If people have trouble driving at night, why can't they use night-vision goggles?

[raccoon]

I'm serious here.

[bluedigger]

1. Never tried them. have you?

When you wear them, you exist in a bright green two dimensional world, with very limited depth perception. It takes quite a while to adapt. I've actually skied wearing them, and it was pretty exciting. Also, if you look directly at a light source it will overwhelm the sensors and flood the screen with painfully bright light, and probably burn out the sensors before long. And then there's potential battery failure at inopportune moments. The military uses them in very controlled situations with lots of training. Convinced?

[raccoon]

4. Yep. nt

[zabet]

2. I just wish

I could cut my eyes on like headlights with high and low beams.
That would be waaaay cool.

[Tyler Durden]

3. Because oncoming headlights would blind anyone wearing them.

Or, if they have automatic cutout, then they won't see anything for a few seconds while the system recovers from overloads.

Self defeating.

[Maine-ah]

5. I have terrible night vision

that would be really cool!

[derby378]

6. Sometimes the goggles cost more than the car

:rofl: