Canadian friends who drive: Transport Canada is soliciting feedback on ultra-bright vehicle headlights and headlight glare at night.

[danderson@hachyderm.io]

Canadian friends who drive: Transport Canada is soliciting feedback on ultra-bright vehicle headlights and headlight glare at night.

I encourage you to give them data on your experience, so that they might update the regulations to stop SUVs from routinely blinding me with their factory-fitted Nuclear Fireball 9000 LED Darkness Devastators Shock And Awe Edition headlights aimed directly into my face and eyes.

https://tc.canada.ca/en/corporate-services/consultations/canadian-experience-vehicle-headlights-glare-night

[kuniti_shino@pounced-on.me]

@danderson YES

[jonw@social.lol]

@danderson done!

[hearth@plush.city]

@danderson hopeful that this bleeds over to the US, too
-F

[catherinebabault@mastodon.social]

@danderson Done!

[baloouriza@social.tulsa.ok.us]

@danderson The stupid thing is those are already illegal in any US state that wants federal highway funding since the 1950s, we just don't enforce laws on motorists since I was in grade 9.

[dancer_storm@mathstodon.xyz]

@danderson great that they're asking which I assume is the first step to fix it

but

did they really have to ask lol

[adelinej@piaille.fr]

@danderson People who don’t drive like me can fill the survey too.

[danderson@hachyderm.io]

@dancer_storm regulatory changes, especially those that might attract a vocal minority of angry motorists who want to dominate the road with their miniature sun, go more smoothly if the regulator has a paper trail as evidence that this is a problem and that there's widespread public support for action.

[dairpo@ottawa.place]

@danderson This is a survey I've been waiting for, and I made sure to include comments about how they're actually much worse for people outside of cars (walking, biking). I hate the new super bright lights with the heat of a thousand suns.