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Comfortable and hard on glare

Sometimes it seems like summer is a million years away. Literally. But, that doesn’t mean you can relax when it comes to eye protection. Winter sun is lower in the sky, so it’s more likely to shine directly in your eyes when you’re driving. And, that means that having sunglasses, Clip-Ons or Suncovers on hand in the car is a must.

But there’s more. Glare is light moving in the horizontal plane – and it happens when light bounces off a flat surface like a road, a pavement or even the bonnet of a car. It’s uncomfortable, unpleasant and can impair your vision. Glare doesn’t just happen in bright sunlight – it can happen on days that are grim and grey as well.  There’s research showing that glare can slow down the time it takes to stop your car.  So be safe in low light and keep sun protection in your glove box.

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Journalist Simon Brooke provides a roundup of the best of this summer’s sunglasses on the MSN style pages.
Polaroid’s Expedition driving sunglasses are featured alongside some great styles from Emporio Armani, Oliver Peoples and John Lewis.
Check out the review and see the gallery on MSN.

 

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 If you’re out in your car on a bright day, you’ll know how distracting and dangerous it can be when driving into the sun. You’re squinting and ducking behind the visor in your car, which is unsafe for you and your passengers. 
 
 

Polaroid polarized sunglasses reduce glare so that you can see more clearly when driving. Wearing polarized driving sunglasses, your full concentration is on the road and you’ll be aware of any potential hazards that might have been obscured by the glare.

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Have you seen the video clip on You Tube, How Skipping Rocks Relates to Polaroid Sunglasses  about how polarized lenses reflect glare? It uses the principle of skimming stones across a lake to explain a little about how light behaves.
 
It works like this. Light travels in all directions, but when it hits a horizontal surface like water or the road it becomes polarized into useful vertical light and horizontal light which we call glare. So put on your polarized sunglasses.
 

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