Night driving, lights, speed and stopping distances
Discussion
Salted_Peanut said:
Glosphil said:
I attended a talk by an optician on driving glasses.
He recommended polarised sun glasses for use in bright sun & Ziess driving glasses for night time.
I bought a pair of Ziess glasses & they definitely do reduce the glare from oncoming heights.
+1 for Zeiss DriveSafe lenses. I’ve used numerous lenses and found DriveSafe the best. They’re a lot better than regular anti-glare lenses.He recommended polarised sun glasses for use in bright sun & Ziess driving glasses for night time.
I bought a pair of Ziess glasses & they definitely do reduce the glare from oncoming heights.
The only lenses that come close are Hoya EnRoute. Nothing else is in the DriveSafe league.
Hoya has two driving lenses: EnRoute and EnRoute Pro. I had a pair of glasses with EnRoute lenses—they had a yellow tint, but it was extremely subtle. I found EnRoute lenses better than regular anti-glare lenses and almost as good as Zeiss DriveSafe.
Hoya claims its EnRoute Pro lenses have even more glare reduction for improved night driving, but I haven’t tried them. Their yellow looks less subtle but should increase contrast.
Hoya claims its EnRoute Pro lenses have even more glare reduction for improved night driving, but I haven’t tried them. Their yellow looks less subtle but should increase contrast.
ScoobyChris said:
Good article, thanks for sharing :-)The op has raised an interesting point.
I live in the New Forest, animals are on the roads night and day. They are difficult to see at the best of times. Dark in the rain with an on coming car extremely difficult.
We often have ponies/donkeys/cows/sheep/pigs hit particularly on a 40 MPH road called "Roger Penny Way" between Cadnam and Fordingbridge (around 60 or so a year!
People argue the speed limit should be lowered. I don't, People should just drive at a speed they can stop safely on their side of the road with the view they have. That could be down to 10-15 MPH to be safe. But us locals (who kill most of the animals) don't, we all get familiar and over confident until our luck runs out one day.
The fact that as a new driver as the OP is considering this problem is encouraging that he is less likely to have these problems.
My wife and I are always looking out for each other when driving in the forest and blurt out warnings in case the driver has not seen a pony etc...
Decent wiper blades help as well
I live in the New Forest, animals are on the roads night and day. They are difficult to see at the best of times. Dark in the rain with an on coming car extremely difficult.
We often have ponies/donkeys/cows/sheep/pigs hit particularly on a 40 MPH road called "Roger Penny Way" between Cadnam and Fordingbridge (around 60 or so a year!
People argue the speed limit should be lowered. I don't, People should just drive at a speed they can stop safely on their side of the road with the view they have. That could be down to 10-15 MPH to be safe. But us locals (who kill most of the animals) don't, we all get familiar and over confident until our luck runs out one day.
The fact that as a new driver as the OP is considering this problem is encouraging that he is less likely to have these problems.
My wife and I are always looking out for each other when driving in the forest and blurt out warnings in case the driver has not seen a pony etc...
Decent wiper blades help as well
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