nite riding, ouch those auto headlights :^(

Well I did my first nite ride on my new 'bent and the first thing I noticed was how I get nailed
really badly by auto headlights 8^p

Just curious if I am the only one who seems to be getting blinded by the light ;^}

Even when the cars are in the far opposing lane , but especially if I am riding on a trail that is
on the same side as opposing traffic, it was to a point where I had to actually stop (was crossing a
narrow bridge) and wait for the cars to dissipate as I couldn't see... My instinct on the 'bent
seems to be that I always want to be looking up and around , not down. I never seemed to notice
headlights when I rode my DF all those years (probably because I was always looking down)...
Obviously on a 'bent one is lower to the ground, I guess it is just right inline with auto lights.

Geeze , sunglasses at night ?

The downpours have subsided, time for a ride ! :^)

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I've never noticed any real trouble with auto headlights during my night rides except when it's
raining. Then the glare is so bad once I couldn't tell where the road was and ended up riding on the
shoulder for a bit. I'm wondering if clear polarized glasses would help in such situations if you
could get them. Or if polarized glasses in a color would do a better job of cutting the glare at
night. Ideas?

Douglas Cole wrote:
> Well I did my first nite ride on my new 'bent and the first thing I noticed was how I get nailed
> really badly by auto headlights 8^p
>
> Just curious if I am the only one who seems to be getting blinded by the light ;^}
>
> Even when the cars are in the far opposing lane , but especially if I am riding on a trail that is
> on the same side as opposing traffic, it was to a point where I had to actually stop (was crossing
> a narrow bridge) and wait for the cars to dissipate as I couldn't see... My instinct on the 'bent
> seems to be that I always want to be looking up and around , not down. I never seemed to notice
> headlights when I rode my DF all those years (probably because I was always looking down)...
> Obviously on a 'bent one is lower to the ground, I guess it is just right inline with auto lights.
>
> Geeze , sunglasses at night ?
>
> The downpours have subsided, time for a ride ! :^)

 

Douglas Cole <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Just curious if I am the only one who seems to be getting blinded by the light ;^}

Yikes! You're scaring me! I'm less than an hour away from my first night ride and hadn't even
cosidered this! I was more worried about waiting for the rain to die down as I didn't bring rain
gear and the bike doesn't have fenders yet!

-Rex

 

Being down so much lower really puts you in the main beam. I have the same problem (and eyeglasses make it even worse). I'd recommend mounting as strong a headlight as you can afford (dual beam models are nice).

Don't ever wear polarized glasses at night though (they cut down on reflected highlights - which you'll need to navigate by )

 

I do a lot of night driving with light sensitive eyes. A friend loaned me a pair of Bosch & Lomb
shooting (yellow lenses) glasses one night. WOW!... These are unbelieveable. Takes the sting out of
halogens, but doesn't degrade dim lited objects.


Douglas Cole <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Well I did my first nite ride on my new 'bent and the first thing I noticed was how I get nailed
> really badly by auto headlights 8^p
>
> Just curious if I am the only one who seems to be getting blinded by the light ;^}
>
> Even when the cars are in the far opposing lane , but especially if I am riding on a trail that is
> on the same side as opposing traffic, it was to a point where I had to actually stop (was crossing
> a narrow bridge) and wait for the cars to dissipate as I couldn't see... My instinct on the 'bent
> seems to be that I always want to be looking up and around , not down. I never seemed to notice
> headlights when I rode my DF all those years (probably because I was always looking down)...
> Obviously on a 'bent one is lower to the ground, I guess it is just right inline with auto lights.
>
> Geeze , sunglasses at night ?
>
> The downpours have subsided, time for a ride ! :^)

 

Yep Wear Amber Goggles and the glare is gone...and no more rain/road debris in the eyes.

"Papa" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I do a lot of night driving with light sensitive eyes. A friend loaned me a pair of Bosch & Lomb
> shooting (yellow lenses) glasses one night. WOW!... These are unbelieveable. Takes the sting out
> of halogens, but doesn't degrade dim lited objects.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Douglas Cole <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...
> > Well I did my first nite ride on my new 'bent and the first thing I
noticed
> > was how I get nailed really badly by auto headlights 8^p
> >
> > Just curious if I am the only one who seems to be getting blinded by the light ;^}
> >
> > Even when the cars are in the far opposing lane , but especially if I am riding on a trail that
> > is on the same side as opposing traffic, it was
to a
> > point where I had to actually stop (was crossing a narrow bridge) and
wait
> > for the cars to dissipate as I couldn't see... My instinct on the 'bent seems to be that I
> > always want to be looking up
and
> > around , not down. I never seemed to notice headlights when I rode my DF all those years
> > (probably because I was always looking down)... Obviously on a 'bent one is lower to the ground,
> > I guess it is just
right
> > inline with auto lights.
> >
> > Geeze , sunglasses at night ?
> >
> > The downpours have subsided, time for a ride ! :^)

 

In article <[email protected]>, Douglas Cole <[email protected]> wrote:

> Well I did my first nite ride on my new 'bent and the first thing I noticed was how I get nailed
> really badly by auto headlights 8^p
>
<snip>
>
> Geeze , sunglasses at night ?
>

So you can see.

Charleson Mambo

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Thanks Papa, I'll have to try that!
R2

 

I second this idea of yellow goggles / glasses. I have commuted to work in many areas in the
northern hemisphere (retired military). Picked up on yellow glasses for night riding several years
ago from a hospital medic. Helps me see in fog, snow, rain, and low light such as inside an airplane
with just emergency lights or night lights on. Doubles my distance seen in those conditions and
gives a better defined object outline in the low light.

Ron Chamberlain

R2D2 wrote:
> Thanks Papa, I'll have to try that! R2
>
>
>
> Originally posted by Papa I do a lot of night driving with light sensitive eyes. A friend loaned
> me a pair of Bosch & Lomb shooting (yellow lenses) glasses one night. WOW!... These are
> unbelieveable. Takes the sting out of halogens, but doesn't degrade dim lited objects.

 

Congrats!.. Mr r2d2, Just graduated from kindergarden huh? It's clear your vision is obscured...
"night driving" lenses are readily available and proven effective.

R2D2 <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Being down so much lower really puts you in the main beam. I have the same problem (and eyeglasses
> make it even worse). I'd recommend mounting as strong a headlight as you can afford (dual beam
> models are nice).
>
> Don't ever wear polarized glasses at night though (they cut down on reflected highlights - which
> you'll need to navigate by )

 

RE/
>Just curious if I am the only one who seems to be getting blinded by the light ;^}

The older you get the less your eyes tolerate glare.

Also, headlight technology has been changing over the past few years. I know my glare tolerance is
down, but when 7 out of 10 oncoming vehicles are ok and the other three blind me I tend to thing
something else is wrong too....
-----------------------
PeteCresswell

 

in article [email protected], Douglas Cole at [email protected] wrote on
3/16/03 2:59 PM:

> Well I did my first nite ride on my new 'bent and the first thing I noticed was how I get nailed
> really badly by auto headlights 8^p
>
> Just curious if I am the only one who seems to be getting blinded by the light ;^}
>
> Even when the cars are in the far opposing lane , but especially if I am riding on a trail that is
> on the same side as opposing traffic, it was to a point where I had to actually stop (was crossing
> a narrow bridge) and wait for the cars to dissipate as I couldn't see... My instinct on the 'bent
> seems to be that I always want to be looking up and around , not down. I never seemed to notice
> headlights when I rode my DF all those years (probably because I was always looking down)...
> Obviously on a 'bent one is lower to the ground, I guess it is just right inline with auto lights.
>
> Geeze , sunglasses at night ?
>
> The downpours have subsided, time for a ride ! :^)

Perhaps you should have your eyes examined. People I know who have had eye disoders or recent eye
surgery have made similar comments. Mine are unusually sensitive and I am fine with automobile
headlights at night.

 

Douglas Cole wrote:

> Well I did my first nite ride on my new 'bent and the first thing I noticed was how I get nailed
> really badly by auto headlights 8^p
>
> Just curious if I am the only one who seems to be getting blinded by the light ;^}
>

Well thanks everyone for all your comments, I guess I should have clarified the situation...

I hardly ever have this problem when riding my DF bike, it seems that since I am lower to the ground
on my 'bent that I am more in-line to the headlights of most passenger cars and so get a direct shot
of their lights whereas on the DF bike I am above most (well ok the tall 4x4's will nail
me) and don't get the glare.

I do notice that I have been sensitive to bright light for a long time now (I am 43), but since I
had never ridden a 'bent at night until I purchased my own I didn't even give it a thought that I
would be closer to the headlight beams :^(

Anywho , I like the yellow glasses idea, since I like to use some sort of eye protection when riding
anyway , this will fit that bill in daytime too
:^)

Now, to snarf up a pair of those eggbeater pedals that are on sale before all the rest of you
folks do ;^}

Still loving my 'bent !

Douglas Cole Happy Burley Taiko owner Registered Linux user #188922

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user # 188922

 

The night glasses I like best are the amber Remington shooting glasses I got at a Wal-Mart store for
$10. Since some hopped-up yahoos with fast-firing CO2-powered BB-guns opened up on me as I passed
them at night, I never ride during darkness without eye protection. The same type of thugs toss a
lot of eggs around here and two young women each lost an eye from them while riding. Sometimes, the
amber glasses are good during the daytime, as well, if you don't mind losing a lot of color from the
scenery. Red-haired women cannot be distingushed when you're wearing them.

Steve McDonald

 

Steve McDonald wrote:
>
> The night glasses I like best are the amber Remington shooting glasses I got at a Wal-Mart store
> for $10. Since some hopped-up yahoos with fast-firing CO2-powered BB-guns opened up on me as I
> passed them at night, I never ride during darkness without eye protection. The same type of thugs
> toss a lot of eggs around here and two young women each lost an eye from them while riding.
> Sometimes, the amber glasses are good during the daytime, as well, if you don't mind losing a lot
> of color from the scenery. Red-haired women cannot be distingushed when you're wearing them.

Steve,

Please inform us where you live so we can avoid the area.

Do traffic signals appear normal through the shooting glasses? It has been reported that certain
glasses make red and green (especially the LCD type) traffic signals appear the same color.

Tom Sherman - Various HPV's Quad Cities USA (Illinois side)

 

RE/
> Since some hopped-up yahoos with fast-firing CO2-powered BB-guns opened up on me as I passed them
> at night, I never ride during darkness without eye protection. The same type of thugs toss a lot
> of eggs around here and two young women each lost an eye from them while riding.

You going to tell us where or just leave us hanging?
-----------------------
PeteCresswell

 

"Tom Sherman" skrev

> Do traffic signals appear normal through the shooting glasses? It has been reported that certain
> glasses make red and green (especially the LCD type) traffic signals appear the same color.

The red one is usually at the top and the green at the bottom. In between theres a
yellow/orange light.

Cateye Catscan glasses comes with 3 lenses. Dark, clear and yellow. Get rid of the bridge for your
nose and put 2 small foamstrips on the inside of the frame to stop sweat running down into your eyes
and you got a nice recumbentfriendly setup.

M.

 

Mikael Seierup wrote:
>
> "Tom Sherman" skrev
>
> > Do traffic signals appear normal through the shooting glasses? It has been reported that certain
> > glasses make red and green (especially the LCD type) traffic signals appear the same color.
>
> The red one is usually at the top and the green at the bottom. In between theres a yellow/orange
> light.

While it is easy to determine the location of the currently operated light in a vertical array in
high visibility daytime conditions, at night this may be more difficult, especially in poor
visibility conditions (fog, rain or snow).

There are also some traffic lights in horizontal arrays, and some modern lights that combine turn
arrows of different colors within one light.

Tom Sherman - Various HPV's Quad Cities USA (Illinois side)

 

"Steve McDonald" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> Red-haired women cannot be distingushed when you're wearing them.
>
> Steve McDonald
>

Gee....... I wonder if they would work around the house (wife has red hair), I could use some time
to myself.

Bill Ryan Vanguard/Duplex

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