Nighttime driving glasses
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My friend was having great problems driving at night for a few years. Optician did not seem to be able to help. He bought some night driving glasses. Not necessarily the same as you have linked to. I think he got them from a supermarket and not expencive.
Anyway. He is very happy with them, says they help a lot.
I am having lunch with him today, I will ask for details (if I can remember).
John
Anyway. He is very happy with them, says they help a lot.
I am having lunch with him today, I will ask for details (if I can remember).
John
Sort of. I have a pair of prescription glasses with magnetic yellow 'over lenses' that I keep in the car and always use for driving. I find that they work very well. As well as cutting down glare I find that they make everything appear brighter on dull overcast days.
I've tried the yellow overglasses and clip ons. I found they made very little, if any, difference. So on my experience I wouldn't recommend them. Maybe it depends on your eyes.
Slight deviation but there are a number of Blue Light glasses on the market to filter out blue light from phones and pc screens. I've not bothered to try them as there is no scientific evidence to support the stories that blue light can damage your retina.
After many years in front of coloured screens my eye sight isn't that bad even though I need glasses. My prescription hasn't changed in years.
Slight deviation but there are a number of Blue Light glasses on the market to filter out blue light from phones and pc screens. I've not bothered to try them as there is no scientific evidence to support the stories that blue light can damage your retina.
After many years in front of coloured screens my eye sight isn't that bad even though I need glasses. My prescription hasn't changed in years.
I have tried them and at dusk, they seem to work well but when it's dark they seem to be of little use.
Here is a report.
lowcostglasses.co.uk
Here is a report.
Are Night Driving Glasses Legal In The UK - Low Cost Glasses
Experts suggest that yellow lenses should not be worn when driving at night as they do not reduce the amount of glare from headlights.
lowcostglasses.co.uk
That mirrors a number of articles that I have read. Best I find to avoid glare is slightly turn away from the source.I have tried them and at dusk, they seem to work well but when it's dark they seem to be of little use.
Here is a report.
Are Night Driving Glasses Legal In The UK - Low Cost Glasses
Experts suggest that yellow lenses should not be worn when driving at night as they do not reduce the amount of glare from headlights.
I don't notice glare since I had my cataracts done - just sayin'
At present I have extra strong reading glasses 3.50 , so next thing will be prescription ones and then consider these night ones are appropriate for driving.
Any form of tint will reduce the amount of light passing through. There are very strict rules regarding how much tint a car windscreen can have.
If you take a look at your cars screen the odds are it will have a tint to it. That amount of tint doesn't seem very much at all, but is only just legal.
I have tested many with the "Tintman" calibrated gauge and every (standard) car windscreen I tested showed a tint level just within the permitted range.
If you compare those "night driving" glasses with your windscreen you will see they have a much greater level of tint.
I wouldn't consider using them for the above reason, but that's me, others may well feel differently
If you take a look at your cars screen the odds are it will have a tint to it. That amount of tint doesn't seem very much at all, but is only just legal.
I have tested many with the "Tintman" calibrated gauge and every (standard) car windscreen I tested showed a tint level just within the permitted range.
If you compare those "night driving" glasses with your windscreen you will see they have a much greater level of tint.
I wouldn't consider using them for the above reason, but that's me, others may well feel differently
Thank you all for the pearls of wisdom.
I remember back in the late 60s the “ yellow” tinted night specs were all the rage. I never had a pair and considered them pretty naff at the time.
It seems clear (sic) the ones I posted about are just another Chinese import piece of junk trying to do the impossible.
Modern headlights , mine included , are ridiculously bright, xenon and mega powerful LEDs which cause no end of refraction and reflection of the light especially on dark misty wet nights.
May be the auto lane divergence detectors are worth having?
Anyone remember the “fuel pills” . Allegedly increased your mpg🙃. And they still sell similar products with similar boasts!
Are they worth it 🙀
I remember back in the late 60s the “ yellow” tinted night specs were all the rage. I never had a pair and considered them pretty naff at the time.
It seems clear (sic) the ones I posted about are just another Chinese import piece of junk trying to do the impossible.
Modern headlights , mine included , are ridiculously bright, xenon and mega powerful LEDs which cause no end of refraction and reflection of the light especially on dark misty wet nights.
May be the auto lane divergence detectors are worth having?
Anyone remember the “fuel pills” . Allegedly increased your mpg🙃. And they still sell similar products with similar boasts!
Are they worth it 🙀
I've had glare reduction in my varifocals for years, got to the point at night that it really wasn't making any difference.
I've had one eye done and the cataract covered lens changed the difference is amazing. Next one due to be done Monday week. Then I won't need glasses at all apart from reading and close work.
Different experience from me. About 3 years ago I queried with my optician whether there were lenses that could help with night driving. He suggested that there was a coating that could be applied to lenses made by Zeiss. I bought a pair of glasses with the coating, and they are transformational for me. You can't tell if there's a tint, although there when looking at the lenses in my hands from an angle. I wouldn't be without them. The lenses were £70, but over two years it's 67p a week.
Me friend thinks his are great, cost around £6. First bought at Tesco garage. But he has a few from other places. His are not over glasses.
My guess is they will suit some people more than others, have to suck it and see.
John
Good luck for next week - although my present prescription indicates that reading glasses would help, I've found no benefit for reading books or using the computer - although I do feel more comfortable using my present varifocals while driving, which are near zero dioptre for distance and +2.75 for reading
That's what I have on my varifocals that I now don't need. It worked well at first but then the cataracts got worse. Even with my vision as was I still wasn't bad enough for NHS treatment so have gone private. 😟
My wife had two cataracts removed in 2012 and the difference to her overall vision was amazing. This month she has been prescribed bifocals for the first time since 2012. But even now it’s quite a modest prescription.
Thanks for the wishes.
Six weeks after I will get an eye test although if the first one is anything to go by all I will need is reading and computer glasses. At the moment I'm just using readers and an old pair of varys for the PC
My wife’s distance vision was improved beyond her wildest dreams. She had always worn glasses from before when we first met in the early 1960s and it took me quite a long while to get used to her not wearing glasses after having her cataracts removed. It revolutionised her bird watching being able to use binoculars without glasses.
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