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I meant to ask about this a couple of days ago. I was sitting in the passenger seat of our car as we drove home from a supermarket and on the left were a long line of tall,trees.At this time of year, of course, no leaves so the low, very bright, sun, behind them caused a very strong strobe-effect, so much so, I had to move the sun shade from the windscreen to the passenger window. It reduced it a lot but it was still there. It occurred to me that it could trigger an epileptic fit in someone with that condition. I don't know anyone who suffers epilepsy and wondered if someone here knows, via family or a friend, if this would, indeed, be enough to trigger a fit ? If so, would a sufferer have time to close their eyes or would it affect them instantly within the first few metres or so before they could do anything ? When we travelled to London by train the same happened with trackside trees. For me, an annoyance but quite a problem for sufferers, I'd imagine.