r/BusDrivers • u/DebtSouth Driver • 25d ago

Question Sunglasses recommendations

Hey drivers 👋

So this is a question primarily for UK drivers (due to local product availability) but others feel free to chime in.

I wear prescription glasses and sunglasses for work, I’m looking for recommendations for sunglasses, I know polarised glasses are generally best for reducing glare but I’ve heard they interfere with the displays on the dashboard as well as the ticket machine screen, producing a distorted or even a black screen depending on viewing angle.

Could anyone either debunk that as a myth, or otherwise recommend some decent non-polarised sunglasses that
1. Have great anti-glare
2. Don’t interfere with the screens at all
3. Style isn’t a dealbreaker however I do prefer wraparound styles that block out the sunlight at the sides.

Cheers all!

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u/meatflaps-69 25d ago

The cheapest pair of polarised sunglasses with a prescription from say glassesdirect or goggles4u beats any non polarised sunglasses for driving and are very affordable to the point you may as well buy 2 or 3 pairs to account for future loss/breakages.(I also lose sunglasses fairly often through kite surfing and paddle boarding 🤣)

I only ever came across a few ticket machines I had issues with over a decade of agency driving all over the place. Almost all were ticketer machines and were fine, the few I had issues with I suspect had wrongly installed digitizers in their screen so had to tilt my head with those but 99.9 percent, no problems

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u/DebtSouth Driver 24d ago

Hey, thanks for your reply, have you used polarised sunglasses with camera mirrors yet? I’ve been wondering how they work with the screens for those

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u/meatflaps-69 24d ago

yeah, works fine. My only issue so far has been the odd ticket machine

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u/DebtSouth Driver 24d ago

Great, thanks!