fine for cars and vans, but with buses and especially trucks where you sit so much higher up than where the headlights are mounted, they don't always dim that area and lead to dazzling.
Since I mounted some lights in the windscreen of my truck a couple of weeks ago, there's been a noticeable difference at night and I get dazzled much less often.
 
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