Do NIGHT VISION Glasses Work? - Night Driving Glasses Review

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If you have ever seen advertisements for yellow tinted HD night vision driving glasses then you have probably wondered if night driving glasses work. In this video, we review some special features of these yellow tinted glasses and if they really help for driving at night.
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- Do they help with headlights and glare?
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[@kbrown1350]

LED headlights are simply out of control these days. There seems to be zero standards/restrictions placed on vehicle manufacturers with lights such as from the new Cadillac Escalades, along with some of the Honda vehicles literally blindingly bright. Headlights were designed to illuminate the road directly in front of the vehicle at a downward angle. Today, manufacturers attempt to illuminate all areas in front and to the side of the vehicle as far forward as possible. For people driving pick-ups and large SUVs it isn't so much of a problem but for those of us driving cars that are sitting lower the intensity can be blinding.

[@kRiSpy1-5]

Yea.. have this kind of concerns to

[@kRiSpy1-5]

Some drivers don't know how to respect oncoming traffic and just uses high beams.. so irritating..

[@VarunBhargavan]

I think it is mostly drivers adjusting their headlights higher than needed. Manufacturers just provide the option for adjustment.

[@stevenscummy1458]

I don't like the bright lights period, on cars they blind you, on houses they're ugly and overly bright

[@VarunBhargavan]

@@stevenscummy1458 Those pure white or cool white lights fatigue your eyes way more than the warm white lights of halogen. That is even without them hitting you square in the face.

[@HeavyRollin]

Blue or violet wavelength head lights (for that matter police lights) SHOULD become illegal. There are multiple reasons why yellow or light-amber/light-umber lights were originally put on vehicles. Yellow light wavelengths go further through fog and rainy conditions, and it's easier on the eyes. Whilst blue/ ultraviolet light actually damage vision. Try driving through a work zone at 2 a.m while blue cop lights are flashing and tell me it's not Intense.

[@DoctorEyeHealth]

I agree the blue and purple lights are very bothersome

[@VJETRA]

I just whist there is a law to prevent some car from putting the sun in the their headlight , I dont get why some ass hole turn on their "main" headlight in the city.

[@johnjacob688]

@@VJETRA The majority of those lights aren't road legal. Its just that the cops don't ticket people with them.

[@relentlessenterprises9238]

It's not intense

[@hidayatmusroni]

Whoever thought putting blue/violet/led light on car are asshole. Yellow light just work i dont understand why we need brighter light. I use to drive at night and the road is pitch black but the yellow light is enough for me. The problem is the asshole that uses high beam and drive reklessly and now my eyes are highly sensitive to light.

[@taylor1212eminem]

I was a test driver for 3 years and these were a life saver at night and helped with eye strain massively

[@DoctorEyeHealth]

That is super helpful to hear! How do you become a test driver?

[@taylor1212eminem]

I saw a camouflaged test car on the road in the mountains one day and I googled test driver job and the first result was the job I got. Haha a lot easier than people think. I do think the blue blocker glasses helped mostly with eye strain, not so much anything else, but for long distance night driving, it helped fatigue.

[@analarson2920]

Yes awesome insnowy areas to help prevent snow blindness.

[@corninyourpoop]

@@taylor1212eminem wow I'm so happy to hear the yellow glasses helped you! I drive for a living too, and the LED lights are killing me. Night time is stressful due to my vision with the lights. Did you buy just regular yellow lens glasses or were they special from the eye doctor or anything? I just wanna know if maybe I can hit up Amazon and buy some decent looking glasses I can just keep on at night, instead of taking em on and off when I get in and out of my car during work.

[@PhaseSkater]

@@corninyourpoop get a clear ceramic windshield tint on the inside of your car. it reduces glare

[@LibertyDIY]

Yellow glasses help tremendously to defend yourself from the blinding cool-white of modern oncoming headlights. It is terrible that manufacturers use 6500K cool white color temp. They should be using ~3500K, it improves depth perception versus 6500K, reduces glare off fog on your windshield, fog in the air and light skimming off wet surfaces. Blue light causes the iris to constrict and elderly drivers suffer the most because their eyes take longer to dilate after the blinding light has passed. You can also blind yourself with blue light when it bounces of road signs and takes some time for your iris to dilate afterward.

[@carltongadgettmannprice352]

I'm a night time truck driver and I can see where yellow night driving glasses makes a difference especially when vehicles are approaching my truck from behind with their bright or high energy led lights on and beaming into my truck mirrors. The night time yellow driving glasses makes these lights less blinding on my eyes and they make visibility better in wet conditions.

[@amystarstimulusandcrypto4303]

Thank you! Perfect.

[@derekdman16]

Awesome 👌 What brand of glasses would you recommend?

[@MrGangaboba]

I’m a doctor and do night shifts regularly and I can attest that night glasses (in a well lit hospital environment) help a great deal with eye strain and fatigue!

[@sroberts605]

But have your diagnoses of jaundice increased? lol

[@mcdoctorglock]

I worked as a company electrician for a welding shop for a few years, and I had a pair of prescription yellow tinted glasses that I wore as safety glasses (with side shields). They really helped with the glare coming from the welding booths at times when I was passing by (not looking at the arc, just getting caught by the glare of it), and felt noticeably less strain at the end of the day. I tried the "night driving glasses" back when I was a kid, and understood that they don't "brighten" things up, but they sure do make it easier to notice and identify objects.

[@froukjerenia9166]

They should eliminate the LED headlights all together, as they blind you temporarily.

[@JoeR203]

It's even worse when people install aftermarket LED headlights and fog lights into their older cars, and they don't aim them properly.

[@VJETRA]

*Ban the asshole from using the blinding led when there no need to use one. Led is good the extreme brightness is also helpful , BUT NOT IN THE ALREADY WELL LIT PLACE.

[@XX-_-XX420]

its like stairing into the sun bro, im always like wtf are these headlights.

[@bobbates6642]

As an OTR truck driver I can say that those glasses work great. They not only work for night but work great in places like a giant car plant. Everyone in Honda of Canada wears them and they work great with the light in the plant. They make the man made lights look better . On the road they really help with eye strain. I always wear them when driving at nights. . Yes it is for on coming lights which is what a long haul driver will face most of the time. So they work great.

[@1232bluejays]

Everyone at Honda Canada does not wear them

[@ruthbaumgartner6757]

what brand did you buy?

[@coolnegative]

I have a pair of "amber vision" night glasses. When I was younger I had no issues driving at night. I find that they really help to cut the glare from oncoming traffic for me, or a particularly bright sunset, etc.

[@birkirorn9658]

Had polarised bronze tinted glasses which helped a lot in all conditions (except total darkness, obviously). Especially good in total white out. But I often had to explain to my clients/passengers how they worked.

[@RonO37]

I've tried driving with yellow tint at night and it helps some with blue light glare but otherwise it filters out the total amount of light coming in. One thing I've learned from flying is that eyes and night vision take time to adjust to darkness and glaring light can instantly degrade the natural adaptation that the eyes make after 15 min or more. That's why in the cockpit we use red light as much as possible and turn down the lighting on the console. In my opinion, more cars should allow you to not just dim lights on your console but also change the tinting to more red light. If your car allows for dimming inside console lights, you should use it if you're bothered by night driving eye strain. Your other tips about cleaning your own lenses, windshield and headlights was right on

[@toddfraisure1747]

Thank you sincerely for the advice about dimming the dash lights. So obvious that I kicked myself for not thinking about that.

[@DnBastard]

I drive a 1998 car with old school incandescent backlit dashboard lighting and when I step into a modern car with stupid LED screens everywhere I can't see sh* at night

[@Noneurbidnez]

Actually the best use would be to turn the brightness all the way up, so that your eyes don't have to adjust as much to oncoming traffic with bright lights. This is the reason, as an airline pilot- we turn the cockpit brightness knobs UP during lightning storms

[@Noneurbidnez]

Also, aviation cockpits haven't used red lighting in a LONG time. The theory of red lights and your rods and cones wasn't quite the study they once thought it was.

[@kmsbanr]

I always have turned down the light of my speed in my Prius. Fortunately, they don't have other lights lol. Hard to see buttons for radio etc. I will be more diligent in cleaning thanks.

[@55whiplash]

I came looking for the video because as I've gotten older, I'm way more sensitive to these new LED lights. It adds to the stress of night driving, so I wasn't expecting to see "better", just be less annoyed with rude drivers.

[@CristianPalcau]

Nice video! I was just wearing them! They are great also if you stare at a computer screen! The ultimate blue light filter! Also for night driving like you mentioned they are great, they really relax the eyes.

[@user-df6nr5ku9zhhdhcbcnncnn]

I'm a night time truck driver 2 years in my first year i have terrible experience without them in the morning especially also during driving also but now from 1 year i used them i feel perfectly no watery eyes no problem in the morning they help they really help

[@philhatfield2282]

I use the "night driving" glasses in the evening and at night. I use them mainly because of the ridiculously bright and/or blue headlights. It makes them less bright, less blue, less harsh on my eyes as they approach in the opposite lane. Yes, I know they can inhibit on a completely dark road with no oncoming traffic, so I usually lower them in those situations but keep them on so when that ONE vehicle with the bright blue lights suddenly turns on to the road, I don't immediately lose my night vision from the glaring light.

[@paulmorris5166]

I drove for years all over the UK and remember buying my Night Glasses when they first came out. They were quite expensive then but boy did they make a difference at night and in rain. Would not drive now without them in the car.

[@ThatGlassesGuy03]

Hands down I'm with you on this one! Great lenses for fowl weather or "low" light dusk/dawn twilight situations, but definitely not night time.

[@BlackBeltGamers88]

I do have a pair of these glasses, they do help with the blue led lights as you stated and some bits in high traffic areas but that's about it.

[@queenbunnyfoofoo6112]

I used to have the yellow lenses in one pair of glasses specifically for driving. I didn't use them at night because they actually made it hard to see. But they were GREAT in fog or overcast conditions with snow on the road. They were also excellent at what we call in the country "venison time"....in the fall at dusk where the fields, the roadside and the deer all look the same color. They gave enough contrast so you could see those furry car demolishers on the side of the road. Those glasses saved my hood numerous times😂!

[@andriusbalukas207]

I found deep yellow filtration makes the environment so contrasty that I feel a little bit claustrophobic; a little less or more subtle amber would go a long way to normalizing the night scene into a comfortable neutral panorama. Polarization, though darker, helps me view the road much more in midnight rain and twilight ambiguity. You're right: amber polarization is more comfortable despite a darker confined view..

[@ccpperrett7522]

Thank you for this review. I hate to drive at night. I have wondered if these glasses would help, but have never bought any.

[@Ret_Army_Combat_Vet]

I tried many night vision glasses, the one that I found that works is a combo of light yellow tinting, polarization and lights, like city driving. No illume or zero lights like country driving these glasses doesn't work. The yellow tinted ones with out polarization works during dust, dawn, or bad weather (Gray world), I found that computer glasses also works great.

[@cgthms]

You are exactly right. While they will not help you see better in complete darkness, they will help you feel more comfortable. I find them to be very helpful in dealing with the new bluish headlights nowadays. Since no two people are exactly the same you can expect it it will help some and not others. I really enjoy your videos. Keep it up.

[@Reddylion]

Should I buy the driving glasses !

[@XX-_-XX420]

@@Reddyliondid you end up getting any?

[@Reddylion]

@@XX-_-XX420 yes.... it's worth it. Even some safety glasses are good too daytime etc.

[@michelj.gaudet5048]

Hi. I tried the "Eagle Vision" clip-on type a while back - no difference for night driving, but WOW the colors during the day really seemed to POP; very pleasant experience! Full fall foliage is really WONDERFUL looking!!! But for night driving? NOPE! ✨🤗✨ Love the channel and wish you MANY years going and that ONE MILLION MARK is hit sooner than later.

[@DoctorEyeHealth]

THank you so much for sharing! Yes, I find they really do make colors pop during daylight. I will have to try them this coming fall. And thanks for watching! I can't imagine getting to 1 million haha. I could only hope to help so many people.

[@rosscherry5915]

Hey Doctor! I just found you from Sean Cannell's KZbin Challenge. Happy to Subscribe and great job!

[@lindaborg6943]

They really help me I can see so much more clearer !

[@Reddylion]

Nice

[@davot.9717]

Hey my brother from another mother😎 I am awaiting my first pair of glasses, you are very helpful and even a blessing and helping me set them up😁 you're straightforward talk and honest approach has been a blessing keep up the good work and I will keep watching God bless and take care🛐

[@pipinghot-music3393]

Intelligent, clear and detailed video that told me everything I needed to know - thank you.

[@redparlourtattoo]

like you said on a rain or foggy day they work best. And help filter the blue beam from the headlights. I recommend them for motorcyclist. They work for daytime and night and keep you from having to carry clear and sunglasses.

[@DoctorEyeHealth]

💥 EXTRA TIP! Keeping your glasses clean will help reduce starbursts and halos around headlights at nightime - ✅ How to Clean Your Eyeglasses (the best way) www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyRmm...

[@kennethblackstock7224]

not brightness of other car lights

[@Funtasticao]

Thanks a lot doctor for your very helpful channel A video about multifocal conatcts would be great 😊 especially on the options for the dominant and non dominant eye Addition when pupil is small and addition when pupils is large difference I am especially interested in not loosing my far distance

[@beachblues2155]

Thanks for the info. I was considering buying a pair for night time driving. Keep up with the good work!

[@DoctorEyeHealth]

No problem 👍Glad I could help!

[@joannaquanttumphysics]

@@DoctorEyeHealth Any ideas of what to look for or brands to try?

[@parissight]

I love them for daytime driving makes everything like a sunny day

[@behramcooper3691]

I guess it is the same principle based on the yellowing of your mobile phone screen at night. Yellow light is less irritating to the human eye than blue light. The polarisation helps when roads are wet.

[@kittiescorner222]

I have a pair. It doesn't lesson the halos or starbursts, but it does tone them down a bit. So they do help me. I don't really buy the study unless they tested only people with halos and starburst. I mean anything that makes the blinding less is a help.

[@marshallmason4118]

I agree have a study done with people only that see halo night driving. Halos are blinding during night driving after Caterat Surgery vision improved a lot but halos on coming traffic night time, any remedy let me know try yellow, anti reflective len Not much help.

[@send2gl]

Appreciate this video is 3 years old as at 2023. I am 74 and fine them very useful. I thought my issue with bright headlamps was an age related thing but seems it is not just age but also LED bulbs. As you point out, it cannot make things brighter but they do appear to alleviate the intense glare of modern headlamps.

[@charlieryan1736]

Thanks for making this helpful and informative video

[@user-gp1vc1rp6h]

You're right, yellow glasses don't make things brighter and I'm just as dangerous with them as without, but the reduced glare is a godsend and makes the driving experience so much less stressful dispite the oncoming high beams on a wet moonless night. Thanks for your insights.

[@mikecunningham3423]

They 100% help when driving down windy backroads with on coming traffic, especially in the rain. Or in areas with high ambient lighting (city driveing). However when driving in areas with no ambient lighting it has a neutral to slightly negative effect. As for the tests done with simulators. There's no good way to simulate being blinded by oncoming traffic on a left turning road, especially on roads with no white lines to advert your eyes to

[@zunigainc666]

Thank you for the expert opinion, it does help so people won’t fall for products that don’t help and create a false sense of protection. Is there a type of eyewear that will actually help with night driving? Those bloom and starburst from headlights are annoying Thank you again and love Jed and subscribed

[@ggeiser3]

First off, IF people could dim their bright lights when a vehicle approaches most night driving problems would go away. I wear yellow night glasses because they reduce glare. They obviously do not improve the overall visibility but, they do lessen the glare - especially from those who never learned how to switch lights to low beams. Maybe we should put that dimmer switch back on the floor where it once was?!

[@654Crossman]

I feel disgust every time I get in a customer's vehicle, and the high beams are on. There are a few things that customers can do to piss off mechanics, by just sitting in their car. You can have a nasty car full of garbage and bugs, you can have a car that has the high beams on at 1 in the afternoon, and you can even crank your radio out to the max and just let the mechanic get ear-fucked 30 minutes into the day, and not even after a whole damn cup of coffee. I'm wiping stuff out of my eyes, plugging up my scan tool, and at the flip of a switch I'm getting my mind rocked by Veggie Tales. Don't get me started on LEDs and other manufacturer design issues.

[@robertbrown6879]

I bought a pair of yellow night vision glasses as well as a clip on for the visor. I used to drive I-5 a fair amount at night and a certain part of the trip the glare was really bad. These worked very well and reduced the strain on my eyes.

[@DoctorEyeHealth]

Great to hear! Thanks for sharing Robert

[@lmboh8585]

I keep a pair of yellow-tinted clip-on lenses in my car for foggy days, or for those snowy times when it is more gray mist than true snowfall. The yellow tint does help bring out the contrast in those specific situations, but not in others.

[@DoctorEyeHealth]

100% Agree!

[@Kitty-hj6nv]

Thank you!!!!! I'm leaving here Knowing what's what, I like that!!! Your knowledge is appreciated 😊

[@DoctorEyeHealth]

Awesome! Thank you! I am always trying to improve my reviews and videos so it is nice to heard your feedback.

[@lisalsavage1001]

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[@donnaramlochan7957]

Hi. Doctor I have cataracts but I need a eye drop. Can you help me .Thank you for sharing

[@angiep1312]

Been using my prescription ones for ions now and at all hours.. I think they are quite useful and work for me

[@edwardlavalley6507]

I’m a over the road truck driver and I agree I have not seen a difference wearing yellow tinted glasses except for oncoming headlights. I agree I get less of a headache when oncoming traffic has their headlights on at night especially when divers don’t turn off their brights.

[@Akira3kgt]

When my patients ask about tint on their glasses, I always explain that the benefit from tint is very subjective. Two patients in the exact same situation may have different experiences with tint. Some may say that it helped immensely while some may say that it had no effect. And this is the same for basically any type of tint.

[@dootdoot1867]

Get a pair of anon ski goggle with different zeiss lens, show them the difference real quick.

[@jewelleryaddict]

Found a old pair clip ones and tried the. They helped. As a boomer we used these back in day and truck drivers used them. They help during day also, not sunny days but cloudy days and fog. I already wear glasses for far vision and reading now.

[@citrumpet1]

I will take the overall slight darkening because personally I appreciate the reduction in glare and color correction from those obnoxious blue headlights.

[@davidkoonce8763]

very helpful information. Thank you!

[@Apollo1011]

I found that they work very well, especially during rainy nights. "Enhance" is a good word.

[@Dusty3032]

I do pest control in the Mojave. I have very sensitive eyes to light and yellow shooting glasses really help me do inspections esp for ants. Something to do with the contrast and helps take the blending (camo) effect off and seperate the ground from the small critters.

[@sunguy08]

I wish they would make LED headlights illegal. I’ve had to pull over many times due to going temporarily blind from them.

[@_ruted]

@Louis Hernandez *Well why do you stare at them? You gotta have a bit more sense than that.

[@attorneytomannihilator6933]

@Louis Hernandez did you not understand?

[@PhaseSkater]

those probably arent factory. someone probably put LEDs in a car with a reflector housing instead of projectors. they also dont have their lights properly aimed

[@riyoarata6058]

@Louis Hernandez I understand what you imagine about what causing the blinding effect of led lights, but sometimes light from that type of car is blinding for some people (like me), not in a long time, just a split second, but it is still distracting, and I don't need to directly staring at the light to get the blinding effect, cars from the opposite direction can cause this, not all cars, but some, I don't really know about cars maybe there are some specific type of light that causing this

[@frankthetank1369]

Yeah it seems like they have high beams on. I think you have to look more to the right try not to look at the light. I am very light sensitive.

[@glyemhouse5590]

I tried the yellow glasses once just to see if they were a gimmick, or if there was any merit to them. I found that in overcast situations they helped reduce the dreary feeling of the day. But they tend to give an unnatural yellowish tint to everything which I found disturbing. Back then, there weren't as many bluish LED and Xenon headlights as you see today I've been seeing more and more of the bluish lights, and a lot of them do seem too bright. They may not actually put more lumens of light out than the older halogen bulbs, but maybe our eyes are better suited to yellower light. I'm giving some thought to trying the yellowish glasses again. After all, they aren't very expensive, so it's not like I have a lot to lose. I wonder how long it would take me to get used to seeing everything with a yellowish tint. And, yes, I agree that very blue, purple, or even pink (I kid you not; I've even seen pink) headlights ought to be outlawed! Should States regulate the color temperature of headlights? I don't propose to know a definitive answer to that. Maybe they should be limited to off-road use. I would like to see something done, however, because if nothing is done, the situation could easily get out of hand.

[@garyd6174]

I did try them. I think they did help with the glare of oncoming car headlights. I liked them especially on cloudy days, it made things brighter.

[@I_report_scammers_spammers]

I haven't tried them for driving, but I've got a set of over the counter polarized yellow glasses for work to deal with horrific flourescents. EVERYONE on my team, including those who don't even wear glasses, ordered a pair. Because holy wow they help.

[@DoctorEyeHealth]

Happy to hear that! Thanks for the info!

[@The_Crazy_Monkey75]

Well, if it does not worsen night vision and it helps other people in certain conditions during night driving, then it must mean it works. Though not in all situations. It doesn't exactly "brighten" your vision at night since it is filtering blue light, it just increases contrast.

[@kinnethtolentino9628]

Good day doc. I just wanna ask. Does blue light glasses has the same characteristics with the night vision driving glasses?

[@RealEstateTorontoPhotography]

Great, thank you so much for your knowledge

[@sharondyott6510]

I like the yellow tint to make the on coming headlights a little softer not so harsh. I also like them on a rainy day , when I'm watching TV or my phone screen. It just makes it more comfortable and easier on the eyes, less eye strain.

[@johnnyhun1]

I am a truck driver so I drive many times at night, these are really great glasses because help your eyes to be relaxed, its like sunglasses during daytime. But when I go to curvy country roads it makes harder to see the bends and the sense of distance.

[@Guitarsgunsandghosts]

I use these. Work great. Even helps with fluorescent light at work

[@123kayceegirl]

I think your videos are just so educational and I love to watch them. There is something that I have never been able to get help with and that is...I have a film on my eye constantly more one side than the other. I have seen eye doctors who tell me to use tears not really saying I have dry eyes. I have tried every brand of tears, even the one you recommend and eyewashes, drop to clear film that I try to find for myself..to no avail! If I did not live so far from you I would be there to see you! But my eye exams are perfect and my vision correction is perfect...just this film that comes and goes every day. I am miserable and need your opinion on this. If you can point me in another direction I will go... Thank you

[@renegerritsen6178]

The polarization effect sounds like a great feature. I ride a recumbent bicycle, so I am pretty low to the ground. Maybe some polarized glasses like these would help with night time riding, especially in the wet winters we get in my country. I sometimes can't even see where I'm going, due to reflections of LED head lights on the cycle path.

[@theunknownguy265]

True, we do use this kinds of lenses in our ipros in special force

[@Athiril]

Driving alone on a country road with no street lights is easy. The problem is oncoming headlights of another car when there are no street lights to illuminate the road, the oncoming headlights on dark roads when they’re right in the next lane reduces contrast a lot of the bitumen against white road lines via glare. For LED headlights, there’s a specific spike in the blue part or the spectrum usually - not evenly spread out. Meaning you could use a filter to take out a certain bandwidth of light in the blue spectrum and greatly reduce their impact. We have similar filters in astrophotography and astronomical filters to cut specific emission lines.

[@arthurcanet1014]

I too am light sensitive and i got myself a pair of glasses off of amazon. nothing out of this world and cheap too. they have a somewhat of a pink lenses and i noticed that it improved my visibility during rain, foggy and moggy conditions. in some cases, it helps me in night time driving. I'm not sure if they are polarized or not. i have to look into that.

[@ashleyclark1894]

I just had lasik eye surgery (5 days ago) and driving home at night is awful, I can't see anything when a car is coming at me, I'm praying these will help

[@philipdarnall787]

Thank you! I give the same advice over, over and over...! B-) Philip, ABO/NCLE

[@JoeR203]

Back in the 80s, I had the original BluBlockers. I tried them at night and they turned bright oncoming headlights into two yellow dots. These days, they make them where they're dark at the top, and fade to lighter at the bottom. I want lighter from top to bottom but can't find them.

[@exkalibur25ca]

I have EBMD in my right eye (though I wish it was in my left only so I could say my sinister eye...). I find these glasses to be a god send. They don't do much to enhance the overall image, but they do an amazing job at cutting down the dazzle of oncoming lights. Specifically when driving in the dark on wet roads. Oncoming vehicles' headlights blow out my vision with the glare and reflection on the road. "blue blocking" glasses do a very good job knocking that down enough that it isn't really an issue for me.

[@Joani161]

I had a pair of polarized prescription Drving glasses, they had a slight brownish orange tint to the yellow (like you showed at .06)and wwas driving into CostaMesa, CA with foggy haze at twilight (in1983)and I really appreciated the clearer vision.

[@jeanphilikor]

I used them a lot when I was a long-distance truck driver doing mostly the night shift. I really felt a difference in my energy level and reduced eye fatigue over long driving hours. However, as you mentioned, Doctor Eye Health they are a liability when in real darkness. Like on a county road with no road light, as you said, perfect example. that the exact place I felt they were dangerous rather than useful You need some environmental light for night driving glasses to be an asset. Full moon, interstate lamp post, city driving, etc.

[@Shotzie]

Drove long distance truck for 52 years and I could never get used to them but as I got older they seemed to help especially in the rain and snow.

[@Tecalitlan1943]

Wow, 52 years, I commend you for your noble profession. Thanks for the many years of service to all of us. I admire you even more when the toilet paper made it in during the pandemic.

[@jeffu.8053]

I wonder what percentage the polarization is in those lenses. I've never seen plain yellow or amber tinted sunglass lenses available with polarization. I also noticed that the polarization effect seems to be in the opposite direction to most polarized sunglasses, which darken when you hold them vertically toward an LCD screen instead of horizontally.

[@DoctorEyeHealth]

I think that is because the polarization is off on my computer screen? But I agree I had not seen yellow filter lenses like these before with any polarization.

[@markhart6743]

What about a light -medium tint on standard vision glasses & a polarising coating would that work for night driving?

[@inquisitive980]

I love them for driving and darker days. With cronic dry eye glasses sure help.

[@lesliejohnson4196]

Drink Plain water & take Fish oil pills this helps with dry eyes

[@cvs2fan]

nice for explaining night vision glaes i enjoyed it :B

[@richiebeard994]

The pair I have actually only make a slightly noticeable difference on cloudy/glary kind of days (Enough to motivate me to put them on) but, Not so much in bright sunlight or nighttime with oncoming headlights or just seeing better in the dark, not so much.

[@Chorkymom]

I think they yellow cuts the star shaped down and also helps to see curbs better. Perhaps it’s just a placebo but less anxiety means a calmer driver. All depends on how lit the route I’m on is.

[@lewis9888]

I get two pairs of eye glasses when I buy glasses. I get one clear and one amber. The amber lens does help me at night and snow blizzards. Mine even help give me better detail in daytime.

[@sailordave1000]

I use amber colored polarized clip on for daytime driving

[@palashsinghal2824]

Is there an eye exam for seeing RGB cells of our retina?

[@awells444]

I think the problem, with understanding the validity, is that night light conditions can be very different depending on location and timing. I am only start on the path to prescription glasses. But i tend to have my polarized sunglasses on past sunset. I think having polarized filter can help reduce light from brights sources , while not reducing light from ambient sousers.

[@chrismorris614]

Very Informative, Thank You Doctor!!

[@DoctorEyeHealth]

You're most welcome!

[@gamestuff8174]

I'm a forklift driver and these are a lifesaver thank you so much

[@DoctorEyeHealth]

Glad to help

[@nonajordan2722]

Hi I love your videos. A comment on this one about night vision glasses. I have cataracts and have to drive at night. Before getting mine I was actually frightened to drive in heavy traffic. Everything had a halo, the lights were blinding at intersections and I couldn't even see the lane lines to know if I was turning correctly. My eye doc wasn't helpful so I bought some and it was like a miracle! I COULD see at night, and also during the day when the sky and highway was the same color so I couldn't see standing water, the lines, etc. So I never, ever go anywhere without my glasses (mine were purchased online but through a reputable company. Perhaps these don't help people with no eye issues but I literally could not drive without them.

[@brighterstarr]

@Nona Jordan. Where did you purchase your glasses from, please? I have cataracts too, and the night driving is horrible. I don't want to waste any money, so recommendations are welcome.

[@nonajordan2722]

@@brighterstarr Hi I got mine from Dioptics (diopticssunwear.com). I wear glasses so got the night vision ones that fit over my glasses (and they don't look like the old people's fitover glasses either!). They have a measuring chart that is great. Excellent quality (have ordered sunglasses too), scratch resistant, great overall. I will never purchase prescription sunglasses again.

[@brighterstarr]

@@nonajordan2722 thank you. I will have a look, although I'm in the UK so not sure I'll get them here. Fingers crossed!

[@guycarreau9006]

@@brighterstarr please telle me the name of your glasses and where can i get them thank you

[@ablesandoval4904]

Great Review Doc! 👍

[@pewpew9193]

My safety glasses for shooting are tinted yellow & they seem to help with glare at specific times of day.

[@ThatDamnPandaKai]

Funny thing, I saw somewhere that the human eyes have more blue cones, and that the yellow lenses technically will make things harder to see. I do agree that during dawn, dusk and twilight they make things appear much brighter.

[@haunted_attictv71]

I have cataracts in both eyes and these specific glasses seems to help the glare from oncoming cars at night

[@mohammedamin9966]

I tried Crizal Prevencia lens during night drive, and it helps soften the light coming from every direction, comfort my eye during night driving, but not to expect magic.

[@dilankakasun6033]

Hi, I know its late but I recently bought a cheap but photochromic and polarized pair of sunglasses off Aliexpress and this pair is much more comfortable to use at night and in daytime, this gets darker so that serves a purpose too. I should mention that I ride a motorbike.

[@GingerNingerGames]

From my understanding, our eyes have an easier time with yellow tints because it reflects back less than blue, I know a lot of rally people run yellow light bars because they “cut through” the dust. I wear orange sunnies during the day and tried them briefly at night and they certainly reduced eye strain, but I think that was mostly the polarization. Dark tint was dangerous though, couldn't see pedestrians. I'll try it

[@darleneduseberg1767]

In your video you mentioned the newer headlights with LED and other super bright lights. What about the height of all the different vehicles? Some trucks are very high or add their running lights in addition to driving ones. I am searching for glasses to cut the oncoming glare and, after watching this video, think they don't exist.

[@BearsClaw]

This is 3 years late, but after complaining about struggling to drive with night time glare and the dumb over bright blue/white led headlights... She said I should look into this.

[@rjg3876]

I’m 65 I have yellow lenses on my Oakley Factory Pilot’s glasses not prescription. For Me on long drives 50 miles or longer my eyes don’t fatigue as easy. There is a small change in headlight glair didn’t think it matter but it does for me

[@SH-wl8ox]

Outstanding video. Duh, check if your headlights are clean but, for real, that's a great comment. Side note, really appreciate the reference to shooting glasses. I was about to buy a pair of "night driving" glasses but watched this video first and I actually own a high end pair of yellow, polarized, glare reduction glasses I use on the range. So, I'll keep those in the car instead of my gun bag and see if there are conditions where it improves what I'm looking at under the mentioned conditions. Really appreciate the video. Side note, if you haven't already done it and decide to create a video on glasses to wear during Colorado blizzard/white-out conditions in the mountains I have a recommendation. A slightly darker amber lens pair of Gargoyles saved my life. I'm sure there are a lot of truckers that would appreciate such a video. Of note - the blizzard I was in was under daylight conditions, heavy traffic, ~15ft visibility. Without the glasses I couldn't see the tail-lights of the vehicle in front of me in a complete white-out. Even with the glasses on, if the car in front of me went off the road, I would have followed it off the road. Stopping on the shoulder (if I could have even seen a shoulder) would have resulted in a complete disaster. Most terrifying driving experience of my life but the glasses prevented me from losing the car in front of me and driving into the ditch. Not sure how the guy in front of me was able to see except by tailgating the car in front of him.