[jtemple]

Headlights really bother me while riding at night. I was thinking about getting a visor that would cut down glare, but still be safe at night.

As I test, I think I might try the yellow lenses I have for my glasses (I use them at the shooting range). I think they might cut down the glare some.

Are there any other solutions out there?

 

[Gas Man]

I use the yellow lenses sometimes!

 

[Need4Speed]

The yellow lens are great for night riding..it really brightens everything up for you and helps pull in every bit of available light there is. Im not sure they'd help much with the glare factor but its worth a shot.

 

[ebbs15]

Headlights really bother me while riding at night. I was thinking about getting a visor that would cut down glare, but still be safe at night.

As I test, I think I might try the yellow lenses I have for my glasses (I use them at the shooting range). I think they might cut down the glare some.

Are there any other solutions out there?

do you wear glasses? perscription I mean? you might check to see if it's got something to do with your vision... I used to have a similar problem... got so bad I wouldn't drive at night unless I had to... but mine was with all lights not just the headlights... they said I had asthigmatism... (I KNOW I didn't spell that right:lol my contacts still have a small problem with the lights mainly at dusk but still they make a HUGE diffrence...

just something to think about...:2cents:

 

[oldetymebiker]

ANY tinted visor (including yellow) will cause a decrease in the amount of available light at night....almost always a bad thing. Do you wear glasses? Have you had your eyes checked by opthamologist (not an optomitrist) recently?

Night glare sensitivity is almost always a sign of other issues (night blindness, change in prescription, and host of medical conditions).http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/sym/night_blindness.htm#possible

There are a couple of simple tests they have today for people with sensitivitiy....and easy fixes. Sometimes its as easy as increasing your vitamin A and/or Zinc intake...but get it checked out, first. Masking the underlying problem with a tinted visor doesn't fix the problem.

It also might mean making a habit change...training yourself to look away from approaching cars while "keeping track" of them in your peripheral vison. I find on long rides on dark back roads with no street lighting, especially in the rain, my eyes are more sensitive to oncoming traffic glare. It requires me to keep my head up, looking down the road further, and not focus on any one thing, but keep my eyes roving, so I don't focus in on one set of headlights.

Just a couple things to consider.

 

[oldetymebiker]

do you wear glasses? perscription I mean? you might check to see if it's got something to do with your vision... I used to have a similar problem... got so bad I wouldn't drive at night unless I had to... but mine was with all lights not just the headlights... they said I had asthigmatism... (I KNOW I didn't spell that right:lol my contacts still have a small problem with the lights mainly at dusk but still they make a HUGE diffrence...

just something to think about...:2cents:

Right on the money!!!!!

 

[Gas Man]

Yeah if you wear glasses (by Rx) then that is most likely the problem.

 

[ebbs15]

Yeah if you wear glasses (by Rx) then that is most likely the problem.

well he may NEED glasses if he doesn't already wear them... I'd hit up the doc like Old said first.

 

[Wockman]

I just shut my eyes :bonk:


Seriously, a lot of the time when I pass on-coming traffic at night, I will try not to look directly at their lights and focus on the white line on the right side of the road, and watch the center of my lane in my peripheral vision, that way when the car passes, I look back in the center of the road and I still have my night vision and I'm not seeing spots.

 

[jtemple]

I don't wear glasses; my eyes are in good shape.

I guess part of the solution would be to do as suggested, keep the oncoming lights in my peripheral vision.

They just seem brighter on the bike vs. in the car.

Out here where I live, there are plenty of unlit roads, that's where the lights get to me. On the well lit streets, everything is fine.

 

[oldetymebiker]

.............or try this:

http://www.modernworld.com/index.ph...bd972e9f5af5ca992&option=com_phpshop&Itemid=1

 

[Need4Speed]

I don't wear glasses; my eyes are in good shape.

I guess part of the solution would be to do as suggested, keep the oncoming lights in my peripheral vision.

They just seem brighter on the bike vs. in the car.

Out here where I live, there are plenty of unlit roads, that's where the lights get to me. On the well lit streets, everything is fine.

It helps too if you are on a road and oncoming traffic is blinding you..move to the other side of your lane (furthest from the traffic) and then look straight ahead. You wont have the glare of the lights starring right at you that way and you'll still have both eyes fixed on the road for safety. :dthumb:

 

[R1up0n1]

When I wore my KBC helmet all the time I bought a very light smoke visor. It was great during the day since my eyes can't take bright light, and I can't seem to comfortably wear sunglasses with the helmet. The light smoked visor was great at night, I could see just fine and it wasn't really all that much darker.