Night vision and age

[arkline]

It seems that my night vision is getting poor. I shot past the 50 year mark some time ago and was wondering if, aside from eating enough carrots to turn my skin orange, there is anyway to improve one's vision in the dark...:)

[Promethean]

Night vision goggles. :)


It seems that my night vision is getting poor. I shot past the 50 year mark some time ago and was wondering if, aside from eating enough carrots to turn my skin orange, there is anyway to improve one's vision in the dark...:)

[geechie]

Geez Ron...

If I happen to stumble over something, I'll be sure to let you know.

George... groping my way towards 58.

[Deans BMW]

Ron, I don't do much nite riding at all due to that very problem. My ST is the first bike bike in a long time that has enough light for me to ride safely at nite. I liken the problem to my "F" stops not working as well as in the past.

[DJ Down Under]

Ron....just wondering...do you normally wear glasses.

DJ

[arkline]

DJ,

Cursed with glasses since I was a wee lad. I think I got my first pair at age three or somewhere around there.

[GPM]

I'm sure that from the apparent demographics of this crowd you'll get a lot of sympathy here. At 58 I only started needing glasses about 5 years ago. In the last few years, I too noticed my night vision deteriorating.

Like Dean, I too limit my night riding. The only thing I've found to help is to keep my prescription current. I was surprised by the change in just the last year. Again, getting old sucks.

[Deans BMW]

Getting old is definitely not for the timid.

[MidlifeMark]

They taught us in ground school that night vision deteriorates above 5000' cabin altitude, and that use of oxygen above 5000' is recommended at night. Dunno how you apply that on a motorcycle, but there it is.

[Deans BMW]

I live near 7,000 MSL, no wonder I can't see.

Or to put it another way, my 0' AGL is also my 7,000' MSL

Mark, have you picked up your Cessna yet, we need a report.

[Bones]

I won't bore you guys with all the anatomy gobbelty goop, but it is true, our "night vision" decreases with age.

Didn't you get tired of hearing your parents to tell you to turn up the lights when you read when you were a kid? You swore it would never happen to you, but it does.

I remember being able to see unbelivably small things even on a dark background...not anymore.

The only thing you can do about it is increase the light thrown on what you are looking at.

Yes, in some ways, getting old sucks. But while you can still enjoy the things you enjoy, it beats the alternatives.

Also swore I would never wear bifocals. Until last year when I got them. ah! Some of us have better genes than others.

Jeff

[MidlifeMark]

The seller is dropping the plane off two weeks from Saturday, at which time I'll get a couple hours of dual so that I can check out in it and warm up the oil enough to drain some for an anaylsis; My A&P and I are doing the pre-buy inspection the week of February 6; probably take the first day to make sure there's no deal-breakers, then we're going to go ahead and do the annual so that it'll be fresh with the sale. Hopefully by Valentine's Day.

[Scottybooj]

dang, are us 'sub-50' year olders allowed 'round here?

actually, at 32, I've noticed some slight degradation of my peripheral night time vision. People walking on the side of the road without reflective gear sometimes seems to come out of nowhere.

[Promethean]

Yes we are. I'm 31. Heh Heh!:cake:

I wear glasses...without them I'd be blind as a bat.

-Abhijeet


dang, are us 'sub-50' year olders allowed 'round here?

actually, at 32, I've noticed some slight degradation of my peripheral night time vision. People walking on the side of the road without reflective gear sometimes seems to come out of nowhere.

[geechie]

Geez. I was 31 when I married the Pegster. Seems like a freakin' lifetime ago! But it's been a good one, so far.

The other thing I'm bothered by vision-wise, is low level glare. I get it a lot this time of year on my commute. The sun is low going and coming. Keeping the face shield really clean helps, but it's still somewhat blinding.

George

[Deans BMW]

BTW Mark, I just corrected my post re AGL and MSL.

Can not wait to see pics of your new to you bird.

[Promethean]

Actually, it's twilight that really freaks me out. It messes with my depth/distance perception or something....I stopped riding during those times because I consistently kept missing lines while cornering. Odd...

-Abhijeet


Geez. I was 31 when I married the Pegster. Seems like a freakin' lifetime ago! But it's been a good one, so far.

The other thing I'm bothered by vision-wise, is low level glare. I get it a lot this time of year on my commute. The sun is low going and coming. Keeping the face shield really clean helps, but it's still somewhat blinding.

George

[Dallara]

George (Geechie) said:


"Geez. I was 31 when I married the Pegster. Seems like a freakin' lifetime ago! But it's been a good one, so far."


First off, George's comment reminds me of a joke...

Living a lifetime...

One day a man comes home to his wife after a visit to his doctor. His wife asks him "Well, Honey... What did the doctor say?" The man answers that he has been diagnosed with a terminal disease and has only three months to live. His wife is horrified, breaks down in tears, and tells her husband how sorry she is. They discussed his plight as the evening goes on, and she decides the husband should spend his last days doing whatever he wishes, and says "My dearset husband, I love you so much and so I want to make sure you live out your last days any way you wish no matter what the cost. So tell me, my love, how would you like to spend the last days of your life?"

The husband thinks for a moment and answers "I want to go live with your mother..."

The wife is shocked, knowing her husband never liked his mother-in-law, and she says "Why on earth, dear, would you want to spend the last days of your life living with my mother?"

And the husband says "Because any day with her seems like a lifetime."


Regarding vision... Gents, my eyes started going bad in my thirties, and I simply ignored it for years. When I finally had them looked at it was discovered I had keraticonus in my left eye. Since then the disease has progressed and now I am literally blind in that eye. They tell me the only sure cure is a cornea transplant, but that has a bunch of downsides, so I am going to put that off.

I am very nearsighted in my right eye, but with glasses I get along okay. I, too, have absolute hell at twilight, and my night vision is not much better. That is one of the reasons I have all those lights (Hella fog and PIAA driving) hung on my R1150R.

I really try to avoid riding at night if I can get away with it, and I don't even like it in a car.

Cheers!

Allan (Dallara - Banned, Banned, Banned... Barb, Barb, Bra-Banned...)

[JCsman]

http://www.dailyfunnyshit.com/core/pics/suess2.jpeg

Sums it up for me.

[wayno]

I read awhile back that what we saw with a 60watt bulb at 40 that at
55-60 we need a 100w. Something like that anyway.
I just know that at 57 I need more light than when younger.

[Gord]

I noticed some degradation in my night vision when I was around 45 (I will be 48 this month). Went for a test and sure enough prescription change and I was told I neede bi-focals! Not sure if there is any correlation between night vision decreasing and requiring bifocals.

Interestingly, the past 6 months I have noticed that I am starting to take my glasses off to read now and I am finding the bi-focals a pain to use (and no I am not holding the book 2 inches from my nose to read!). And I have this sense that my night vision is better than it has been.

Very strange. But as my wife says, that is the perfect description of me!