Dear Supporters,
You have individual power to demand action from NHTSA! Below is a letter that you can send to NHTSA requesting a hearing on LED headlights. NHTSA has so far evaded their duty to open an investigation into LED headlight glare, but with this letter, you can compel them to act via your citizen voice.
While NHTSA may continue to act unlawfully and fail to respond to your request, your letter will become part of the public record and will help us with administrative or legal actions moving forward. The more of us who write, the more pressure NHTSA will feel.
You may customize the letter with your own personal story about how LED headlights have impacted you. You may send the letter via postal mail, via email or both.
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Jonathan Morrison, Administrator
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20590
opl@dot.gov
Dear Mr. Morrison,
Over 75,000 individuals have signed a public petition to ban blinding headlights and on that same petition there are over 4,700 comments detailing the safety hazards of LED vehicle headlights. NHTSA and the automakers have been notified of these reports. The sheer number of signatures and comments on the petition makes clear that LED headlights pose a threat to public safety and that NHTSA and every automaker must open an investigation into LED headlight technology under 49 U.S.C. § 30118.
On March 1, 2024, the Soft Lights Foundation submitted a regulatory petition to NHTSA to set an overall limit on vehicle headlamp intensity. On May 15, 2024, the Soft Lights Foundation submitted a petition to NHTSA to set a limit on Correlated Color Temperature for vehicle headlamps. On June 30, 2025, the Soft Lights Foundation submitted a regulatory petition to NHTSA under 49 U.S.C. § 30118(e) requesting that NHTSA hold a hearing on LED headlights.
On July 17, 2025, the US House Appropriations Committee passed an amendment sponsored by Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez urging NHTSA to produce a comprehensive report on the safety risks posed by low beam headlights.
I have personally been blinded by the excessive glare from LED headlights and I consider LED headlamp technology to be defective and a threat to my safety. Therefore, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 30118(e), I request that NHTSA hold a hearing to decide whether each manufacturer has reasonably met the notification requirements under 49 U.S.C. § 30118 for LED vehicle headlamps.
Sincerely,
[Name]
[Contact Information]
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Sincerely,
Mark Baker
President
Soft Lights Foundation
www.softlights.org
mbaker@softlights.org
X: @softlights_org
Bluesky: @softlights-org.bsky.social