{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-1757","number":"1757","name":"Matt Moody","organization":"","posted":"2026-10-07T04:00Z","received":"2026-10-06T04:00Z","body":"I live in rural Montana and lighting that is at 6,000 k led as they come up and down Hills can be extremely blinding to the point where I have to stop my vehicle.\nI have had Deer Run in front of me and I couldn't even see them because I was so blinded by the oncoming car. I am still not sure how I've missed them. It even affects my young kids who have to put their hands up as the car passes so they can maintain their eyes on the road. When you go into bigger cities with all the lighting is not as nearly as bad as it is in dark rural areas. I hear about people going off the road all the time due to the blinding headlights especially older people I hope this helps you come to a good decision by at least softening low beams. High beam LEDs are still great and wonderful living in rural areas. It's just the low beams and the LEDs are so extremely frustrating. Subarus are probably the worst offenders you can't even tell between their high and low beams. Enter thank you for your","attachments":[],"attachment_inventory":true,"withheld":false,"source":"https://www.regulations.gov/comment/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-1757","tags":["public-comment"],"source_hash":"cc81be084a3df907c566f858027fa958eb4bfe412b88e19622720e973b1cd3a2","slug":"public-comment-comment-1757","classification":{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-1757","body_sha256":"9808f492449fd02a825dd22a07d83ca927aa0748acc58573f453fc1a0d991435","status":"ai_reviewed","primary_topic":"headlights","topics":[{"id":"headlights","evidence":"e going off the road all the time due to the blinding headlights especially older people I hope this helps you come to "},{"id":"children","evidence":"ure how I've missed them. It even affects my young kids who have to put their hands up as the car passes so th"}],"summary":"Describes dangerous glare from LED low beams on rural roads affecting the commenter and children, and asks for softer low beams while supporting bright high beams.","reviewed_at":"2026-10-07T16:33:06Z","review_method":"Complete published comment-body review; exact prior-reviewed body matches reuse source-supported reviews with each distinct official ID preserved. Attachments and external links not reviewed.","review_source_sha256":"ef650b6ddd77a241cc8f68a924e82954a375e3eb5b21ee9a22077145fb370687","source_url":"https://rfsafe.net/hhs-comments/data/catalog.json","scope":"Original comment body; attachments excluded"},"forum_topics":["headlights","children"],"primary_topic":"headlights","forum_title":"Describes dangerous glare from LED low beams on rural roads affecting the commenter and children, and ask…"}