My windshield doesn’t have any aftermarket tint. But before the side windows were tinted, the sun would strike me from the side and cause serious issues for me.
So I bought something like this:
So I talked to the professionals at the tint shop and they assured me that the police would not harass me for having 50% tint.
Then my problem was solved.
The car doesn’t feel like it is tinted with 50% tint when viewing from the inside. But your vision will be clearer and sharper when viewing through 50% tint as the glare from the sun is greatly reduced. Night driving is no issue for me, but like Nevada has said, 30-35% tint will be difficult to see through at nights. My previous Camry had 20% in the back and 35% in the front and night driving was a bit challenging. 50% zero challenge.
… and who is obsessed with the problems that he created for himself, and who blames his mistakes on everyone else…
Why not just get a good pair of polarized sunglasses?
If it were so simple, I would have gone that route without hesitation.
I am not a candidate for contact lens and haven’t found a pair of prescription frame that blocks the sun from the side of my eyes.
This why we don’t understand, despite my doctor’s explanation, why dmv rejected my request for tint exception.
You’re welcome…
These would not fit my prescription type. This was discussed with my optician.
You have an excuse for everything (most of them I do not believe) so just stop posting your problems .
Then get some that fit over prescription glasses
I understand what you are writing, I misunderstood and misused the way the VLT results are stated and the way tinting is labeled, the VLT gives the amount of light passing through, not the amount of light blocked.
What about tinted or opaque clip on side shields for your glasses? Here’s an example of some commercially available ones. Between you and your ophthalmologist you should find something that will fit your frames. The next time you buy frames you could get some that will fit the side shields you like.
+1
I have a pair of these that I keep in the car for instances when my eyes have been dilated for an eye exam. They fit over virtually any type of Rx glasses.
Your definition of a “Professional” is anyone who works in a particular field. With that same thought in mind, the guy that cuts my grass is a “professional” but in reality, the only thing he knows is that my lawn is “green” and it needs cutting. He has no idea if my grass is Bermuda, Fescue, or Zoysia; if it in need of watering, if it is healthy, if it needs fertilizer, etc…
A professional is a member of a profession that has standards of education and training that prepare members of the profession with the particular knowledge and skills necessary to perform their specific role within that profession.
Your guy only squeegees the tint film onto your windows and next week he will probably be flipping your hamburger. This is not saying he is not doing a necessary job, but he is not trained in the law as you have made painfully obvious…
@Clueless33
IMHO you just need to sell your car and use Uber or something. Then you wouldn’t need to worry about the sun, school bus, rail roads, stop lights, or anything else. Just sit back relax, maybe take a nap.
There are so many different types of sunglasses; my sunglasses are Polarized UV Sunglasses, Aviator Style, Driving Goggles, which fit over my prescription glasses…
I buy mine at CVS Drug store for about $20, and they come in three sizes, regular if you do not need to wear eyeglasses, Large for wearing over Small Frame eyeglasses, and Extra Large, for wearing over Large Frame eyeglasses. All the same price,
Notice that they have the side lens so your peripheral vision is still usable.
They are also available through various online retailers, but trying them on cannot be beat to get the best size to fit over your eyeglasses.
You haven’t looked hard enough. There are companies like Wiley that have prescription inserts. Perfect for someone with a high prescription (aka almost blind). I see them a lot by older golfers who are almost blind without prescription glasses wearing them. They are a good wrap
You forgot about the State of NY, all of whose laws he thinks are wrong/restrictive/repressive.
Some people are just perpetual victims–in their own minds.
I’m just returning back to this thread. I see that everyone is trying to help.
I do have a clip on over my prescription frame but it only covers the front. The ones suggested by the CarTalk community are too heavy and/or uncomfortable for my face. They make driving risky.
By now I should sound annoying and full of excuse but this is why I told you guys I’ve discussed this with my doctors and the only solution we could come up with is tinted windows.
They will send in another request to the DMV but I won’t hold my breath.
I remember babk in the 1960s and earlier thatntinted glass in cars was an option. Consumer Reports recommended that a person should avoid this option, as it reduced night vision. When air conditioning became popular, tinted glass did reduce the load on the air conditioning.
I once owned a bottom line 1965 Rambler Classic 550. It did not have tinted glass. I lived in an apartment with no garage. I remember ice on the windshields of the cars in the parking lot where all the cars were facing the sun. The ice was always slower to melt on the windshield of my Rambler than the cars parked next to it. I finally.figured out that my neighbors’ cars had tinted windshields while my Rambler did not. The tinted windshields absorbed the sun’s rays. This tint did reduce the temperature in the car as the non tinted glass let the sun’s rays pass on through to the interior.
Are they licensed in New York State? Ophthalmologist or optometrist? If optometrist, have him or her refer you to an ophthalmologist.
