Modern style headlights

I do think the safety card is a bit overplayed. More people have probably died in 100mph stuck accelerator Prius'.

Nope. The traffic crash, injury, and death rates are all way higher during hours of darkness than during hours of daylight, and the biggest reason why, by a huge margin, is inadequate seeing. That's a fact, not a guess or an assumption.

for the love of Pete don't touch your perfectly designed 40 year old headlight system!

You're letting your imagination run away with you. Look carefully thru this thread. Do you see anyone advocating the use of 1973-spec headlamps?