Close to 380,000 Canadians participated in Transport Canada’s public consultation regarding vehicle headlight glare, a number the department calls a “high volume of responses

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Transport Canada stated to Global News that the department will be releasing its findings in a report but no publication date has been determined.

“Given the significant volume of responses received, analysis and compilation of the survey data is expected to take several months,” Transport Canada stated to Global News.

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Bloc Québécois MP Xavier Barsalou-Duval currently has a petition open that urges the federal government to modernize its vehicle headlight regulations.

The petition is also calling for the government to “incorporate criteria into these regulations that consider human perception of brightness; more strictly regulate the colour spectrum, power and dispersion of light beams, particularly those using LED technology” and “take concrete measures to reduce glare and improve road safety for the entire population, especially seniors.”

It currently has 11,245 signatures. The petition opened on Feb. 17 and is set to close on June 17.

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The American Automobile Association (AAA) also released a study in March that found that six in 10 drivers say glare is a problem after dark, with nearly three-quarters of those affected believing the issue has worsened over the past decade.

Pickup drivers were also found to be less likely to report glare (41 per cent) than drivers of other vehicle types (66 per cent).