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Feds Get Ready to Rewrite Car Headlight Rules
The agency will convene stakeholders to modernize rules for LEDs, automatic high beams and headlamp aim after a survey found 6 in 10 drivers report glare.
- On Monday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced plans to rewrite vehicle lighting standards, addressing driver complaints about headlight glare while modernizing technology to align with global safety regulations.
- Lighting standards have not seen a comprehensive update in 25 years, leaving regulations unable to manage the brightness of modern LED headlights that drivers increasingly report as a significant nuisance after dark.
- While nearly 73 percent of drivers surveyed by the American Automobile Association report glare has worsened over the past decade, Principal Research Engineer Matthew Brumbelow found glare was cited as a factor in only one or two of every 1,000 nighttime crashes.
- Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy will appoint "up to 18 stakeholders" from vehicle lighting manufacturers, safety organizations, and research institutions to participate in a negotiated rulemaking process addressing glare and modernizing LED regulations.
- This collaborative effort aims to harmonize U.S. standards with international rules, potentially allowing automakers to fully deploy adaptive driving beam systems currently limited or deactivated in domestic vehicles.
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Reducing glare and allowing modern light technologies will be two goals.
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NHTSA Moves to Rewrite Headlight Rules as Drivers Report Growing Glare Problems
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