Driving on the highway can be a stress-inducing experience for drivers who bring their families along, and not simply because the kids are fighting with each other in the backseat. Concentration issues aside, roadways the world around are not remarkably safe environments. Considering the many millions of drivers who take to the interstates every day, it’s fortunate that there are as few accidents as there are. But ‘few’ is a relative term, as according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the leading cause of death in among people aged 5-34 in the United States is motor vehicle collisions. So for young parents and their children, driving on the highway or even on back roads can be a risky endeavor. Though seat belts and air bags help, one area that’s often missed in terms of safety improvements is lighting.
A driver really is his or her own best piece of safety equipment, as one’s alertness to his or her own surroundings can help one see a potential hazard before it is too late to avoid it. Though in daylight it is relatively easy to see the road ahead as well as one’s surroundings, the peripheries become hard to see as night falls, particularly on roads without adequate (or any) street lighting). To give a driver back as much of his visual range as possible for safety reasons, effective car lighting is needed. And many cars are ill-equipped for the task.
Headlights, for instance, often dull with age, and dim headlights aren’t very good suppliers of light. Let’s say you drive a Volkswagen Passat, a typical passenger car that carries many families to and from work, school, and more day-to-day. If the stock headlights are busted, your vision will be shot in the dark. Now if you decided to install one of many available Passat HID kits, you could increase your visual range immensely, as HID headlights have 3x the brightness of standard halogens. Plus, HID lights also provide for improved peripheral vision, better light reflection off of road signs and markers, and cause less strain on the eyes than halogens (HID light appears more natural, like daylight, to human eyes). So with greater visual range both straight ahead and at your peripheries, on top of an easier time reading highway markers and signs, you’d be able to navigate your Passat safely and more easily notice crossing deer or a swerving vehicle.
Tail lights are critical to remember too. Broken or dim tail lights make it much more difficult for a driver to your car’s rear to see your location and notice when you’re braking. Since your kids are more likely than not in the backseat, it can be dangerous if a car were to collide with your vehicle’s rear end. So replacing outdated tail lights with brighter, more noticeable ones such as LED lights can be very helpful in keeping your car visible to other drivers.
For a safer family driving experience, whether you light up your car with Passat HID kits or brand new LED tail lights, you’ll need to make sure the light emitted by your car is more than sufficient to see well and be seen.
Yeah yeah but if I’d be doing a face-a-day, I’d probably take shots of my kids’ faces instead of mine. 
