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mannershmanners t1_j43kov9 wrote

After daylight savings time I had to change my route home from work (South Burlington to Vergennes) because of this. I was taking backroads to avoid all the stoplights on 7 but being blinded over and over by people on the dark roads was stressing me out.

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RainTreeParadox t1_j44d99q wrote

It is really uncomfortable. I had to pull over the other night because I was getting such a intense headache from the blinding lights, then darkness, then being blinded in close succession that I was sick to my stomach. It is definitely stressful.

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thestateisgreen t1_j46jags wrote

I’m only glad I’m not alone. I commute at night and have to take 116 north from Middlebury and I am constantly being blinded. Being tired because it’s my morning only makes it worst. And then lately a bunch of people have been installing these light bars on their vehicles and I sometimes have to pull over because of the intensity and let my eyes readjust.

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stanky-hanky-panky t1_j4beitp wrote

I’m a chronic migraineur and avoid driving at night because they trigger attacks and also just totally fuck with my neurological system. It’s hard to explain what it’s like unless you live it. I rue the day that LED became standard- in my opinion they also aren’t much of an improvement when driving because the harsh line of delineation of the area that light covers makes it really hard for me to make things out compared to the more soft focus of halogen lights.

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Last_Bluebird_4004 t1_j4qbq2i wrote

I wear my safety glasses ( for lawn mowing etc) on night drives; especially in rain. The yellow tint of the glasses mellows the glare quite a bit, while not interfering with visibility.

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mannershmanners t1_j4r4awm wrote

Interesting, I might have to get some of those and try it out

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Last_Bluebird_4004 t1_j4r6bex wrote

FYI the safety glasses came about in a crisis. I happened to have them in the car on a long night-time drive in the rain. The air from the defroster was drying my eyes, making it tough to keep them open. The effect of the yellow ( polarized) lenses was a happy coincidence.

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