It is risky to drive with full beam lights

As a new driver, I truly enjoyed driving with full beam lights during my night journeys because they gave me a clear view of the road ahead. I knew little or nothing of the effect they have on other road users.
However, three months into my actual driving, I witnessed a horrible accident on Masaka Road that I suspected had resulted from the poor use of lights.
It was about 10pm when I saw a car veer off the road seemingly to avoid a collusion with an oncoming Land Cruiser.
The driver, I suspected could have lost view of the road plunging into a pavement before the car rolled into a swamp.
This is an experience many drivers have had to endure. Full beam lights or full lights, as many know them, are positioned to provide the driver as much illumination of the road as possible.
As a result, the beams thrust through windscreens of oncoming traffic blurring proper view for other road users.
The risk of driving with full beam lights is immense and according to BBC, some drivers particularly in China have been penalised for unnecessarily using them.
The drivers, according to BBC, were fined 300 Yuan (Shs162,834) and were made to sit directly in front of a car with full headlights to understand their dangers.
Full beam lights are not only risky for oncoming traffic but are a source of irritation for drivers in front of you.
For instance, full beam lights will obstruct drivers who are ahead of you with flow back beams coming from the side and driving mirrors.
It is, therefore, best that you only use dipped or dim (as commonly known) lights, especially in areas with high traffic.
Full beam lights are good on low traffic motorways or dual carriageways that present a high risk of ramming into animals or abandoned objects at night.
In such cases they provide the driver a wider and faraway view of the road. However, even though they have their associated problems no one will arrest you for using them. It is only polite that you understand the associated dangers full beam lights present to other road users.