Poor vision when driving at night, possible causes - A State of Sight #119

Seeing well to drive safely at night is very important. Frequently, we hear from our patients that they have difficulty driving at night due to poor vision or difficulty with glare.

Watch this episode of A State of Sight with Isaac Porter, MD to learn about a few of the possible causes of poor night driving vision and some potential solutions.

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[Dutfghh]

I think a lot of it has to with all the new cars with extremely bright Led Headlights. The glare from these headlights is blinding to me and I don’t have cataracts or any other eye problems.

[nancyhawn]

No halos or blurred vision but it is a lot harder to see entrances and exits to gas stations and some stores if they are not lit well. It seems like many roads are not well lit and maintained as much as they used to be. I occasionally have to drive at night and I get anxious about it.

[by]

Im 25, last 2-3 years my ability to drive at night started to dramatically drop, it used to be that I loved and prefered night driving, even just 2 years ago. There is no halos etc, I seem to fail to handle high contrast - whenever someone from other direction drives by, Im nearly entirely blinded by the headlights. It looks pitch black besides the lights. Ive driven many times already on highway guided only by rear lights of cars in front of me, not seeing a single iota beyond this. Whats weird I asked around few friends, and it looks like within same years many different ages of my buddies (generally 20-30) have developped exactly same problem with varying severity. But oddly it become really bad at roughly same time. Might be coincidence, but... weird...

[Rising]

Save me please !!! I wear eye lenses and before 1 year my night vision become bad i see blurred sometimes but in the morning i can see good

[bondjane]

Yes I have had cataracts fixed well, but now I have WMD in my Rt. eye & dry DMD in my Lt.eye. I also seem to have on and off double vision, side by side & blurry vision sometimes as well.
At night I found I have to cover one eye to see the road & an not B driving at night like that!
I am wondering if there is a surgery or treatment to fix my eye problems.
I saw Dr. Demer a big shot & he was telling me exercises for my eyes wouldn't fix my eye problem.
He wanted to do a surgery where he would have me awake & do something to fix the double vision.
I was wondering how he could do that if I WASN"T having double vision when he did surgery.
Could he fix my problems with NIGHT FOCUS??
I don't want to NOT B able to drive at night. Sometimes I am out & it gets late & I am outing the night & scared to drive.
Can my eye problems B corrected or am I going to have to B a stay at home at night person or try to find someone to drive me.I am dirt poor so I can' afford Lyfts or Ubers..
Your suggestions please..

[James-gpuf]

Very informative video. I needed this.

[asiaabdullah]

Son I have night blindness r p are there latest treatment in this

[raheemdurant]

I good eyes nd I can see at night. I went to the eye doctor, they said my eyes are good but when I look at lights it's a glare. I don't wats causes this ????

[xiaomianna]

I can t see well in an environment with dim light. I have had it all my life. I had it at my right eye but now it s gotten worse at my both eyes. It happens almost every day. My problem is that i see darker with one eye and the light is red or blue. Then it moves to my other eye. I have also a thing i call "the spot" its a spot that is gray or black, its seethrough in the center of my eye. I can see through it but not so well, arround the spot my vision is normal. I take vitamin A and a medication called Myrtilene Puro, recomended by my eye doctor. It hasn t helped me. I had this problem since i was a child, now i m 35.

[rishabhdatta]

Sir i am facing problem of glares fue to iredetomy hole please suggest any kind of special contact lenses

[CherylHuse]

What about all of this and static in vision?

[Isabella-tsfb]

I have difficulties too driving at night., I have Glaucoma disease, what kind of glasses is good for me? can you give me an advice, Thank you.

[fitonutrienti]

Hi! I did by an Essilor Eyedrive lens for night driving, ... but unfortunatly did not reduce the glare ... is there a lens what actually does it?

[sbkhadka]

i cnt see weel at night during the driving and walking as well. what should i do sir?

[spike]

My night vision had gone bad since I had a wreck in 2016

[yuuta]

I am 16 years old and I can't clearly see at night and I am for sure near sighted what do I do I'm scared to tell this to my parents

[bxsicqlly]

I have this vision thats double the ting im looking at on top of it

[AlbertInSanAntonio]

I have all of these... unfotantly I am only 35 ... Yup hard to see far at night .. good thing I have magnifying glasses lol they say its genetic but i beg to disagree .. I have sat behind a computer screen startimg at age 8 almost all my life