Reposting this fantastic read on the tedious fight to regulate headlights, spearheaded by @gluesenkampperez.house.gov

let's all wake up at 5am everyday and get blasted by led headlights

My kingdom for car headlights that aren't fucking blinding

Something similar happened to me with the Decoder Ring podcast! I know it got a ton of online attention, but hearing it discussed irl was unreal

I'm gonna find whoever thought putting LED headlights into cars was a good idea and pluck their eyes out with my bare hands

It’s further down the list of national priorities but whoever makes headlights on cars required to be less bright and forces the telecom companies at gun point to fix their spam issues has my vote because I can’t go a day without getting one

can we get rid of LED headlights forever please. i just had a car a bit further off the ground than mine pull up behind me in the drive-thru and its headlights were so bright in my rearview mirror before i could flip it up and out of the way that i'm still seeing spots like five minutes later.

hi if you’re canadian and you hate the horrible LED headlights that are way too bright you have until april 20th (blaze it) to complain to transport canada about it in this survey

Americans agree: Blinding headlights have become a scourge of the roads. So what can be done? Turns out this problem is deceptively difficult, Nate Rogers writes.

Canadian experience with vehicle headlights and glare at night Fill in the survey from Transport Canada to have your say on headlight glare. This survey will take about 15 minutes to complete, closes April 20, 2026. www.surveymonkey.ca/r/F9WBTLZ

Today is Make Actionable Threats Against People With LED Headlights Day! Sound off in the comments with your favorite Actionable Threats Against People With LED Headlights in the comments!

an old meme and it's not mine but it is my favourite Actionable Threat Against People With LED Headlights

The fun thing about LED headlights when you drive a small car is it they blind you when they’re driving towards you AND they also blind you when they’re driving behind you with the lights in the rearview mirror

Sort of a weekend read, so posting this again. It's a sequel to the headlights investigation I did for the Ringer in 2024, now that there's political movement. Really, it's a story about federal regulation and How Things Work (or don't) in this country: nymag.com/intelligence...

Don't you hate those blinding headlights when you're out driving at night? Wouldn't it be nice to do something about it? Well, Transport Canada wants to hear from you. tc.canada.ca/en/corporate...

In case you were wondering why Tesla self-driving is so dangerous, this is a senior member of the team developing it. He claims he has no idea how to handle approaching a road that's completely obfuscated by smoke. Hint: the answer is to slow down and proceed with caution, which this Tesla didn't.

“Gatto is the founder of the subreddit r/ #FuckYourHeadlights, the internet’s central hub for those at their wits’ end with the current state of #headlights.” www.theringer.com/2024/12/03/t...

If anyone lives in Canada and is plagued by the recent Highlander-esque competition between car companies to design the brightest possible damned headlights, please take this survey: tc.canada.ca/en/corporate... #fuckyourheadlights

recently wrote this over at the newsletter, if you're into that sort of thing

I just completed this survey from Transport Canada regarding headlight glare. Please consider filling out and sharing the survey. We need to reduce the too bright LED lights on the road - for everyone's safety. Have your say! tc.canada.ca/en/corporate...

Most definitely and if I have one behind me, I move all my mirrors so they are reflecting away from me. Headlights used to point downward at the road. Now, it just seems like the Vegas strip.

Americans agree: Blinding headlights have become a scourge of the roads. So what can be done? Turns out this problem is deceptively difficult, Nate Rogers writes.

I'm going further: Matrix headlights are fucking useless and should also be outlawed. Roads at night are becoming more hazardous, not less, because of them.

don't kill yourself! there's still so many more opportunities for people to blind you with their brights on your way home from work!

Blinding LED headlights have become a nationwide safety complaint, now drawing attention in Congress. Lawmakers admit the problem is real, but weak regulation, industry standards, and limited data make solutions slow and politically difficult.

💪 Transport Canada has gotten so many complaints about LED headlights that they've started to take action! They are asking drivers to complete a survey on LED headlights and night driving. If they bother you -please- complete their survey. tc.canada.ca/en/corporate... #LEDheadlights

LED headlights need to be banned

Nice LED headlights. Do you blind your own mother with those headlights????

Back on the headlight beat, this time for @nymag.com, following the brightness war as it's entered Congress and become a bipartisan bellwether issue for Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez. Are we making progress or spinning wheels? The answer might be in NHTSA's history: nymag.com/intelligence...

These headlights are a menace.

All Canadians over 16 are invited to comment on this Transport Canada public consultation on headlight glare: tc.canada.ca/en/corporate... Please participate if you're able! The brightness of LED headlights is out of control, and they're a real hazard to drivers and pedestrians.

A few recent documentaries really struck me for the way they used untraditional footage—both inspiring and concerning at the same time. For The Ringer, went long on The Perfect Neighbor, The Alabama Solution, and the way the surveillance state is changing the genre: www.theringer.com/2026/03/12/m...

I had cataract surgery on both eyes last July; night driving had become only if necessary. I paid for distance lenses with a purple tint to reduce headlight glare, but these overly bright ones need to go. New rules needed for over-bright LED headlights www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...

Tinted windows are up there with super-bright LED headlights as a dangerous modern scourge among motorists. How is a pedestrian or cyclist supposed to make eye contact with a driver if they can’t see into the vehicle?

led headlights are fascist somehow i cant explain it

The headlights are too damn bright

Ugh, just remembered that tomorrow is "have your circadian rhythm screwed up and drive to work in the dark having your eyes assaulted by LED headlights again for no good reason" day

I really hate the bright headlights on cars these days. Car manufacturers and our governments don't give a single flying fuck.

Permit me to bitch for a moment, but I need car companies to stop putting bright ass LED headlights in all their new cars. My eyes water up constantly, the glare and brightness legit hurts to even glance at and now it feels way less safe to drive at night.

I'll wear this like a badge

This morning I saw flashing blue lights behind me, and was about to pull over, until I realized it was just a car with blue-tinged LED's going over a bumpy bit of road. Gods I hate blue LED headlights.

Way ahead of you

I think we should ban LED headlights why am I getting blinded every fucking night

It's been nice and bright on my drives to work in the morning lately, which is nice for avoiding the stupid LED headlights But also, Daylight Saving Time is looming to plunge me right back into eye searing LED hell 😡

LED headlights are fucking crazy. Had a car behind me with those headlights that never turn off (or they accidentally turned them on idk) and those mfers were still bright in the day! Tell me why I'm squinting looking in my rear view mirror when I should be squinting at the glare of the sun only

We should legalize some sort of short range emp weapon that can disable vehicles with irritating blue LED headlights

i understand lestat walking around with sunglases btw, LED headlights are painful even as a pedestrian

cant.stop.laughing