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Anti-LED glare glasses

Ingwe

Ingwe

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Don’t do a lot of nighttime driving but when I do, find the glare from some LED headlights, even on dipped, too dazzling.
Have seen an advert for some yellow tint glasses that claim to be the first designed especially for LED headlights.

Reduced from £79 odd to £20. Such a huge discount makes me suspicious about the quality. Does anyone have any experience of using such glasses and, if so, any recommendations?
Thanks
 
The reality of course is that the problem is the lights themselves and they should have been stamped on years ago. Letting the driver of one car see at the expense of another does nothing to improve safety. LED sources are relatively large compared with a kiloament lamp so will always give poor optics.
 
I only drive in the dark when absolutely essential ..

it has become a nightmare, blinded by self levelling headlights that flash up and down with the undulations in country roads... even on dip they dazzle and leave you blinded for a few seconds.. on high beam you could be off the road ..

The only thing that would work would be a welding mask ...
 
Best thing you can do about taking some of the dazzle out of led headlights is to make sure that your windscreen is smear free and spotless inside and out and if you wear specs make sure that they too are spotless. I drove a lorry constant nightshift for 12 years and never had an issue with headlights (ok there wasn't leds in those days) then for 8 years drove to and from work in the dark without issue. Now 3 years after retiring and very rarely driving in the dark, I really struggle and more and more tend to avoid driving in the dark.
There was something on TV the other day where they had studied driving in the dark with regard to these dazzling leds and apparently, the older you get the more your eyes spread the light making more of the road really difficult to see and it takes twice as long for your eyes to return to normal (up to 10 seconds) once the offending led lights have passed. The university doing the study came to the conclusion that doing what I suggested above was the best you can do and so called anti dazzle glasses have very minimal affect on the glare (especially if they are not spotlessly clean) They have made suggestions to the motor trade and government to make these lights less powerful as apparently in a survey they badly affected 70% of drivers regardless of age. (y)
 
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Thanks for all the opinions and information proffered. Think I’ll save the money towards hospital expenses. 🙂
 
meanders said:
Little known fact that LED's light output deteriorates with use over time.
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Noticed this with an LED strip light I fitted in the kitchen...

it was like 'Blackpool illuminations ' when fitted...less than a year later it has dimmed noticeably ..

Unlike a 15 year old 6ft fluorescent I had in my shed... only recently died.. no loss of light, it just went belly up
 
I'm sorry. It's just my opinion. Yes LEDs are bright. But the main issue is we are getting old. I remember my grandad moaning about these new headlights and how they dazzled him. That's 50 years ago.

Now I find myself moaning.

Sorry. Old eyes are more of a factor than young lights.IMO of course.
 
At night on busy country roads, visibility can be very poor however clean your screen and glasses are, then it rains!
A busy local country road near me has no lines down the centre or down the sides where muddy grass edges become invisible at night.
 
rosalan said:
At night on busy country roads, visibility can be very poor however clean your screen and glasses are, then it rains!
A busy local country road near me has no lines down the centre or down the sides where muddy grass edges become invisible at night.
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Sounds just like where I live, nearest dual carriageway or motorway an hour away via mainly country roads :xsad:
 
rosalan said:
At night on busy country roads, visibility can be very poor however clean your screen and glasses are, then it rains!
A busy local country road near me has no lines down the centre or down the sides where muddy grass edges become invisible at night.
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same where we live... about 10 miles of narrow twisting b road to the nearest main road... and if you get blinded you cannot see where the road ends and the verge starts .. it's so dangerous.. I've had to brake and almost stop to avoid going off the road...

ohh yes, it's my 'old eyes' to blame..... not four laser headlights on full beam 🤷‍♂️
 
Didn't I hear just recently that the government had asked Vosa to look into just how many lumens these leds throw out. I think the regulations are set in Watts as per filament lamps
Mike S
Shouldn't hold your breath though, the wheels of vosa turn slowly,,and it won't be retrospective!
 
The brightness was always measured in Watts so you only broke the law if you went for a higher than a 60W bulb. 60W Halogens peak at about 800 Lumen. 60W LED's are capable of 10 times that light level!!! Is it any wonder that no-one can see past them? Yes eye age is a significant factor as it has always been, but two of these LED's lights will be putting out roughly 15,000 Lumen compared with 1,600 on halogens, it really is not surprising there is an issue especially as they create a much bluer light.
 
I personally like LED lights which I have on my car.
They give much better vision than the the candle light on the motorhome and in my view contribute to safety.
However they become an issue if not correctly set up just as with poorly aligned halogen lights.
There are more poorly aligned halogen lights than poorly aligned LED lights in my opinion.
LED lights should have a flatter cut off so should not cause issues if correctly aligned.
The issue is with us (old people). Our eyes don't react to light as quickly and don't re focus as quickly.
So whats the answer?
Don't look at the headlights look at the kerb.
Slow down
Don't consider night vision glasses
 
gilbaro said:
I personally like LED lights which I have on my car.
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As do probably 100% of people with them who all like driving behind them. I have met a good number who would agree with that statement, but they do not like driving into them. It does nett nothing for safety. Enabled idiot drivers who have no understanding to drive faster round the lanes then sit on your a£&e with such massive flare you still can't see forward, and throwing a shadow from your own car so you may as well be driving without lights. So many of they also do not realise you are supposed to dip your lights when following another vehicle. You really could read a newspaper while sat in the car in front. 😲 I find rear fog lights will sometimes cause them the discomfort they cause me and they pull back a bit, albeit I know it's illegal. I am tempted to install a pop up mirror in the rear windows so they get their own lights back.

Sorry but I slow right down ( that seems to jar them off) and then pull over at the earliest opportunity when they do it. Not always possible though. One route into the village there is just one place it's safe and reasonable to pull over in almost 8 miles. And yes, I have had regular eye tests and have discussed the issue with my opticians.
 
Management has a friend she visits in a remote village in Lincolnshire. During the winter driving home is often in the dark. As there is no kerb to follow and deep dikes she has to often stop when blinded by oncoming cars.
From my MOT testing days I wonder if anything will be altered on the test when cars with LED lights are due for test. I failed go faster cars with illegal bulbs fitted.
 
I use high power LED sources on stage all the time and have several of my own. It's only very recently that sources suitable for lighthouses have been launched where the source has been shaped down to a fine point point of light. That's because the optical issues have taken a good while to resolve for up to 200W sources. Look at the heatsinks on this baby? https://www.sealite.com/lighthouse-led-lights/
 
gilbaro said:
However they become an issue if not correctly set up just as with poorly aligned halogen lights.
There are more poorly aligned halogen lights than poorly aligned LED lights
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So true, I was still driving the Motorhome to day a bit after 4pm so it was not too bad as I've fitted LED bulbs and yes they are correctly lined up.

Got blinded by a car with halogen lights coming the other way. One headlamp was set so low looked more like a bright sidelight the other one was far too high straight into the centre of my screen and it was his nearside lamp.
 
Rather than address the problem...

"most UK drivers feel dazzled and unsafe driving at night."

Maybe the solution is to ban "old people" from driving in the dark..

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www.parkers.co.uk

‘We’re being blinded’: Drivers call for crackdown on dazzling headlights

As darker evenings return, most British motorists say modern headlights are dangerously bright. The RAC, safety groups and drivers’ organisations want the Government to act.
www.parkers.co.uk www.parkers.co.uk
 
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I confess I do sometimes feel pressured to go faster in the dark when it is wet. I occasionaly get honked at when slowing down because I cannot see, so I let people overtake me, after which they slow down as they cannot see either. So I follow them! It works for me.
 
I appreciate it won’t sort everyone’s problems but if anyone might be suffering with cataracts having them operated on might help somewhat.
The voice of experience speaking 🙂
 
My Skoda Octavia, 2018 model went into the main dealers for a miss-firing issue... (it doesn't have LED headlights). and I have a almost new Skoda Scala courtesy car... nice car with LED headlights

Today I was taking Jan to work, 6.30 am , dark , misty and raining..🌧️ the LED main beam was good, but even on dip I was being flashed by oncoming cars .. so it made the journey a nightmare ..

I guess it's payback time for me .. 🤷‍♂️

Sedge5 said:
I appreciate it won’t sort everyone’s problems but if anyone might be suffering with cataracts having them operated on might help somewhat.
The voice of experience speaking 🙂
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having mine done in January ..
 
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Im going to agree and disagree with views on here. 4 years ago I had a detached retina put back in place. A side effect of that operation is a cataract within about two years. I then had that removed and a lens put in.

That left me with increased sensitivity in that eye. The tinted specs stop that eye being blinded by lights. So I will wear them.

But, if it’s a wide road with little traffic I manage without and just leave the specs up on my head, ready to deploy when road conditions require them. Used wisely they help me be a safer and more confident driver.

Barn1e
 

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