Driving your motorhome at night

[Kevin R]

Before retiring, I travelled south at night to spend as much holiday time as possible in the sun. Since retiring, I never drive at night and take my time to enjoy every minute of the journey.

 

[canman]

I used to prefer to travel at night, but these days I find it more difficult. How about you? Do you like night driving. Do you have any tips, tricks or advice I could add to this article? Cheers

Driving Your Motorhome At Night

Explore the challenges and best practices of night driving, from personal anecdotes to vital safety tips, in this enlightening blog post

www.motorhomefun.co.uk

I used to prefer to travel at night, but these days I find it more difficult. How about you? Do you like night driving. Do you have any tips, tricks or advice I could add to this article? Cheers

Driving Your Motorhome At Night

Explore the challenges and best practices of night driving, from personal anecdotes to vital safety tips, in this enlightening blog post

www.motorhomefun.co.uk

I find that a pair of yellow tinted night glasses which you can get from most petrol stations help to cut down the glare

 

[Camper Sue]

There are night driving glasses available, my has a pair as she can't stand the glare. I tried them, they turn the oncoming lights to a yellow glow. There OK, but if you are already wearing specs it would be a problem. Additionally, I noted when there was no traffic oncoming the glasses dimmed your view of the road ahead. Nice for passengers though, and might help them stay awake .
Mike

I got my second pair of varifocals made up with the night driving tint. The young optician said he wouldn't drive without them. They arrived. Bliss. Soft yellow glow. I'm happy. Makes it all more possible to drive at night.

 

[Emmit]

The last twice we've been 'over the water' we've caught the afternoon ferry, arriving at just about dusk.
We've then gone down the road for an hour or so to an identified Aire.

On the first occasion, I was surprised at the amount of traffic that was about as I thought the French didn't go out and about at night but after a few mins. I was more than comfy with driving.

 

[Viennese]

There are special night driving glasses - anyone tried them?

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[PaulW2]

There are special night driving glasses - anyone tried them?

Isn't The Wino a retired optician? He should have a view on this.

I previously used yellow tinted lenses for cycling and definitely thought they helped, but I see that it's generally not recommended by official bodies that one should use the night driving glasses.

 

[Peter and Julie]

Isn't @The Wino (not sure how to link to the name) a retired optician? He should have a view on this.

I previously used yellow tinted lenses for cycling and definitely thought they helped, but I see that it's generally not recommended by official bodies that one should use the night driving glasses.

 

[Jerrywh]

There are special night driving glasses - anyone tried them?

I found that although I use varifocal glasses normally, a pair of ordinary single vision lenses has cut down nighttime glare no end ..

 

[Jacasino]

Having driven in the dark for many years when working it doesn't worry me but it's not as easy as it used to be, I don't know if it's my eye getting worse or because I don't do much night driving these days.

Same here, the lack of practice has had an affect

 

[RedFrame]

At 58 if i want to cover distance I'd always choose to travel late evening into early morning, especially abroad as the volume of traffic is so much less.

The downside is that you see nothing of the countryside, and you can, on occasion, run into overnight roadworks that totally scupper your plans.

Cheers
Red.

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[Barriesimpson]

At 58 if i want to cover distance I'd always choose to travel late evening into early morning, especially abroad as the volume of traffic is so much less.

The downside is that you see nothing of the countryside, and you can, on occasion, run into overnight roadworks that totally scupper your plans.

Cheers
Red.

Precisely why I would never do that.

 

[Ian Bosman]

It used to be our preferred time to travel distances. In our caravan days pack the sleepy kids in pyjamas into the back seat for a leisurely night-time drive. On to motorhomes; set off about 10:00pm, early morning shuttle, Cite Europe aire for a few hours sleep then ready for the French motorways with a good day before us.
Now if our pm shuttle is delayed and I've got to drive for a while in the dark I find it a real nuisance. Someone said to me the. other day, "headlights seem brighter than when I was younger," and of course they are. LEDs are so much brighter and eyes are so much older.

I used to prefer to travel at night, but these days I find it more difficult. How about you? Do you like night driving. Do you have any tips, tricks or advice I could add to this article? Cheers

Driving Your Motorhome At Night

Explore the challenges and best practices of night driving, from personal anecdotes to vital safety tips, in this enlightening blog post

www.motorhomefun.co.uk

Anything to do with a cataract will affect your night driving

 

[gus-lopez]

and you can, on occasion, run into overnight roadworks that totally scupper your plans.

& after they put up the first "deviation" sign & send you off in to the netherworld & there are no more signs.You are lost .condemned to spend the rest of the night circling vainly for your original route

 

[DrivingMissDaisy]

I’m the same, night driving is a pain but recently from a charity shop no less. My favourite places. I purchased a 2 Perspex coloured glass visor you fix to your built in sun visor. One grey daytime and one yellow night time. To my amazement they both work quite well. As the light changes I can swap them quite easily. Worth a punt if not too expensive, glare reduced from those awful bulbs they use nowadays and the day when it’s very sunny. Maybe look out for them.

 

[The Coops]

& after they put up the first "deviation" sign & send you off in to the netherworld & there are no more signs.You are lost .condemned to spend the rest of the night circling vainly for your original route

Know that feeling, we're coming back from Harwich a few years ago on the dreaded A14 after clearing customs, as we got towards Kettering it flashed up A14 Closed follow Diversion It took us off the A14 and in towards Kettering Town Centre and chaos! Brilliant trick, they(persons unknown) had re aligned/altered all the diversion signs so everyone was driving around and around Kettering Town Centre at 11 o'clock at night in one ever-increasing circle of slow moving traffic going nowhere! Great trick, but not when you just want to get home!

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[Camper Sue]

There are special night driving glasses - anyone tried them?

Fabulous. Had mine made to prescription.

 

[Dolmen]

At 58 if i want to cover distance I'd always choose to travel late evening into early morning, especially abroad as the volume of traffic is so much less.

The downside is that you see nothing of the countryside, and you can, on occasion, run into overnight roadworks that totally scupper your plans.

Cheers
Red.

I’m 70 and I do the same, through the tunnel early evening, drive through the night and you have usually ‘broken the back’ of the journey by morning

 

[Tantalus]

I used to prefer to travel at night, but these days I find it more difficult. How about you? Do you like night driving. Do you have any tips, tricks or advice I could add to this article? Cheers

Driving Your Motorhome At Night

Explore the challenges and best practices of night driving, from personal anecdotes to vital safety tips, in this enlightening blog post

www.motorhomefun.co.uk

4pm is wine time so no driving after 4pm