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Esspee Thu 21-Oct-21 12:10:07

You can get glasses which cut the glare but perhaps you should take it as a warning that you are currently not fit to drive at night.

Petera Thu 21-Oct-21 12:08:41

Maybe you should look into getting some anti-glare driving glasses? I know most opticians do them - I have no experience with them but I'm sure someone else will be along soon who can tell you.

travelsafar Thu 21-Oct-21 12:04:18

I went to my daughter's for dinner yesterday evening. It was about 8pm when i left as she needed to take a shower and get things organised for work this morning, she goes to bed around 9pm as up early for the long drive. Anyway driving home the traffic was light but what was so scarey was the headlights coming towards me. They were so dazzling i literally could not see in front of me, and a couple of times i slowed down so much because of this i was virtually stopped. I worked out it is the big high cars that many people drive now, they have white lights as apposed to yellow ones and because the lights are higher they shine right into your eyes.
I text my daughter and said no more dinners unless at lunch time or until the summer. Now i am dreading Xmas as i will be driving to my son one day and my daughter's another and it will be dark by 5pm. I have an appointment at the beginning of Nov with the eye treatment centre at our local hospital so i will be telling them about this as i wonder if it is anything to do with the cataracts forming in both eyes. If i have to give up driving i will be virtually housebound due to mobility issues and that is also a scarey thoughtsad