Driving in heavy rain wearing sunglasses

It works for me if I am driving in rain in daytime, especially if it is a misty rain. No scientific evidence. It's what I do.

Have never heard about the 3D thing, and givien the length of time that the newer 3D glasses have been available in Oz, I would be skeptical, and have doubts as to whether those with 3D tv would let them out of the house, given their price.

Jack

There's a good FAQ

cheers, Peter

I wouldn't think it is a very practical idea. As well as the polarisation (which to my knowledge is only effective in sunlight,) most sunglasses will also darken the view, making it even harder to see.

I suppose I could try it out, but I just slow down that little bit more because most other drivers (sic!!) are not as good as I am and I don't rely on them to drive according to the conditions.

Hi Carl

I don't find they make any difference in daylight hours in wet weather, but at night they do tend to stop the multiple reflections of lights you get in wet weather. I haven't tried 3D ones and wonder just what they would do to your distance judgement and vision in general.

Motherhen

I wear Polarised prescription sunglasses and have problems with things with glass in them.

IE my wifes new car has glass in the front of the radio which when I look at it goes dark.

When I was bus driving I couldnt use one bus because the ticket machine did the same. All the others were Ok
On the bad one if I turned so I was looking at it from the side I could see through it Same with the radio. Must be how the glass is made and cut for install.
Something to be aware of.

Told By Who ????????????? C'mon, who ????????

Sunglasses are for "SUN" not "RAIN".

BTW were you the one in a white van that I just avoided having a head-on with, whilst in my coach full of passengers, in rain, last Tuesday morning on the central coast of NSW, because you came up the wrong side of a median strip whilst wearing your F@#$#@$#@$G sunnies in pouring rain ?????????????

I drive in some heavy rain during the daylight and wearing prescripitpion sunglass and find that they gave me a clearer view than my standard glasses.
i might add that not all the time but most times
My passenger at one time said how can you see in this but I had no problem
Also works in bright morning fog also.
You still have to drive to the conditions though.

regards

Honky

Scientific evidence... WTF !

Its about making driving safer, so anything that makes it safer for the individual is a bonus. Example, turning headlights on, which allows you to be seen thet few seconds earlier, especially in day daylight, may and usually helps avoid a smash.

The other alternative in heavy rain, is to pull over and simply wait.

CHeers
Bucky

Carl,

Normal light is not significantly polarised, but reflected light often is. Polarised light can be filtered out, so polarised sunglasses can be used to filter out much reflected light, hence reducing glare where light is reflected from water, snow etc. Skylight, especially from near the horizon will often be polarised too.

What's polarisation? Light waves, like radio waves, are electromagnetic radiation. Polarised radiation may be thought of as waves that are vibrating largely in a single plane, vertically say or horizontally. Unpolarised light has roughly equal amounts of energy in both planes. (Of course it doesn't have to be just vertical and horizontal, polarisation just refers to a situation where the radiation intensity differs in any two orthogonol planes). In some areas TV signals are vertically polarised, and some places have them horizontally polarised, so we need to mount our aerials appropriately.

3D movies use two images, one for each eye. One is displayed using vertically polarised light, one with horizontal polarisation, and the glasses are used to filter out one or the other so that each eye sees the correct image.

I reckon that by cutting down on light reflected from a wet road or raindrops, especially reflected light from oncoming headlights, polarised sunnies should help. 3E movie glasses - should help one eye!

Polarised filters are also available for cameras and can produce some excellent results, intensifying colour such as we see sometimes on photos posted here. By removing reflections we can get good photos through glass windows, through windscreens etc too.

Cheers

John

Good morning all,
On the subject of driving and glasses, I have several pair of night vision anti glare glasses which not only cut the glare of oncoming lights but enhance overall visibility. I am not talking of military night vision just a particular style of motoring glasses. I find they are also good if driving late afternoon along a road lined by trees with shadows over the road and darkish conditions as they actually lighten the scene. Don't recall driving in rain with them but will try them next time.
Safe motoring to you all.
Yours tropically, Harry

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