Talk Morgan Forums Morgan Sports Cars Classic Morgans (pre-CX) It's that time of year again, low sun dazzle

Just to be clear, the yellow tinted night driving glasses don't help with the low sun issue! I was only suggesting them for the LED headlight glare - I keep a light, wire framed, pair in each car to put on over my prescription specs at night. For the low sun issue, baseball cap is fine, but a wide-brimmed hat a bit better as you can tilt it to one side or the other to deal with the sun shining in at an angle - only problem is having to ignore the "yeee-haa" taunts from pedestrians, or tolerating "where are the dangling corks, Aussie"!!

I tried the yellow lenses a few times years ago. Didn't think they had much effect, but maybe that is just me?
Along the upper edge of the driver's side window on the 90 I have placed a sunstrip to cope with low sun from that side and did the same with several of my commutacar/shopping trolleys over the last few years.

As an optician in my previous working life, I would strongly recommend against wearing any tinted lens when driving at night. Even so called night driving glasses absorb too much light to be considered safe. The yellow tinted lenses absorb strongly in the yellow sodium wavelengths produced by many street lights. In some countries even driving at night with clear un-coated lenses would be illegal, as without an anti-reflection coating not enough light is passed through the lens but reflected away from each surface.
Most of us above a "certain age" will find low sun an issue. The lenses inside our eyes get more misty as the years pass and although not enough to be classified as a cataract it is enough to frustrate focussing in direct light, much as a dirty window in direct sun. As others have mentioned a peaked hat along with good sunglasses prescription or non prescription will help. Polarizing tints are particularly helpful with reflected glare given off bonnets and road surfaces, though these can be problematic with toughened windscreens and some digital screens. There's no easy answer but there are also some effective prescription driving lenses around, with practically clear lenses they are designed for all-day use.

Thanks David for the professional advice.
Interestingly I stopped wearing sunglasses when working in South West Africa, I visited an optician in Cape Town for a check up and his advise was either invest in Zeis glasses or don’t wear any and you will accustomed to it. He was right I haven’t worn any since 1973.

As a young m/cyclist I thought to have a small tinted strip across the top of my visor to allow me to dip my head fractionally to reduce the suns glare directly into my eyes should I round a corner and find it blinding me.. While driving in Italy through the many tunnels and then emerging into direct sunlight I found it handy to have "flip up" sunglasses over my driving glasses, which could be flipped up and down in an instant as necessary..

With no sun visors or want of them in my Mog, those old flip up sunglasses still work reasonably well.... Which reminds me I should get round to replacing them with a new pair, but they seem not to be as readily available as they once were..

+1 for the "flip up" sunglasses.

I used to have a pair, but with reactolite I have no idea where they are now.

Looks like I'll have to drag my Barmah Sundowner Kangaroo leather hat into use once I've sorted a chin strap out, haven't worn it much since I let my Driza-bone full length ranch wax jacket go from my Harley riding days go. Not so sure the 'outback' look isn't just a little incongruous in a very traditional English car.

I'm looking into the Zeiss Duravision Drivesafe sunglasses.

Might have to wear my carbon fibre crash helmet with photochromic visor