Driving in the Rain, with Sunglasses?

[Rainmaker]

As with most people, I wear sunglasses when driving for obvious reasons. I always wondered about this in law though. It's clearly legal to wear them, yet your windscreen is already at the maximum legally permitted tint level from factory.

Add in sunglasses and you've just reduced the light reaching you by a huge amount - definitely way in excess of the legal requirement if it had been a window tint instead of glasses... and yet this is fine? Weird one.

 

[Mr Joshua]

Surely the level of tint permitted for windscreens is dictated by the fact it can't be removed when light levels fall, unlike sunglasses.

 

[Shikarilol]

I always drive in sunglasses.

Ditto. I always make sunglasses in my car. My eyes are very sensitive to light.

 

[ANDARIAL]

Name it then I'm not living in Newport but live in caldicot, small town near Newport and Chepstow

I went to Caldicot comp in the seventies .Place has changed a lot since I left

 

[Cosimo]

I haven't tried this. I usually only wear sunglasses when it's very bright.

 

[Shoei]

If the rain was really bad, then I used to wear my cycling glasses with the yellow tint lenses fitted. That's makes a real big difference for driving in the rain.

 

[Turbo-G]

Why would you hate people wearing sunglasses? lol

I always wear mine if its bright out, stops me from squinting!

 

[Sho]

It's just very annoying, I can't stand people wearing sunglasses full stop tbh.

Eh...?

 

[Freakbro]

As with most people, I wear sunglasses when driving for obvious reasons. I always wondered about this in law though. It's clearly legal to wear them, yet your windscreen is already at the maximum legally permitted tint level from factory.

Add in sunglasses and you've just reduced the light reaching you by a huge amount - definitely way in excess of the legal requirement if it had been a window tint instead of glasses... and yet this is fine? Weird one.

You ask far too many sensible questions RM

 

[Sherbs]

As with most people, I wear sunglasses when driving for obvious reasons. I always wondered about this in law though. It's clearly legal to wear them, yet your windscreen is already at the maximum legally permitted tint level from factory.

Add in sunglasses and you've just reduced the light reaching you by a huge amount - definitely way in excess of the legal requirement if it had been a window tint instead of glasses... and yet this is fine? Weird one.

If you get a decent pair of sunglasses the light isn't reduced much, more so the glare of the sun.

 

[Pudney]

Bright sunlight makes me sneeze, far safer for me to drive with sunglasses than not.

 

[sigma]

Can even help with night driving too providing you're on a lit motorway, obviously not wise for long periods!

 

[Dr Who]

As with most people, I wear sunglasses when driving for obvious reasons. I always wondered about this in law though. It's clearly legal to wear them, yet your windscreen is already at the maximum legally permitted tint level from factory.

Add in sunglasses and you've just reduced the light reaching you by a huge amount - definitely way in excess of the legal requirement if it had been a window tint instead of glasses... and yet this is fine? Weird one.

You realise that you cannot remove a windscreen and side windows at night like you can sunglasses right?

Honestly, I despair of some peoples logic.

 

[Vampyre]

I almost always wear sunglasses when driving during the day, improves contrast and means I can concentrate on the road rather than squinting or suffering from occasional flash blindness.

 

[StoutMeister]

I do this all the time, and it works!

I drive wearing polarized sunglasses in all daylight conditions.

<-me

 

[StoutMeister]

You realise that you cannot remove a windscreen and side windows at night like you can sunglasses right?

Honestly, I despair of some peoples logic.

You can wind down the windows, and, if you have a Landrover Defender or previous versions of, lower your windscreen.

 

[wannabedamned]

It's just very annoying, I can't stand people wearing sunglasses full stop tbh.

Yeah, well I cant stand people who cant stand people who wear sunglasses full stop tbh