• bryophile@lemmy.zip
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    9 days ago

    I actually bought special night driving glasses today because of exactly this.

    It took me a while to buy something just because of other people’s stupid headlights.

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      9 days ago

      They make those? I can’t dive at all at night because of this shit, are they just called driving glasses?

      Edit: just saw you explained it lower, sorry

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        9 days ago

        They are like sunglasses that filter out bright blue / white light but do not darken everything so you can use them at night. They improve contrast and reduce eye fatigue.

        Search for: “LED headlight glare reduction glasses” or just “night driving glasses” and you’ll see many of these yellow tinted glasses.

        I hope they’ll do the trick!

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            8 days ago

            Yes exactly this, this has been bothering me for so long and I did not want them to win! But in the end I value my healthy and safety more than my sense of justice, I feel like such a sellout.

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              8 days ago

              What if one were to, I don’t know, thin out some yellow paint and airbrush it onto a set of LED headlights. Would this do the trick without having to wear glasses?

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    9 days ago

    I no longer wish to make money off this idea, I simply want it to exist

    Ship mirrors with built in liquid crystal layers that use the camera in the car to map and then block headlight brightness from the driver.

    It takes some electricity but the car has batteries and an alternator.

    Anyone other than Tesla or a Elon musk invested entity is allowed to use this idea.

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      9 days ago

      Well, auto-dimming rear-view mirrors have been a thing since the 90’s.

      Your idea layers onto that, and I’m sure it would require trivial amounts of power (watches have used LCD since the 80’s).

      I’m pretty sure I’ve seen LCD used as a dimming method for windows.

      • YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today
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        9 days ago

        Those things fucking suck! Last card I had had one and it took like 30 seconds to a minute to darken. Next car I made sure had the old school flicky doohickey.