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Comment on The Dangers of Yellow Night Driving Glasses by Pete

Pete — Sat, 20 Feb 2016 19:34:17 +0000

In reply to Glenn. Glen, I have light sensitivity as a result of an archnoid cyst. In your opinion, are yellow tinted glasses the best or are there other tints that I should be considering? I have yellow computer glasses and they help but are they the best for driving?

Comment on The Dangers of Yellow Night Driving Glasses by A.E.D.

A.E.D. — Mon, 08 Feb 2016 16:09:50 +0000

Perhaps someone will know the answer to this and post.

I have glasses without AR coating because such coating increases the collection of dust and grease, and I have an obsession with dirty glasses (they bother me, and I notice slight smudges and dust, and in order of problems, this obsession, qua obsession, is far down the line.) My previous lenses had such a coating, and I could never really clean them without dish soap and blowing on them, but the opticians always said not to do this and that it would hurt the AR coating. Any cloth at all would just move smudges even with those lens sprays. My current glasses I really can clean with a microfiber cloth, but there is a cost to my non-AR coated lenses. Even if I were ruining and diminishing the AR coating in the old lenses, I, nevertheless, am now noticing more difficult glare when I drive at night. Interestingly the computer monitor seems not to have any changed effect. Is there any clear clip-on with an AR coating that would help without falling prey to the problems of reduced visibility mentioned in the original post?

Comment on The Dangers of Yellow Night Driving Glasses by linda

linda — Wed, 27 Jan 2016 17:50:49 +0000

In reply to Harrie Jonkers. I am having a Starburst on every light during night driving what is best lens for this?

Comment on The Dangers of Yellow Night Driving Glasses by K K

K K — Sun, 03 Jan 2016 19:27:24 +0000

In reply to terry h.. FYI I had eye surgery when I was in my 20's to correct my vision. I was 20/20 however the surgery incisions gave me starbursts. It was related to cataracts.

Comment on The Dangers of Yellow Night Driving Glasses by K K

K K — Sun, 03 Jan 2016 19:24:13 +0000

In reply to ben. I don't know that it helps you but I too have light sensitivity. I have recently been told I have MGD. This results with problems with the oils in my eyes. This could be the culprit however my doctor doesn't really know either. Just something to consider.

Comment on The Dangers of Yellow Night Driving Glasses by bc

bc — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 00:16:26 +0000

Someone needs to re-do that study with folks like me who have extremely good night vision. The extra-bright/blue tint lights rob my night vision for seconds after a car passes, or worse yet, the whole time one is sitting up close behind me. Plus the high intensity light triggers headaches.

Yellow/amber tint rids the problem nearly entirely.

I have an 80 mile commute that I would not be able to do without these glasses. I also see details like animals, pedestrians, garbage, etc. along the side of the road I don’t see without them.

You need a new study.

And BTW, I drive nearly 100% rural roads. In the past few years the number of high intensity/blue light headlights has increase enormously. The most striking result is that pedestrians NO LONGER WALK FACING TRAFFIC. Have you tried it? It’s nearly impossible with oncoming lights like that. These headlights will be responsible for many deaths in the future.

Comment on The Dangers of Yellow Night Driving Glasses by shubham

shubham — Tue, 24 Nov 2015 06:23:58 +0000

so which type of glasses i use in night driving and also in day driving
?please tell me i am so confused .Is anti glare ,polarized ,UV protected which one is best for day driving ? and which is for night driving .

Comment on The Dangers of Yellow Night Driving Glasses by Alex

Alex — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 02:28:50 +0000

In reply to Harrie Jonkers. Harrie, exactly! I wear polarized sunglasses. I have night blindness and wish I could find a polarized night vision glazs. Especially when the roads are wet.have you found any?

Comment on The Dangers of Yellow Night Driving Glasses by Jim

Jim — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 23:11:14 +0000

In reply to Jason K.. I totally agree about banning high beams and the European blue. Thanks, Jason

Comment on The Dangers of Yellow Night Driving Glasses by Glenn

Glenn — Sat, 31 Oct 2015 10:53:41 +0000

After 40years of personal experience and being an optician and optometrist my own opinion is this: Yes it’s true that EVERY color-coating on a lens is reducing the amount of light entering your eyes, so limiting your sight at medium/pretty darkness like a dark road (example: riding on a road without/with a few streetlights using these kind of glasses seeing less or nothing in the bushes/sides of the road), HOWEVER: people with (very) light sensitive eyes like myself (read: need a sunglass even on a cloudy day and can walk thru a house with no lights on and seeing enough to not walk against a door :P) CAN see better with yellow/amber coating glasses with AR and/or polarization (I use both on my own glasses), that having said I only recommend A-quality lenses no budget <$150,- glasses (but everything better than seeing nothing at all….), (good ones are for example: Smith Optics, Maui Jims, Revo and Serengeti, less good know marks are: Ray ban or Oakley). I only recommend buying glasses with AR and/or Polarized coating and as light as they possible gets (almost clear) like the Smith Optics – Yellow mil-spec for nighttime driving. They let thru a lot of light and can help these kind of people very well. Short explanation for this: Thru the physical pain and eye squeezing this people have at oncoming cars and city lights there sight is reduced a lot, people with this issue cannot see anything or very little when the headlights of oncoming cars and city lights approach them, the halo and stars are so huge that they are almost blind at that time, using a glass like explained can reduce this a lot and they can see good at that time. That being said, using these same glasses on a shiny bright day (to light) or in a dark road without oncoming cars is far from ideal! you should put off these glasses in these scenarios and use darker ones or no glasses at all! An option is to use clip-on or sunshield (with hinge) night-vision-lenses to easy use or not use this when the situation of lights change during driving. Of course clip-on (glasses/sunshield) lenses are not as good as the normal glasses like the mil-spec ones but everything better than seeing nothing at all and injury yourself or others! ideal would be photo-chromatic lenses (they change from light to dark depending on the environment) that have a very light entering level (+85% let thru of light) with quick change of darkness (when you drive thru a tunnel or changing from city lights-road to road without lights you don't want to see 5seconds of too dark image) the glasses on the market now (as far as I know off) have to dark entry level to use for night driving and are to slow of changing) please reply if I’m wrong about this!

I recommend using at least 2 glasses for this people, daytime glasses (dark and/or photo-chromatic) and nighttime glasses (much light transmittance) and use no glasses for very dark roads without light issues!!!)

I hope I explained this a easy way so everyone understands how I think about this. Please feel free to reply or discuss this opinion.