Glasses to stop being blinded by idiots?

maninthestreet

atrixblue.-MFR-. wrote: »

if you have contacts then you cant ADD any glassware ontop that would/could obscure your vision because you could send your vision out of legal requirements, you have two options train your eye on the road and look past the glare, or ditch your contacts for the winter nights and get yourself some yellow tinted glasses from specsavers.

You can't look past or 'through' headlight glare - it's not physically possible.
The OP may need to get their eyes checked at an optician to ensure the problem they are experiencing is not caused by undiagnosed condition of the vision.

laughingboy

atrixblue.-MFR-. wrote: »

if you have contacts then you cant ADD any glassware ontop that would/could obscure your vision because you could send your vision out of legal requirements, you have two options train your eye on the road and look past the glare, or ditch your contacts for the winter nights and get yourself some yellow tinted glasses from specsavers.

What about the glass windscreen?

cyclonebri1

Almost anything you wear for night driving is going to make your overall vision of pedestrians and cyclists worse at the times when you aren't being dazzled by other motorists, (unless we are talking weapon technology here?), and that's most of the time. Driving slower helps,

Gloomendoom

atrixblue.-MFR-. wrote: »

if you have contacts then you cant ADD any glassware ontop that would/could obscure your vision because you could send your vision out of legal requirements, you have two options train your eye on the road and look past the glare, or ditch your contacts for the winter nights and get yourself some yellow tinted glasses from specsavers.

So contact lens wearers can't legally wear sunglasses while driving?

Edit: There seems to be some doubt over whether yellow lenses are actually a benefit when driving at night...

The dangers of night driving glasses

System

I've tried them. They don't reduce the glare. However when there is no glare they have the effect of turning your headlights into 20 watt bulbs.

your vision is reduced appreciably with them

moonrakerz

Gloomendoom wrote: »

No, but you could just buy a set of yellow tinted driving glasses.

"Yellow tinted lenses are not recommended for night driving" (AA)

"There is no evidence that these lenses improve vision on the road, indeed tinted lenses may actually make vision worse" (Eyecare Trust)

"At night or in poor visibility, do not use tinted glasses, lenses or visors" (DirectGov)

zappahey

property.advert wrote: »

That is because they are driving an automatic.

Oddly enough, my automatic has a handbrake that I use at red lights.

It's no more than common courtesy.

System

If you are all talking about the xenon headlights which give a brighter whiter light than the normal halogen bulbs, then you will find that all manufacturer fitted xenon headlights will have automatic headlight level adjustment so that the headlight aim should always be set correctly.

If someone has fitted after market xenon headlights and does not have auto levelling, then I believe that would be against the regulations.

In my experience, the majority of vehicles which cause dazzle are with halogen headlights who do not adjust them correctly or leave them on main beam or have a heavy load in the boot and do not use the manual adjustment to lower the headlight beam.

iolanthe07

What about the idiots who put their fog lights on when it is not in the least bit foggy? Fog lights (front and rear) should only be used where visibility is severely restricted.

pulliptears

Probably a bit of a daft question, but the rear view mirror in our Astra has an anti glare coating on it so the car headlights behind are not dazzling in the mirror. Why don't manufacturers fit a similar coating to windscreens?