Do you wear driving glasses?
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I can't wear contacts..
I have two pairs of glasses that will fit inside my helmet and clip on's for sun that I can put on or off in a second. The spare pair was handy three weeks ago when I dropped one. My regular glasses are slightly too large for helmet. I always travel with spares and my correction is very slight (vision getting better with age as all other parts go the other way )
I can read the tach, and other gauges at 58, but when I drove friend's race car with an add on TPMS (little bitty LCD) and he radioed for tire pressures before pitting all I could do was laugh.
I have two pairs of glasses that will fit inside my helmet and clip on's for sun that I can put on or off in a second. The spare pair was handy three weeks ago when I dropped one. My regular glasses are slightly too large for helmet. I always travel with spares and my correction is very slight (vision getting better with age as all other parts go the other way )
I can read the tach, and other gauges at 58, but when I drove friend's race car with an add on TPMS (little bitty LCD) and he radioed for tire pressures before pitting all I could do was laugh.
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FWIW, I'd recommend against wearing contact lenses. Used to when I first started racing. But I encountered a dust cloud situation I had to drive through and ended up struggling to see the rest of the race. Glasses only when on track. Fortunately, I've now had laser correction and don't need distance glasses anymore. Visor or sunglasses only now.
I've worn contacts on the track for 15 years with no problems. If you get something in your eye you're going to have a problem with or without contacts. That's why a full face helmet with the visor down is the way to go, even in a closed cockpit car. I can't stand the way glasses feel inside a helmet, so I always get the highest quality shaded visor I can find, and replace it as soon as it starts to get dinged up.
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I've worn contacts on the track for 15 years with no problems. If you get something in your eye you're going to have a problem with or without contacts. That's why a full face helmet with the visor down is the way to go, even in a closed cockpit car. I can't stand the way glasses feel inside a helmet, so I always get the highest quality shaded visor I can find, and replace it as soon as it starts to get dinged up.
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Smith with changeable lenses. Yellow tint in the PacNW grey, and polarized in the summer sun.
We had an impromptu discussion with the tech steward at the track this weekend and he found that over half of our drivers are wearing glasses, including non-corrective like myself. Many in lieu of a shield.
We had an impromptu discussion with the tech steward at the track this weekend and he found that over half of our drivers are wearing glasses, including non-corrective like myself. Many in lieu of a shield.
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I've worn contacts on the track for 15 years with no problems. If you get something in your eye you're going to have a problem with or without contacts. That's why a full face helmet with the visor down is the way to go, even in a closed cockpit car. I can't stand the way glasses feel inside a helmet, so I always get the highest quality shaded visor I can find, and replace it as soon as it starts to get dinged up.
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I've worn contacts on the track for 15 years with no problems. If you get something in your eye you're going to have a problem with or without contacts. That's why a full face helmet with the visor down is the way to go, even in a closed cockpit car. I can't stand the way glasses feel inside a helmet, so I always get the highest quality shaded visor I can find, and replace it as soon as it starts to get dinged up.
btw if I want to win I always go for the reds. After a walk in the paddock with them on, nobody attempts to overtake me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Pvz2...layer_embedded
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Persols are awesome and very classic compadre!
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Fortunately I never had issues on-track for several years wearing contacts. Lasiked now but I still wear sunglasses (Maui Jims) if it's remotely sunny. Keeps me cooler since I can flip up the visor and still have eye protection.
Of course, I got quite a few stares in the sunglasses store trying on different frames w/ my helmet on. ;-)
Of course, I got quite a few stares in the sunglasses store trying on different frames w/ my helmet on. ;-)