night driving difficulties

mutley74

forgotmyname wrote: »

Headlights are more efficient but lots of non legal headlight bulbs/kits are sold on ebay which
do not have the correct beam pattern.

Seen pictures after people have upgraded the lights and they have an even spread of light and do
not dip to the left. New MOT rules are going to catch them next year i think.

I hope the DVLA will catch up on this. I have noticed over the past year so many cars with "extra bright" headlights or a extra bright driver side headlamp. I guess these are not legal?
But saying that these new LED types lights particularly on Audi's and BMW are just as dazzling.
Plus the idiots who wish to drive with front fogs on full blast when theres no sign of fog around:eek:

attila_

Gosh how quixk people are to put u down.

Dont worry about just get ure eyes checked when u feel like it. Most people still drive are affected by this so dont worry.

mirrorimage0

i always struggled at night time driving i hated it, glaring headlights and gave me really bad headaches and i used to wear prescription glasses all the time , had the antiglare put on them as, so i just didnt go out at night unless i really had, hubby used to drive instead, but around 2 yrs ago i had laser eye surgery as i was fed up with wearing glasses and since then i dont have a problem at all with night time driving, find it quite pleasent now as its generally a quiter time. x

clever_username

attila_ wrote: »

Gosh how quixk people are to put u down.

Dont worry about just get ure eyes checked when u feel like it. Most people still drive are affected by this so dont worry.

What terrible advice.

Your spelling aside, just getting your eyes checked "when u feel like it" and "most people still do it" so presumably it's not an issue that needs attention is hardly the most sensible course of action is it?

The OP has identified a problem where they are having difficulty driving at night. Pardon me but anyone with a brain will realise that a check-up and conversation with an eye-care professional is in order as soon as possible, not 'when they feel like it'.

This isn't a witch-hunt, simply good, common sense advice.

To be honest I'm shaking my head at the advice you provided. "Don't worry cos others do it." What a fantastic attitude...

optimus_primera

I must admit that nightime driving in the rain can be annoying.

As Nedmundo has said, keeping your glass clean makes a lot of difference (well it does in my car!)

attila_

clever_username wrote: »

What terrible advice.

Your spelling aside, just getting your eyes checked "when u feel like it" and "most people still do it" so presumably it's not an issue that needs attention is hardly the most sensible course of action is it?

The OP has identified a problem where they are having difficulty driving at night. Pardon me but anyone with a brain will realise that a check-up and conversation with an eye-care professional is in order as soon as possible, not 'when they feel like it'.

This isn't a witch-hunt, simply good, common sense advice.

To be honest I'm shaking my head at the advice you provided. "Don't worry cos others do it." What a fantastic attitude...

There are ways and approaches at giving advice. What i have seen on here is very representative of your reply. No professional would reply like this; we're not pros but very happy to act as such when offering advice. Would your gp talk like this?

The fact you pick up on typos clearly means i touched a nerve. Apologies. Not everyone is sitting on a chair infront of a pc replying to these threads.

By all means carry on

patman99

I must admit I hate night driving. My glasses are very high magnification and I have the high-density lenses. In a car I really feel it, but in an MPV or van the problem disappears as I am far-enough above the lights to not get blinded.

I will agree with an earlier poster about the possability of cataracts. They can develope very quickly as I found-out. I have my eyes tested every year. Last year, a-ok, this year 'sorry, but you are beginning to get cataracts'. I will admit that when I got reffered to the eye surgeon, I made-out they were worse than they actually are. I am no waiting to go under the knife to get the first one done.

clever_username

attila_ wrote: »

There are ways and approaches at giving advice. What i have seen on here is very representative of your reply. No professional would reply like this; we're not pros but very happy to act as such when offering advice. Would your gp talk like this?

What on Earth is your point? What difference does it make how a GP would talk? Or a milkman? Or a dog walker?

How a GP would talk is completely irrelevant, no one on here is a GP as far as I am aware.

The message is sound. Questions over a person's ability to safely drive a ton of metal at 50mph in darkness is not something that should be put on the back burner in the way you describe.

If you're having trouble with your eyesight when driving simply having an eye test 'when you feel like' as you say it not the correct advice. The correct advice is blatantly obvious - get an appointment at the opticians ASAP.

attila_ wrote: »

The fact you pick up on typos clearly means i touched a nerve. Apologies. Not everyone is sitting on a chair infront of a pc replying to these threads.

Is a person's ability to spell determined by where they are sitting then?

Feel free to misinterpret my pointing out your poor spelling as touching a nerve. Because a person points something out it doesn't necessarily follow that they care in the slightest, believe me.

poet123

tanith wrote: »

To be honest if I had 'issues' with night driving then I wouldn't do it . Driving can be dangerous enough when you don't have 'issues' to risk driving at night when you are not comfortable/safe doing it.

I don't do a lot of night driving, but when I do I suspect take far more care than the average driver because of my "issues" and am at least as safe, if not safer, than any other driver.

MrsE_2

joyfull wrote: »

I do not brake when cars come the other way at night. why would I ???

I can easily read a car number plate at 25 yards.

I wear reading glasses and last had my eyes tested a year ago and my eyesight met the required standards for driving in the UK.

I don't appreciate being accused of 'needing a reality check before I crucify someone'.

I do appreciate those of you who shared your thoughts in a polite and respectful way, and thank you for that.

I find the glare uncomfortable & I can't help but look at on coming lights. My eyesight is tested frequently & is corrected with contacts, can't drive in glasses the glare is doubled:eek:
So it meets requirements, but I still feel much better about day driving than night driving.

Anyway I got a 4x4 now & the higher up driving position is really good, lifts you out of alot of glare.