night driving difficulties

larmy16

Inactive wrote: »

Most eye specialists seem to think that they are a bad idea and should not be worn.

They would though wouldn't they!


I have used these yellow night glasses and they are enormously helpful on the occasions when I do have to drive at night. They cut down a lot of the glare and make "me" feel a lot more confident. I figured at 6.99 (off ebay) it was worth a shot.

I had my eyes tested for this problem, new glasses (£300) with anti glare and what not and I still find headlights coming towards me excessively bright.

I agree with others that headlights are much brighter these days and my son who has very good vision says the same.

Inactive

larmy16 wrote: »

They would though wouldn't they!

It seems that the Highway Code agrees with them as well.:)

nedmundo

larmy16 wrote: »

They would though wouldn't they!

Possibly because they understand the effect of tints on the physical characteristics of light transmission?

Inactive

Rossy. wrote: »

Headlights aren't flood lights from a football ground

Some of the illegally modified ones are almost as bad though.

Rossy.

larmy16 wrote: »

And maybe you should get your head tested!

Why ?

I can see perfectly well at night time. I don't get blinded by other motorists but then again i actually look down the road infront of me and not at the car coming towards me.

cyclonebri1

joyfull wrote: »

I'm unable to sometimes even see the road in front of me. At times I feel unsafe I plan to get my eyes tested,I'd be interested in your thoughts.

Thanks

Which brings us back to this:mad::mad::mad:, from the OP 1st post

How anyone can side with the OP here seriously amazes me. STOP DRIVING UNTIL YOU SORT THIS OUT.:wall::wall::wall:

clever_username

Rossy. wrote: »

Why ?

I can see perfectly well at night time. I don't get blinded by other motorists but then again i actually look down the road infront of me and not at the car coming towards me.

The post you're responding to said 'get your head tested' but you seem to have given an answer to 'get your eyes tested'.

joyfull

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

Which brings us back to this:mad::mad::mad:, from the OP 1st post

How anyone can side with the OP here seriously amazes me. STOP DRIVING UNTIL YOU SORT THIS OUT.:wall::wall::wall:

Let me clarify this. Other's have understood what I mean't which is why they 'side with me'.

When being dazzled by an oncoming pair of lights, which lasts maybe a second at the most, I'm unable to see the road in front of me.

A sneeze, a glance at the speedometer, a look at a road sign all take the eyes off the road for a second (or more) at a time. You, yes even YOU, will be doing this many times during a car journey.

The very fact that I posted this is evidence that I'm concerned about it and wanted to hear others' thoughts. I'm glad the subject has been aired, it's clearly an issue for many others. For the record I've been driving nearly 40 years and never caused an accident.

You will continue, I'm sure, to pick holes in everything I say in order to make me wrong, so go ahead.

Have a Happy Christmas.

tomitma

It could be night blindness, how are you when you are driving down an unlit road?

joyfull

You mean a road without streetlights?

No problem at all.