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Night vision is one of the things I miss most about being really young. Driving at night used to be fun! And I was easily able to walk around in near pitch bla

Night vision is one of the things I miss most about being really young. Driving at night used to be fun! And I was easily able to walk around in near pitch black. Plenty other things can be maintained with good health and exercise, but night vision isn't ever coming back. :(

dekhn 2y ago
Yeah, I'm 52 and at some point in the last ten years, night driving became really painful. I don't know how much of it is due to my eyes changing, versus "improvements" in headlights (of oncoming traffic; I notice that old lights have a nice warm dim yellow, while newer lights tend to be a bright cold white). or from grease on my inner windshield :(. But yeah, it totally turns what used to be a routine and relaxing process into an exercise into "is that a tree or a person dressed in dark clothing?"
- qup 2y ago
  I don't think this is exactly what you're talking about, but thought I'd drop a hint for anyone struggling with twilight driving: Use your visor to block out the sky. It's brighter than the road part of the scene, and it forces your eyes to pick the wrong "exposure." Blocking it helps quite a bit.
  - theturtle32 2y ago
    Similarly, if you've had LASIK and struggle with halos and starbursts around taillights and headlights, try increasing the brightness of your instrument panel. It will cause your irises to close in response to the brighter light, which allows less light in through the uncorrected area of your corneas. Basically: in LASIK surgery they only apply correction to the very center area of your cornea, and the more your irises open, the more of those higher order aberrations you will see.
    - mc3301 2y ago
      Interesting. I had "S.M.I.L.E" surgery about 8 years ago, and I find the opposite to be better for me. At night, I dim my instrument panel to as dark as possible.
- dhaugshs 2y ago
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- 7thaccount 2y ago
  It isn't necessarily your eyesight. I'm in my 30s and have great eyesight and have noticed that with vehicles getting taller (especially trucks) and lights getting much brighter that oncoming traffic can really shine right into your eyes and make driving at night a pain. I'm convinced it's entirely a problem of our own fault that really impacts drivers of normal cars.

dekhn 2y ago

Yeah, I'm 52 and at some point in the last ten years, night driving became really painful. I don't know how much of it is due to my eyes changing, versus "improvements" in headlights (of oncoming traffic; I notice that old lights have a nice warm dim yellow, while newer lights tend to be a bright cold white). or from grease on my inner windshield :(. But yeah, it totally turns what used to be a routine and relaxing process into an exercise into "is that a tree or a person dressed in dark clothing?"

qup 2y ago
I don't think this is exactly what you're talking about, but thought I'd drop a hint for anyone struggling with twilight driving: Use your visor to block out the sky. It's brighter than the road part of the scene, and it forces your eyes to pick the wrong "exposure." Blocking it helps quite a bit.
- theturtle32 2y ago
  Similarly, if you've had LASIK and struggle with halos and starbursts around taillights and headlights, try increasing the brightness of your instrument panel. It will cause your irises to close in response to the brighter light, which allows less light in through the uncorrected area of your corneas. Basically: in LASIK surgery they only apply correction to the very center area of your cornea, and the more your irises open, the more of those higher order aberrations you will see.
  - mc3301 2y ago
    Interesting. I had "S.M.I.L.E" surgery about 8 years ago, and I find the opposite to be better for me. At night, I dim my instrument panel to as dark as possible.
dhaugshs 2y ago
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7thaccount 2y ago
It isn't necessarily your eyesight. I'm in my 30s and have great eyesight and have noticed that with vehicles getting taller (especially trucks) and lights getting much brighter that oncoming traffic can really shine right into your eyes and make driving at night a pain. I'm convinced it's entirely a problem of our own fault that really impacts drivers of normal cars.