Winter sun blindness (1 Viewer)

[CazPaul]

Had to stop 3 times yesterday on a country road near us, the sun was so low and I couldn’t see a thing, it’s really dangerous.

Any tips, how do you go on with this?

 

[poppycamper]

Keep yer eyes shut.

 

[jwells]

Use a guide dog!

 

[sedge]

Same as you do in the summer when the sun's in your eyes, navigate more slowly using the side of the road for reference if you can't see anything else.

 

[Just smiffy]

I had this the other day, I put a baseball cap on so I could tilt it just right but still difficult, I didn’t have my sunglasses with so they may of helped….

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[Figaro]

Got me today too coming round a bend, couldn't see a damn thing.
I don't thing there is much you can do except squint under your sun visor and proceed with caution ?

 

[CazPaul]

I didn’t know whether technology has moved on( I drive an old car and Motorhome) so wondered if newer vehicles had a solution/ partial solution for this.

 

[The Wino]

If the roads wet and theres glare off the surface use Polaroid sunglasses and they'll help a lot. If its dry theres not a lot you can do apart from use the sunshade or a baseball cap.

 

[Lenny HB]

Pain in the butt in the car, not so bad in the Motorhome just drop the front blind lower.

 

[bobnick]

Other than move to a country that don't have sun like we have to live with it.

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[jumar]

We plan our routes carefully, making sure we don't drive into a rising or setting sun...I know in the UK it's only occasionally you might need too...but here in 300 sunny days of the year Spain, it's essential...
Especially if it's during the hotter months, between March and December where the sun's rays through the cab window make uncomfortable driving conditions...I know, difficult to live with...but somewhat manageable..... Sunglasses can help too...

 

[dryad]

a squeaky clean windscreen inside and out helps too..

.

 

[TinaLes]

Yes, this time of year with low sun, is a real pain in the butt, I'm not a sunglass wearer, cant get on with them, and I leave them everywhere I sit down, so I don't ever buy them for me.

Makes me wonder how pilots, especially fast jet pilots cope, I know these days they have helmets that do all sorts of crazy things like targeting missiles etc so have to cope with the enemy coming for them out of the sun....I know I have seen the WW2 films.
Fast Jet Helmets cost more than our vans though, so not on the options list.
LES

 

[Mikey RV]

Don’t moan about the sun, we need more of the big orange ball.

 

[TOAD on Tour]

Walk?

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[RobbyMClark]

Clean screen
Sun visor down
Raise seat if possible (changes eyeline)
Bring back the sunstrip- with or without your name on it -

 

[sonny]

Old cars didn’t have sloping windscreen

 

[Spriddler]

When organising my m/bike club runs at this time of year I've always planned a route West 'ish (to a pub or a caff) and returning after midday with sun behind us.

 

[Gingernuts]

Didn’t they use to have additional sun visors that clipped to your normal sun visor but were in green? Old buses and vintage cars have them

 

[Speve]

It’s nearly as bad when the sun is in your mirrors behind you as they are directed at your face

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[bobandjanie]

We had that problem with our old car, did a bit of Google and fixed it.

Hit it with a hammer and had a new one fitted job done no more problems. Bob.

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[scotzsue]

I have a pair of, over your glasses, yellow night driving glasses they are really good in these conditions, only found out when I had forgotten my sunspecs, these work much better. Only downside is dials are more difficult to read.

 

[U.Toadifact]

I have Mrs T walk in front waving a red flag.

 

[The Wino]

I have a pair of, over your glasses, yellow night driving glasses they are really good in these conditions, only found out when I had forgotten my sunspecs, these work much better. Only downside is dials are more difficult to read.

I'd agree with the AA

"Yellow tinted lenses are not recommended for night driving.
Due to the light levels within the car, filter category 2 lenses which transmit between 18% and 43% of light are recommended for daytime driving.
Filter category 4 lenses only transmit between 3% and 8% of light and are not suitable for driving at any time. Sunglasses with these lenses should, by law, be labelled 'Not suitable for driving and road use'.
This is what type of use each category of lens is suitable for:

Light TransmissionCategoryUseLimitations
80%-100% (clear)0indoors / overcast day none
43%-80% (light tint)1low sunlightnot for night driving
18%-43% (mediium tint)2medium sunlightnot for night driving
8%-18% (dark)3bright sunlightnot for night driving
3%-8% (very dark)4exceptionally bright sunlightnot for day or night driving"

Yellow tints aren't a very good idea at night in fact in Germany they would be illegal. The time they might help is driving in fog. I'm not sure how they get away with marketing them for night driving but then again there's lots of other pointless stuff sold as well.


Heres another review


"Yellow Lenses No Help in Night Driving
Tinted glasses are the same as wearing sunglasses, researcher says.
RO Staff

You may want to tell your patients to ditch their yellow-lens night driving glasses. A study in JAMA Ophthalmology reports these tinted lenses don’t improve road visibility or diminish glare and halos, and may actually worsen visibility in some cases.

Whether a person is wearing yellow, red or blue lenses, they all cut out a portion of light, which basically equates to wearing sunglasses when driving at night, says lead study investigator Alex Hwang, PhD, professor at the Harvard Medical School Department of Ophthalmology.

While people who wear the yellow-lens night driving glasses may feel as though they are able to see more “brightly,” their vision is not really improved, he adds. In fact, this perception may actually make overall night driving riskier because the wearer may be overconfident about their night vision, Dr. Hwang says."

 

[RowleyBirkinQC]

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[Silver-Fox]

I had this the other day, I put a baseball cap on so I could tilt it just right but still difficult, I didn’t have my sunglasses with so they may of helped….

I thought you always wore your baseball cap back to front.
As you’re down with the kids

 

[scotzsue]

I'd agree with the AA

"Yellow tinted lenses are not recommended for night driving.
Due to the light levels within the car, filter category 2 lenses which transmit between 18% and 43% of light are recommended for daytime driving.
Filter category 4 lenses only transmit between 3% and 8% of light and are not suitable for driving at any time. Sunglasses with these lenses should, by law, be labelled 'Not suitable for driving and road use'.
This is what type of use each category of lens is suitable for:

Light TransmissionCategoryUseLimitations
80%-100% (clear)0indoors / overcast day none
43%-80% (light tint)1low sunlightnot for night driving
18%-43% (mediium tint)2medium sunlightnot for night driving
8%-18% (dark)3bright sunlightnot for night driving
3%-8% (very dark)4exceptionally bright sunlightnot for day or night driving"

Yellow tints aren't a very good idea at night in fact in Germany they would be illegal. The time they might help is driving in fog. I'm not sure how they get away with marketing them for night driving but then again there's lots of other pointless stuff sold as well.


Heres another review


"Yellow Lenses No Help in Night Driving
Tinted glasses are the same as wearing sunglasses, researcher says.
RO Staff

You may want to tell your patients to ditch their yellow-lens night driving glasses. A study in JAMA Ophthalmology reports these tinted lenses don’t improve road visibility or diminish glare and halos, and may actually worsen visibility in some cases.

Whether a person is wearing yellow, red or blue lenses, they all cut out a portion of light, which basically equates to wearing sunglasses when driving at night, says lead study investigator Alex Hwang, PhD, professor at the Harvard Medical School Department of Ophthalmology.

While people who wear the yellow-lens night driving glasses may feel as though they are able to see more “brightly,” their vision is not really improved, he adds. In fact, this perception may actually make overall night driving riskier because the wearer may be overconfident about their night vision, Dr. Hwang says."

Well all I can say is they stop my nighttime glare especially when it is raining and I will still wear them, not in Germany though, It's got to be safer for me to drive when I can see properly.

 

[The Wino]

Well all I can say is they stop my nighttime glare especially when it is raining and I will still wear them, not in Germany though, It's got to be safer for me to drive when I can see properly.

Thats the point of the Harvard study I quoted. They reduce brightness so may well make it feel like there's less glare but also cut down the light you see by just as much if someone dressed darkly steps out you won't see them as well.

 

[Bobbydaisy]

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That’s interesting the previous post went on at great length about not wearing yellow tints in the dark In space it’s always dark so Luke really needs the force

 

[Silver-Fox]

You can buy safety glasses that are supposed to cope with big light changes.
So you might be working in a shaded area then come into bright sunlight.

They don’t change colour or anything just cope with light variations.

I use them mountain biking as we ride a lot of wooded areas, seem to work for me.

Bolle is the make, get mine on the bay of thieves at about £12.

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