Yellow Night Driving glasses?

davetrousers

I will be doing a bit of night time (well not strictly but it gets dark at 4 o'clock now) driving.

What do people reckon on yellow night driving glasses?

Quentin

Sound cool.

Will they match your handbag/shoes?

Tinted lenses not recommended by the optometrists

http://www.college-optometrists.org/index.aspx/pcms/site.Public_Related_Links.Eye_Health_Issues.Night_Vision_Problems/

davetrousers

I don't have a handbag

Zoetoes

I think I have 'night myobia'.

Andy_L

They make you look like a <expletive deleted> and, as Quentin's link says "There is no evidence that these lenses improve vision on the road, indeed tinted lenses may actually make vision worse"

Conor_3

What you need to do is train yourself not to look at the oncoming lights. It's human nature to look towards light in the dark and you need to train yourself out of this.
Also if driving in an unlit area and there's a vey bright light up ahead, such as a working light at roadworks, close one eye until you've gone through it. It'll help maintain your night vision.

hewhoisnotintheknow

sounds like something the stupid old man next door who can not drive would do!

Ebe_Scrooge

The theory behind these is that you see in monochrome ( "black & white" as it were, just yellow ! ). In theory this allows you to see contrast better, so you can see objects etc., at the expense of seeing in colour - which is not an issue at night. The same reason why you sometimes get yellow foglamps.

However, in practice they are usually not good enough quality to improve the contrast significantly, and end up just reducing the amount of light entering the eye. So no, not worth it. And I *think* ( though willing to be corrected ), that they are actually illegal.

Conor_3

hewhoisnotintheknow wrote: »

sounds like something the stupid old man next door who can not drive would do!

What does?

hewhoisnotintheknow

yellow glasses at night, will help it to clip the side of my car again with more accuracy

TiTheRev

Yellow glasses, leather driving gloves, slick back hair and a 20-something blonde in the passenger seat...bring back the 70s :rotfl: