Transport Canada Survey on Headlight Glare

[RabidRat]

Transport Canada's collecting feedback on headlight glare.

Survey link here:
(cutoff: April 20th, 2026)
https://tc.canada.ca/en/corporate-se...ts-glare-night

Autopian article on this:
https://www.theautopian.com/you-can-...oure-canadian/

My opinion:
Yeah it's sometimes an issue, but primarily it's with clapped out older vehicles with haphazardly slapped-in aftermarket bulbs to totally the wrong headlights. Never with OEM lights no matter how bright.

So maybe:

1. Mandate LED headlights in all new vehicle sales, so that in future there is no incentive to (improperly) retrofit the wrong bulbs into headlight with optics that weren't intended for them. E.g. HIDs into reflector style headlights.
2. Check for improper glare (either due to aim or improper optics) during safety testing, and in traffic enforcement.
3. Provision for adaptive beam / matrix headlights in the CMVSS (because I think they're still illegal in Canada).

[noclue]

For new cars with leds they need to have like a leveling module or calibrated better from the factory with tesla model y/3 in particular being bad at night

[djstyles]

Originally Posted by noclue

tesla model y/3 in particular being bad at night

I've noticed this too, I thought it was just me.

[teggy604]

Its an issue for sure. Usually at dawn or dust. You can stand along side a long road and see which cars has blinding headlights. Its always the newer cars with their bright white LEDs

Super dangerous because your pupils will constrict leaving you blind for a few seconds.

[JDMDreams]

It's the damn priuses, and lifted pick up truck

[GLOW]

ya i think a lot of newer vehicles that are higher up and blind me. you'd think they would automatically adjust if they detect oncoming cars. my forester high beams detects oncoming traffic and automatically adjusts as to not blind oncoming cars.

[bcrdukes]

Completed. Thank you!