Nightime Driving

[Tilly2]

I am really unnerved and upset.

I have just returned from a journey through the countryside to a village eight miles away. I hit the kerb twice, once going and once coming back.

I have never hit the kerb before and wondered if I am now safe to drive in the darkness. There was a lot of oncoming traffic due to the 'rush hour' and I found the journey quite difficult.
Do night-time spectacles help, at all? What has happened to my vision?

[Tilly2]

I'll let you know tomorrow, 237. :-)

[Patsy33]

Hope eye test is all well for you Tilly. I'm sure there's a simple explanation. Try not to worry x

[237SJ]

Yes, please do as I`m sure it will be fine

[bhg481]

Many garages will do a free alignment check but, if any adjustment is needed, it will cost around £50.

[shoota]

Has anybody spared a thought for the poor kerbs?
Not to mention the car....

[Tilly2]

Thank you, Patsy and 237.

I'm ok now but I was really upset earlier. All the confirming answers on this post have really helped. Thank you to all who have responded. I appreciate it. x

[Canary42]

Tilly, can I just add my name to the "you are not alone" group ;-)

[Tilly2]

Shoota, I was just so glad that no one was walking along the footpaths! It was not funny.

[237SJ]

I hit a kerb when I drove home from work yesterday (in daylight) Since I have become menopausal, my driving is crap. Seems to go with the territory.

[KJN]

After a visit to the optician (for a similar problem that you seem to have) who informed me that due to an eye condition ( can’t remember what it’s called but not serious and an age thing hehe)I would find oncoming headlights very bright, I decided to invest in a pair of clip on night driving glasses £1-99 on eBay ( yellow ones) much to my delight I can now look at oncoming headlights etc with no problems at all. After a visit to your opticians this maybe worth an investment.

[Tilly2]

Thank you, KJN but I don't, at the moment, need glasses to drive. Maybe, after tomorrow's appointment, I shall. We'll see. :-)

[Baldric]

Tilly, Night Driving Glasses are not to correct your vision, they simply reduce the glare from oncoming headlights.

[Tilly2]

Baldric, I don't yet know if my vision needs to be improved by wearing glasses when driving. Hopefully, I will find out tomorrow. Thank you, anyway.

[diddlydo]

I must say that I've found other people's answers very heart-warming in so far as knowing I'm not alone. I first experienced the terror of night-time driving 2 years ago - driving back from the station to home (4 miles) along unlit country road with no cat's eyes and no white lines but a fair amount of commuter traffic - scared me rigid. I don't mind dark in towns or on lit motorways but otherwise, no.

[ummmm]

I struggle walking in the dark!

[Tilly2]

Thank you. :-)

[spathiphyllum]

might have something to do with the oncoming cars especially if they were newer cars, higher up with big beaming LED headlights making your viability next to none.

[fiction-factory]

I've reported 4 I thnk in the last 5 minutes. Someone is busy- or maybe a spam bot