What you can do to your windshield to avoid sun glare
How to react to sun glare when driving
Conclusion
What you can do to your windshield to avoid sun glare
Sun glare can be extremely dangerous when you are driving. Sun glare causes between 8,000 and 10,000 car accidents per year according to the National Highway and Traffic Safety Association. Being proactive is always a better approach to an issue than just reacting to it. That is why you should do everything you can to make sure any potential sun glare gets minimized before you even start driving on any bright sunny days in Hawaii of which there are a ton.
You can start minimizing any possible sun glare on your windshield by first ensuring that it is completely clean both on the outside and on the inside. A dirty windshield can worsen sun glare by scattering the powerful rays of light hitting it which makes seeing even more difficult. You can also make sure that you have the right type of sunglasses handy in case sun glare ever gets too extreme when you are driving.
Planning will also go a long way to reducing the impact sun glare can have on you as you drive in Hawaii. If possible, change your plans so that you will not have to drive in the direction of the sun when it has just risen or is in the middle or end of setting. Do not drive east while it is rising and do not drive west while it is setting. Finally, you can really get ahead of sun glare by tinting your windshield as much as you legally can. In Hawaii, windshield tints are permitted to be on the top four inches of the windshield and must be non-reflective.
How to react to sun glare when driving
If you forget to do any of the above in terms of avoiding sun glare when driving and must fight through it while you drive, you can still make things much easier on yourself in several ways. First, pull down your sun visor and ensure that it is properly angled to block as much glare as possible. You can also start driving much more defensively meaning you should get over to the right-most lane of traffic, slow down, and put more distance between yourself and the car in front of you. Another tip to drive through heavy periods of sun glare will be to focus more on the road markings on the road directly in front of you rather than the horizon ahead.
Conclusion
Sun glare is something that needs to be taken extremely seriously when you are driving in Hawaii. Hawaii has mostly bright and sunny weather, which means sun glare can consistently be an issue here. Each year, sun glare causes thousands of car accidents. In order to prevent or at least minimize sun glare’s impact, you should always keep your car’s windshield clean (inside and out), try to avoid driving while the sun rises or sets, always have sunglasses handy and you should consider getting the top part of your windshield tinted as well.
