Yellow lens glasses worsen drivers' night vision

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-driving-night/yellow-lens-glasses-dont-improve-drivers-night-vision-idUSKCN1US2HP

Linda Carroll
August 2, 2019

Touted to improve nighttime eyesight, yellow lens glasses don’t help drivers see better and may, in fact, worsen vision, a new study suggests.

Researchers found that yellow-lens wearing volunteers operating a driving simulator were no better at spotting a pedestrian when confronting oncoming headlights than those who wore clear lenses, according to the study published in JAMA Ophthalmology. And there was a suggestion that the yellow tinted lenses might even be making the situation worse.

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“Wearing (tinted) glasses, whether they are yellow, red or blue, cuts out a chunk of light. Which means this is the same as wearing sunglasses while driving at night.”

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