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[Starpolisher]

I'm starting to have difficulty driving at night due to the glare of the oncoming lights. I don't wear Rx eyeglasses and can see fine during the day. Does anyone here use and have a recommendation for night driving glasses. There are many to choose from on Amazon. But would like first hand reviews and recommendations.

TIA

[Desertdi]

Have you considered a clip-on visor for your auto?    (I use a similar item for sun.)

[PickyPicky3]

Might it be cataract problems? Then only medical intervention will help. I just started having this problem last year at age 76. Not quite ready to have the procedure.

[jlkz]

@Starpolisher 

First, get an eye exam....they will tell you if you have cataracts and at what stage they are.

Cataracts " ripen "....and the eye doctor will check them and let you know when the time has come for removal.

Having gone through the whole process, I can tell you that the brightness issue gets unbearable.  Driving with eyes squinting almost shut is dangerous.  You can miss Important things and cause an accident.  

Things attached to the visor can be difficult to use at night because if the oncoming traffic is lower than the edge of the device, you are back with the glare.

If you are a passenger, you will have the same glare issue.  I resorted to using sunglasses at night if I was in the passenger seat....would not feel comfortable / safe using them to drive at night.

When my cataracts got " ripe ", I would see not only the starburst of light from oncoming headlights, but also Diamond-shaped starbursts in front of the plain starbursts.

it was time...procedure was truly painless...immediate results the next AM...read the paper with my over the counter readers.

But, get a check up to get a good baseline and be assured that is a cataract only issue.  Good Luck !

[DrakesMomma]

I use the visor similar to the one pictured above.  I does cut the glare.  It get junked up with finger prints pretty easily.  I clean it about every two weeks.  

I don't know why the headlights that can light a small city are a thing now.  Those are the worst.  

[Carolina925]

My night vision is horrible, even after cataract surgery. The oncoming bright headlights or the ones on big trucks behind me just blind me. I live in a semi-rural town so it may not be too bad if you drive in city traffic where the roads are well lit. I have colored eyes, my doctor told me the surgery may not help with night vision since colored eyes are more sensitive to light. I was working at the time at night so had to do night driving, got a pair of Joopin brand night driving oversized glasses. They sure are oversized but they cover the eye area completely. They were under $20. The only problem I have with them is that I have to take them off on dark roads because they are too dark to allow me to see on those roads. I just put them on if a car comes up on me, from either direction, then have to take them off when the car passes. Good luck, it's not a good feeling to be blinded by the lights at night.

[ECBG]

@Starpolisher 

I got amazon's Urumqi anti glare night driving glasses with anti-glare $25.95.

You don't want a visor, they don't help looking at side to side.  

The technology in the glasses comes from the armed forces night vision, so the lens are essentially the same.

[LdyBugz]

@Starpolisher   I can't recommend any glasses, only sympathy here as I have the same problem with the glaring headlights at night.  They are absolutely blinding!

One of our Boston news stations actually did a report about this last week.  If you go to WBZ dot com and do a search on "headlights", you can still see the report.  The higher lumens is the issue.  If your car sits low like mine, it's awful, and dangerous.

Great report worth reading or watching. 

P.S., Adding some snippets from the WBZ report:

Now most new cars have the much stronger LED lights. How much stronger? Well, the brightness of light is measured in lumens. A halogen bulb puts out about 1,000 lumens. An LED bulb puts out about 4,000 lumens. Some aftermarket LED bulbs, many illegal, advertise an eye melting 12,000 lumens!

A remedy might exist in Europe where many cars use advanced adaptive headlights. Also nicknamed "smart headlights."

AAA research found they illuminate the road 86% better than what we have in the U.S. without the glare. Basically, these smart headlights make about 5,000 adjustments per second to curve light around the part of the road already lit up by an oncoming car. So, there's no direct beam in the face.

In the meantime, a non-profit called Soft Lights Foundation has a petition with 60,000 signatures calling on Washington to set limits on how bright and how blue headlights can be. The foundation would really like an all-out ban on LEDs.

[granddi]

@pickypicky Agree

Cataracts are not just a concern for Senior age persons.

Glare is a definite sign of eye changes.

[mrshckynut]

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@Starpolisher wrote:

I'm starting to have difficulty driving at night due to the glare of the oncoming lights. I don't wear Rx eyeglasses and can see fine during the day. Does anyone here use and have a recommendation for night driving glasses. There are many to choose from on Amazon. But would like first hand reviews and recommendations.

TIA

@Starpolisher     many overlook that with the advent of new types of headlights that are brighter   along with more pickup trucks and suv's which put their headlights much higher create many of these issues   it is not only your eyes that contribute to this problem

mrshckynut 

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