I don’t understand how a car will accelerate in cruise control when tires lose contact with the ground. The wheels would still be spinning and the speedometer will still be registering, so why would the car accelerate?
I use sunglasses all the time when it rains. Furthermore, I use sunglasses with lenses that are “high contrast” vision. I am an Oakley fan and their “Fire” and “Fire Polarized” lenses are fantastic in the rain and also on cloudy days.
Okay ..
Why not just say, 'dubious'?
[just teasing ya :-)]
This is one of those emails that went around.
I tried it (expensive, polarized Ray-Ban’s). I found it makes no difference.
I suppose if the rain is creating a hazy glare it would.
The sunglasses didn’t help me with night time glare, either.
Nothing spooks me more than the kind of storm with sideways rain, etc. when the wiper blades (no matter the speed) won't help.
Will this work in a white-out too, or do I just pull over and wait? We get some serious white out conditions here too in NE Ohio.
Actually, polarized sunglasses ought to help reduce glare and reflected light somewhat in a downpour. Obviously, wipers in good condition and the use of Rain-X (or similar) on the windshield would be helpful as well.
There are two major issues with driving in a downpour - your own windshield, and the hazing effect of the rain itself. When it’s really pouring (like it was here in Jacksonville yesterday afternoon), the cleanest windshield in the world won’t be enough.
I can confirm that I definitely use my sunglases in the rain. In fact I wear them most of the time. But the glasses I wear are hard to find and are fairly expensive. They are Revo polarized photo chromatic optically ground glass they substantially improve visual acuity.
IMO they were the very best you could get for the money, but unfortunately Revo stopped making them a few years ago. Serengeti makes a few modes and Ray Ban also makes one or two models, but none are as good as the rose colored Revo polarized photochromatics.
When I found out Revo stopped making them I bought several pairs to keep for later as I will no doubt eventually break of lose a pair now and then.
I can confirm that I definitely use my sunglases in the rain. In fact I wear them most of the time. But the glasses I wear are hard to find and are fairly expensive. They are Revo polarized photo chromatic optically ground glass they substantially improve visual acuity.
IMO they were the very best you could get for the money, but unfortunately Revo stopped making them a few years ago. Serengeti makes a few modes and Ray Ban also makes one or two models, but none are as good as the rose colored Revo polarized photochromatics.
When I found out Revo stopped making them I bought several pairs to keep for later as I will no doubt eventually break of lose a pair now and then.
To see better in heavy rain, get your face closer to the windshield.
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Snopes is not trustworthy about politically charged subjects; why trust them for anything else?