I thought the one eye trick just might work until I read this post. One exception - Sunglasses at night? This would seem to reduce visibility of everything else that is outside of a headlight path. I prefer to focus slightly on the outside line of the lane or road when bright headlights approach. I can be sure I am as far over as I want to be while monitoring the high beam driving weirdo for some other erratic behavior. Owen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Grebneff" <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2003 6:13 PM Subject: Re: Headlamp upgrades to brighter lights - night vision
> >here is a trick an eye doctor taught me: > > > >close one eye as an oncoming car approaches, > > During which time you don't have binocular vision, have no sense of > distance, cannot really tell what direction the oncoming car is going > in and cannot avoid him if he crosses into your lane, or the road > bends slightly and you fail to see this... BANG > > >and open it again after the > >glare has passed. the temporarily closed eye will remain night adapted. > > So wear sunglasses for night driving. Polarizing lenses are of no > benefit, as the glare is not polarized light. > -- > Andrew Grebneff > Dunedin, New Zealand > 64 (3) 473-8863 > <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> > Fossil preparator > Seashell, Macintosh & VW/Toyota van nut > |
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