Bad Lux?

[Rhymes with Paris]

46 minutes ago, Cyker said:

Maybe we were eating more carrots in the old days!

I munch carrots all day, !Removed! sick of them tbh, even with hummus and flatbread.

But still no improvement in night vision in the ocean of LEDs .

I reckon the problem is with the lights, not my eyes 👀.

I used to think older drivers were wasting their money buying cars with headlights and wipers, while not being keen to drive in the dark or rain.

I get it now, it's difficult to see when you have the peak of a baseball cap with "cubic inches beats turbo's" like what I do, obscuring your view.

[Bper]

11 minutes ago, Rhymes with Paris said:

Well Bob, the worst glare that I experienced was when I was due my cataract ops, but that aside, now I have had them done a few years down the line, I still find it a sea of glare on the odd occasion that I do drive at night.

My eyesight too is well within the parameters of legality, and common sense vision to be able to drive.

I remember reading a book by the late Spike Milligan about his experiences in Italy in WW2, he recalled a scene when driving to new barracks, when oncoming traffic blinded him.

He was a young man then, so I I would assume not affected by age,he wrote that the glare from the American vehicles headlights wiped out all night vision.

Well before any hids and halogens and LEDs, just incandescent bulbs, and maybe incandescent drivers coming in the opposite direction.

 

Paul, I understand the cataract problem I had one done myself after suffering a retinal detachment. The whole issue of glare when driving at night may not be so much of a problem for those that live and drive in a city but it is really noticeable in rural areas.

I don't know what the answer is to this but I certainly welcome someone coming up with a solution that's for sure.🙂