The Fiji Times

Drive with the right shades

- By LILLIANNE MATAI

IF you have a friend or know someone who has made it a daily habit to wear dark tinted sunglasses while driving, you might want to encourage them to stop as it poses a dangerous threat to passengers. pass-byers and even the driver.

It is not an entierely bad thing to wear sunglasses provided that they are not as dark as the colour of an overbaked cake.

Needless to say, you must know the importance of wearing sunglasses when driving and website www.businessto­day.in is here to guide you.

Extreme brightness and distractin­g reflection­s can impair visibility when driving and be the cause of a freak accident. If you have the window down or you're riding, dry winds and dust are additional distractio­ns to deal with. Sunglasses, as simple and ubiquitous as they are, can offer protection from these elements.

Now that you've understood the importance of wearing sunglasses, here are a few tips by website www.newroads.ca

Tint

While many people assume that a darker tint is automatica­lly better, consider a pair that's in Class 2 or 3. Class 4 is quite dark, and will inhibit your ability to see the road ahead for most day driving.

Colour

You likely already know this, but different coloured lenses can affect how you see different colours. As a result, wearing the wrong coloured lens could hinder your ability to see road signs and traffic lights. Pink, green, and blue lenses can sometimes make red lights indistingu­ishable.

Brown and grey lenses are typically the best for driving, as both are gender-neutral and won't alter any of the colours you see. Yellow-coloured lenses are also good for driving.

Polarised lenses

If you truly want to reduce the amount of glare when you drive, you should really invest in polarised lenses. These lenses greatly reduce the glare from headlights reflecting off puddles, and can be extremely useful in any kind of foggy or rainy conditions.

They also provide UV protection, which will reduce the amount of strain on your eyes.

You could pick the right tint and colour, but it won't do you much good if your lenses are scratched. To counter this problem, consider an anti-scratch coating. Considerin­g how often people drop their sunglasses, this can also increase the useful life of your lenses.

You could also choose a pair with an antireflec­tive coating to improve your visibility.

Frame

When you're choosing the frame of your glasses, it's important that you can see clearly from all angles. While large-framed glasses may be more aesthetica­lly pleasing, they can also obstruct your peripheral vision.

Glasses that wrap around are better at blocking the sun and will do a better job of allowing you to see from all angles. Otherwise, you could be creating unwanted blind spots for yourself.

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Rajnal Ravinash Chetty with his newly purchased vehicle at Sakura Carz in Samabula.

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