Ever Thought About Just How Much Your Eyes Do When You’re Driving?
Driving is something most of us do without giving it much thought. But every journey asks far more of your eyes than you might realise.
You get in the car.
Start the engine.
Set off.
Simple.
But have you ever stopped to think about just how many different things your eyes are doing every few seconds?
You’re looking hundreds of metres down the road.
Then you’re checking the road immediately in front of your bonnet.
You glance in your rear-view mirror.
Then your door mirror.
Back to the road.
A quick look at your speedometer to make sure you’re still behaving yourself.
A glance at the sat nav.
Another look at the mirrors.
A road sign. A cyclist. A pedestrian. The car pulling out at the junction.
All of that happens in seconds.
Your eyes are constantly changing where they’re looking and what they’re focusing on.
When everything is working well, you never notice.
When it isn’t, driving can become surprisingly tiring.
“I Can See to Drive.”
That’s something we hear quite often.
And that’s brilliant.
But there’s a difference between being able to see and seeing comfortably.
If your eyes have to work harder than they need to, a two-hour journey can leave you feeling far more tired than it should.
Sometimes people stop driving at night because they think they’ve “lost confidence”. Often, they’re actually finding it harder to cope with glare from headlights or changing light levels.
Others find themselves moving their head more than they used to when looking between the road, the dashboard and the mirrors.
Many simply assume it’s all part of getting older.
Sometimes it is. Sometimes it isn’t.
The Right Lenses Make Driving Feel Easier
For many people, a good pair of varifocals is an excellent solution for driving because they’re designed to let you move naturally between the road ahead, your dashboard and other everyday viewing distances.
If you spend a lot of time behind the wheel, your optician may also recommend lens designs or coatings chosen to improve comfort, reduce distracting reflections and help you see more naturally in changing conditions.
The best driving glasses aren’t the ones that make you think, “Wow, these are amazing.”
They’re the ones you stop thinking about altogether.
We Don’t Just Ask, “Can You Read the Letters?”
We want to know how you actually use your eyes.
- Do you commute every day?
- Do you regularly drive at night?
- Do you spend hours on the motorway?
- Do you avoid driving when it’s raining?
- Do headlights seem brighter than they used to?
The answers to those questions often tell us far more than an eye chart ever could.
The Goal Is Simple
We want you to enjoy driving.
To feel relaxed behind the wheel.
To move naturally between the road, your mirrors, your dashboard and your sat nav without giving your vision a second thought.
Because that’s when your glasses are doing exactly what they should.
And if you’ve never had that conversation with your optician, it might just be worth asking the question.
Sometimes the biggest improvement isn’t changing your prescription.
It’s discovering there’s a better solution for the way you actually drive.
