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:
- 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.
- Check for improper glare (either due to aim or improper optics) during safety testing, and in traffic enforcement.
- Provision for adaptive beam / matrix headlights in the CMVSS (because I think they're still illegal in Canada).