"Night blindness"?

[mister.koz]

I seem to remember that rainex, even when applied REALLY well creates a bit of a glare effect in itself, kinda like polish spidering but more subtle..

I could be wrong but i am sure i have seen it on my car's windscreen, of course with the car, its all good cause it's better to have a slight glare and no rain issues. If it causes a bit of glare being a way away from it, i imagine the glare would be allot worse on a visor thats right by your eyes?

[Paranoid Android]

as i am getting older i see my sight slipping away. but it turns out twilight is a shit time for me to ride. daylight perfect and pitch black not so bad. maybe its all this looking at a monitor

[Gremlin]

Is the problem the same for light roads and unlit roads? I assume that kind of commute takes in country roads and lit motorways.

Personally, I don't mind using a tinted visor at all times, although it darkens the dark around lights a bit, the lights aren't nearly as bright, which helps to keep my night vision. I ride in the dark quite a bit, and actually find it quite relaxing because of the lack of traffic.

[mugins]

try my orange tint visor it's my shoei at work

[Nasty]

... The 2007 event was a shocker with lots of rain through the night. I recall riding at about 30km/hr north towards Whangarei in sheeting rain and wondering what the hell I was doing. Couldn't see anything when a car approached. Best technique I found was to simply keep my visor partly open and be very aware of the left hand white line/markers.

After a while it all became quite routine and my average speed increased as I got used to it.

This is the same technique I have always used when drving or riding at night ... I have always had an issue with nightblindness (nothing to do with being long sighted) from when I was young ... a friend (cop) told me the best way around it was to look to the left and follow the white lines as they are normally exceptional guides to what the road is doing.

[erik]

I have the same problem. I'd be surprised if anyone didn't have trouble seeing at night in the rain when there's oncoming traffic.

I'm a tiny bit short sighted (good enough to ride and fly without glasses), I know that without glasses at night, lights seem a bit bigger/fuzzier and affect more of my vision than if I have glasses on. But I don't think glasses would help me much in the rain at night (plus they can fog up themselves).

Headlights these days are too damn bright.

[DMNTD:Me]

try my orange tint visor it's my shoei at work

Cheers Mike...will be back up tonight so will try it this week.

Have spoken to a few more people down here and they believe that since I DON'T have an issue at dusk where yellow/orange lenses/visor would help,that a rose coloured lens/visor would help when dark.

Is the problem the same for light roads and unlit roads? I assume that kind of commute takes in country roads and lit motorways.

I only have the problem if it's an unlit road and have oncoming traffic approaching.

[madandy]

Cheers Mike...will be back up tonight so will try it this week.

Have spoken to a few more people down here and they believe that since I DON'T have an issue at dusk where yellow/orange lenses/visor would help,that a rose coloured lens/visor would help when dark.


I only have the problem if it's an unlit road and have oncoming traffic approaching.

So looking out at the world through 'rose coloured glasses' will make things better?

John Lennons any one

[Biggles2000]

I'm exactly the same. As I get older I am noticing my night vision getting worse.
What I do is: Keep your visor clean and scratch free. Don't look into incoming headlights and get used to following the white line on the LHS of the road. Treat the visor (and specs) with one of the many anti fog agents. Have a bright head light. Whipe excess water off the visor before the oncoming cars are on top of you. Ride to the conditions.

Finally consider taking the car and ride tomorow.

[Mikkel]

Now this is not going to be too much help I am afraid, but...

People are created differently, some people just have poor night vision and some have good. E.g. my girlfriend hates driving at night whereas I love it...

At the end of the day there may not be too much you can do about it - but seeing an eye-medic and trying the night gear is certainly worth a try.

Best of luck!

[EnzoYug]

get some very very very light, almost clear if you can, sunnies that are polarised. The glare will be gone.

Polarised lenses are a winner night, or day.

[xgnr]

get some very very very light, almost clear if you can, sunnies that are polarised. The glare will be gone.

Polarised lenses are a winner night, or day.

Yeah? cool. I have polarised sunnies and they turn the Visor multi-coloured but I can live with this.

Is this for real. I have a set of glasses that have interchangeable lenses dark thru to clear) and they are v. good for pushbike and Mo' bike but when it rains it is all crap.

I cant see how polarised lenses gets around the beads of water and the light going all nuts... can someone confirm?


Maybe we are onto a winner here?

Cheers

Stu

[trump-lady]

Im exactly the same. Even in the car I have the same problem at night. I hate driving/riding at night and just seem to have issues in general. Its not a visor thing either cause my windscreen in my car is fine. Ive put it down to just one of those things. Im extra careful, alot slower and I try to avoid it at all times on the bike especially if its rainning. Its worse as cars aproach...headlights. I have had my eyes tested and theres no problem. If you work it out please let me know cause from the little I have read I have the same issue.

[xgnr]

Oh by the way my eye sight is damn perfek... had it tested a wee while ago ha ha

[Drew]

My understanding, (limited in the ways of science as it is), is that polarised lenses seperate the different colours and brightness, making everything sharper (so to speak).