Transport Canada Seeks Input on Bright Headlights

0:00It's March 27th, Canada news today starts now, AI-powered and ready. Transport Canada has launched a survey to understand how bright vehicle headlights affect drivers and other road users at night. The online questionnaire opened on March 6th and runs until April 20th. Officials want input on glare issues and features like headlight height or type that might make it worse. Meanwhile, cities across Canada are pushing for change. Victoria's Council unanimously called for federal and provincial reviews of vehicle safety rules last month. Vancouver passed a similar motion in January, highlighting problems with LED and high intensity discharge lights on larger vehicles. These brighter lights helped the drivers using them see farther, but they blind others on the road, cyclists, pedestrians, seniors, and people with vision issues face the biggest risks with glare-cutting visibility and slowing reaction times. Current rules from September 2021 require automatic lights on new cars, but they don't address

1:04glare directly. Standards match, U.S. ones without specific brightness limits. A recent UK study found 89% of drivers think many headlights are too bright and 7% avoid night driving because of it. As more vehicles switch to intense LED beams, calls for updates grow louder. Your feedback could shape safer nights on Canadian roads.