I used tonwear those yellow tinted night driving glasses. They're dorky as hell but they definitely helped.

Idk if this helps, but when a car drives by me with their brights on, I focus on the white line on side of the road. I can still keep myself in position and the focus is taken away from the bright lights.

Yeah, maybe try some glasses. Yellow ones like rippy suggested, or a pair with a blue light filter would probably also help.

Yeah I drive at night a lot. I'm not sure about any solution

Most importantly, drive slowly during the nights. Always proceed with caution at traffic junctions and intersections.

Since you are following traffic rules, don't assume that everybody will. People tend to go on the wrong side of the road, or jump signals during the night when traffic is less.

Avoid long/highway drives during the nights, if you can.

Drive in the left most lane. Let the left-side line be your guide for the lane boundaries, that way you’ll never have to look at the right lane except in your ORVM and you’ll save yourself from going crazy from oncoming high beamed traffic

Do not look at the headlights of oncoming vehicles. Just concentrate on your lane.

Whenever junction or a section where more than 2 roads are merging keep your speed low even if you are sure that roads are empty and no one is approaching. Try to use lower beam to facilitate the two wheeler riders from opposite direction mostly in city area. On highways always use high beam.

Idk but there are this kind of glasses which help while driving in the night the basically cancel the high beam . Window coating is also available for the same purpose

There is no way of escaping this tbh , nowadays most of the em drive only with high-beams on the road

A good clean windshield helps a lot. You can cut down on most of the light hitting you with auto dimming or the light blue tinted mirrors. Reach out to local law makers in your state and try to get them to push to maximum lumens on headlights.

Yes, I use it. That still leaves the side mirrors. Since trucks/SUVs are wider as well as higher, the glare from the side mirrors are also problematic -sometimes more than the rear view mirror. I’ve gotten very good at adjusting the side mirror while driving - which also makes them back off, and maybe gives them an idea of how obnoxious their headlights are. That’s not my intent but it certainly doesn’t bother me.

A Corolla seems to be the perfect height to be double-teamed-blinded by the gigantic truck coming at me and the one behind me.

With my Astigmatism I try to avoid driving at night.

This is it. I just moved from a small sedan to an Outback and the difference in night driving is significant. I can actually see the road consistently now, just because of the height difference. That said, the standard lights on the Outback aren't overpowering unless I turn "auto" mode on, which I think must be what a lot of people are doing. Auto mode at night is about twice as bright as the normal mode and about the same as the brights on my old sedan. The brights mode in the Outback is, to me, just overkill. I go on plenty of backroads and have not needed them once so far.

Well lit areas, street lights, and other cars head/tail lights all together is a nightmare.

Height is a big part of it. I too drive a smaller sedan. I have to drive somewhat rural roads at night coming home from work. I have almost left the road several times because I was totally blinded. Why are these even legal? I thought it was illegal not to lower your high beams when approaching another car.

I have no real sympathy for them in that situation. Their standard headlights are usually brighter than my high-beams lol

And don't get me started on the dumbass lifted trucks/jeeps that never bother to tilt their lights properly

Driving in the rain at night feels so incredibly dangerous especially with all of the insane headlights

One of the tips I'm surprised didn't come up in the other thread over at drivinguk.

Try not to look directly into the headlights of oncoming cars (at least not when they're close and passing you). Look down at the left hand side of your lane while they pass.

Also bonus tip, make sure your headlights are dipped when there are cars coming towards you. If you don't dip your headlights there is a good chance drivers coming towards you may flash their lights at you. An eye full of main beam is no good for anyone.

I had this! Went to the opticians and got new glasses with anti glare coating (weak prescription) and she also said I have very dry eyes so prescribed some eyes drops on repeat. The eye drops worked wonders alone, she did say dry eyes can make astigmatism worse and she was definitely right! The glasses were the icing on the cake when they arrived.

Strangely, I never felt as though my eyes were dry until I started using the drops and felt like a whole new woman 😂

Something my old man tought me,

If your driving at night and you are approaching a car with very bright lights, glance down at the near side kurb while you pass them (we're talking when they are withing 3 meters of your front end and not miles down the road) or better yet try to focus past the car in your lane so you can attempt to see what's infront of you (I've seen dashcam footage of idiots flashing concomming cars when there is an obstruction right infront of them)

Some of the LED lights on cars are so bright. I live in the middle of the city and driving at night is so blinding some nights so I feel ya!

Totally normal. Think about it - if you went for a walk in the countryside at night, you'd probably be pretty disorientated/spooked. Distance perception would be all off, and you'd be hearing all sorts of strange noises! It's not that different in a car. A few tips to help:

1. Don't be afraid of putting the headlights onto full beam. Obviously you don't want to blind oncoming traffic, but you don't need to get them dipped as soon as you see a car 10 miles away!
2. It's more important than ever to look well ahead when you get the chance. If you're in a dark area and get the chance to put the lights on full beam, gather as much information about what's coming up as you can. Where's the road going, not just now, but next? That way, if you do get dazzled or have to dip the headlights, you've already got some information banked.
3. Remember that the rear view mirror often adjusts to take out the dazzle from cars behind you. Pretty much everyone who's driven at night will have the experience of a van driver being (seemingly) close behind you with their lights on full. Change the rear view mirror into night mode, and problem much reduced.
4. It's very tempting when it's dark generally to stare harder at the area you want to look at. Unfortunately, that's not how your eye works. The middle of your vision is really well set up to see colours and detail in daylight. The outer parts of your vision are what works well in low light. So weirdly, if you want to see something clearer at night, you actually have to look slightly off to the side of it. That's probably too hard to think of while driving, but the easier advice is to not get fixated, but make sure you are moving your eyes around and scanning.
5. Don't be afraid to slow down. You should aim to be able to stop safely on your side of the road in the distance you can see. At night, this distance may have to reduce.
6. Practise. You'll get better over time. For example when you first start driving you have to do a lot of 'active' steering to keep the car straight. As you get more experienced you learn how to hold the car straight with fewer external inputs/corrections. Night driving just shines more of a light on some of those skills!

Polarized amber tint nighttime driving glasses. They have to be polarized for effective glare reduction.

Absolute game changer for massively reducing glare during nighttime driving.

Night Driving is like another skill, will take a little time to get used too.

You'll get used to it. It's new for you, so you need to practice in that environment.

If you can plan for it, night driving is preferable due to a lack of traffic, especially 4 wheelers. You can mitigate the obvious risks by getting adequate rest on a daily basis

Really can't stress that enough. Having a full 8 hours of sleep is crucial

Sleep as much as you can before starting the shift. Don't drink caffeine in any form 4-5 hours before bed. Darken your sleeping quarters as much as you can.

Sleep during the day

Stay hydrated, keep a bag of jalapeno beef jerky with you, and listen to the Joe Rogan podcast on YouTube.

Coffee, and being a night owl in general. I listen to music and podcasts about 50/50 while driving. If I’m listening to music and start to get drowsy I’ll switch over to podcasts, and vice versa. Just changing up what my brain is processing at the moment helps. I’ve done the high caffeine “intense” coffee with two of those Stok shots on a few occasions, but when I’m that tired I’d really rather just stop for the night. Not worth the risk

I got Lasik done at 18, it only lasted 10 years and then faded away, it's not worth it for me to try and get it done again since i hated the surgery the first time. I can either drive at night, or in the rain, but not if it's raining at night, its too dangerous. I go slower and avoid the busier roads, and take ones with minimal street lights on it as well. I schedule my errands around daylight, it can be annoying but I've adjusted to it.

Lasik really complicates things when it comes time for cataract surgery. Plus, I don't see how lasik helps.. It will help the clinic's bottom line, but it won't help you deal with glare.

When I was learning to drive, they trained me to look at the right-hand shoulder when challenged by headlights from oncoming cars, using my peripheral vision for the road ahead. Do you do that?

My night time vision sucks in general, so I avoid driving after dark:
https://www.reddit.com/r/astigmatism/comments/1kuym5r/night_vision_struggles_with_astigmatism_and/mvakf2o/

LASIK sucks.

Yes, people with ast. report that kind of issues.
I don't experience halos/light distortions at night, but my night time vision started to suck after my myopia + ast. went below -4D and -1D respectively :(
My vision in the evenings sucks, so I avoid driving after dark.
(yes, my prescription is good, checked by a few optometrists, I go to check-ups every 6-12 months etc.)
There "drive" coatings for glasses, you may check them out.

I have the same issues with my eyes and yeah night driving requires all the expensive coatings- anti reflective etc.

If you don’t have anti-reflective, you should.

I believe it makes your night vision worse.
It may be something that accompanies high corneal astigmatism.
The lenses are that helpful IMO.

I think its the combo with astigmatism and myopia that makes these symptoms worse.