The survey lasts until April 20. I’m glad transport Canada is looking into it.
Edit: thanks @Quilotoa@lemmy.ca for pointing out that I got the date wrong.
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Only solution is maximum height of lights. Make these massive SUVs and trucks look stupid with the light dragging on a lower bumper.
It’s bad and we should match European standards.
The US standards for cars are a cancer and perfectly encapsulate the American “I got mine fuck you” mindset.
European standards
As a European, headlights are way too bright. And modern dashboards too. If your car gave your eyes the chance to adapt to the darkness, we wouldn’t need bajillion lumen headlights.
I’d also like to see enforcement of proper headlight aiming. While lights really are too bright, it’s crazy that no one aims them properly.
An educational program about proper aiming, along with a check stop style safety sweep would help mitigate a lot of the issues.
Then again, we could just do the smart thing and mandate auto-leveling headlights, but that would be too simple.
This is probably gonna sound really unfortunate, but…: wait, you can aim your headlights?!
I drive a little rusting out budget car, but even so, I will be looking into aiming my headlights.
started driving last year and oh my fucking god i cannot believe people regularly drive at night. i literally cant see anything when a truck or suv is approaching. its TERRIFYING.
please fill out the survey! it took me 5 mins and theres no sign in or email required.
I did the survey. It took 5 - 10 minutes. The survey ends April 20th.
Yeah, I think OP misread the date. I hope they update the post so as to not scare people away.
Yeah, I got the date wrong. I’ve fixed the post.
Oops! Thanks for pointing out the date. I’ve fixed the text.
I drive a B2300 (old Ranger sized pickup) and headlight glare is fucking unbearable. Most modern SUVs and pickups have their lights above the bed of my truck and shine directly into my rear window, usually bright enough to drown out my dash lights. I can’t imagine that the experience is much better for car drivers who get those lights at eye level.
I have taken to dropping down to 1 under the speed limit when I get truck/suv tailgating me with insane lights because they are drivers most likely to get impatient and pass if you aren’t going at least 10 over.
Oh yeah, I drive a little Civic and those mfs are directly at eye level. In fact, sometimes when they tailgate my so close after slowing down the lights are actually comfortably over my car for a brief moment before you rip around me and the side mirror gives me a good retina jab.
It’s so heartwarming seeing a country where the government tries to fix everyday problems.
Right? Here in the us, it seems the best solution is to just stop driving at night (as though people have the option, with the sad state of affairs that is our mass transit system)… Because if I’m certain of anything, it’s that this blinding-light situation isn’t going to be fixed in my lifetime. Hell, I’ve seen these lights on during the day and still got temporarily blinded by them. 🫠
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Filled it out. I live in Vancouver which is rainy for a large part of the year. Driving in the dark in the rain with modern headlights glaring in my face makes it impossible to drive. That’s not a hyperbole either; I’ve literally had to pull over and let cars pass because I could no longer see the road or road markings.
Same! Its bad anytime but so much worse in the rain and we only get two seasons now, rain or fire.
I don’t drive at night anymore if at all possible!
Let’s do vehicle size first, if we are starting to retalk about standards.
The yellow headlights are so much better for people with astigmatism btw.
I drive my 21-year-old halogens in their filthy yellowed plastic lenses with pride.
It would warm my frozen little heart if Canada bans and outlaws headlights that are too bright.
Imagine a whole army of cops, just driving around, ticketing anybody with them that passes.
Ban the design, ban the production, ban the use.
Fuck those headlights so goddamn much.
Filled out. Thank you for sharing.
