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<\/p>\nIf you feel like vehicle headlights are too bright these days and are blinding your eyes on the road, Transport Canada wants to hear from you.<\/p>\n
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The federal agency is conducting a survey on headlights that have gotten a lot brighter over the years, with some experts saying they\u2019re a safety concern.<\/p>\n
Bright LED lights on the road is becoming a more common trend that semi-truck drivers are noticing first-hand.<\/p>\n
Bill Fries has been a trucker for 30 years and said the stronger headlights can be useful, but harsh on the eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cLED lights are extremely bright, they don\u2019t really have distance. They\u2019re intense, and if the drivers don\u2019t adjust them, quite often I wear those yellow glasses, nighttime driving glasses that kill the glare and take a lot of the blue light out,\u201d said Fries.<\/p>\n
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Vehicle lighting expert Daniel Stern says headlights getting stronger isn\u2019t a myth.<\/p>\n
\u201cHeadlights are brighter in the sense that they\u2019re putting out more light at wider beam patterns, they\u2019re also growing smaller and smaller and bluer and bluer,\u201d said Stern.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll three of those things make them more glaring.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added the colour temperature \u2014 warm vs cool lighting \u2014 makes a difference.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor any given intensity, blue, white light like we get from LED headlights, spurs a lot more glare. Fifty to 60 per cent more discomfort glare than that same amount of light in a warmer, white light colour with less blue in it.\u201d<\/p>\n
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That increased glare is a key part of Transport Canada\u2019s national survey. It\u2019s asking Canadians how headlight glare affects them and their experience on the roads at night with bright lights, at times creating dangerous situations.<\/p>\n
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\u201cYou put LED bulbs into a halogen headlamp, you turn it into a glare monster. It feels like they\u2019re much brighter, but you\u2019re not getting the right amount of light to the right places to see safely, so that\u2019s a lose-lose deal,\u201d said Stern.<\/p>\n
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Edmonton auto repair shops say a very common concern they hear from customers is that their lights aren\u2019t bright enough, but brand-new LEDS aren\u2019t always the trick.<\/p>\n
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\u201cA lot of the times it\u2019s really difficult to see in front of you. I mean, if you could imagine yourself on a narrow highway and there are vehicles all around you and you have oncoming traffic that\u2019s nearly blinding you, one miscalculation can cause an accident,\u201d said Moe Araji with Fat Dog Automotive.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a misconception about bright headlights, though; just because the headlight\u2019s bright doesn\u2019t necessarily mean it\u2019s going to give you better visibility.\u201d<\/p>\n
As Transport Canada seeks potential solutions to headlight glare, local mechanics and Stern say they hope light inspections are part of the conversation.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe really need to bring back vehicle inspections, at least lighting inspections. Not only are the lights badly aimed, but also you walk through any parkade, you see a lot of cars with cloudy, hazed headlight lenses. It happens with age, and that diffuses the beam so light that should be going down towards the road instead is going up towards other drivers\u2019 eyes,\u201d said Stern.<\/p>\n
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\u201cGlare control measures that were adequate in the past, they no longer do the job. So what we have is headlamps much more glaring than they used to be, that are still legal according to the regulations, which haven\u2019t changed.\u201d<\/p>\n
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