They are supposed to cut down on the blinding lights. But do they make everything else look darker?
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If these are the yellow tinted glasses, I have worn them for tennis matches at night. But I wouldn’t wear them for driving. At best, they won’t be better than nothing.
No tinted glass will be actually better at night than no glass at all. Yellow improves the perception of contrast by blocking blue light, but doesn’t improve acuity. The best thing to d is to get a good refraction and by a pair of lenses with anti-reflective coating. It doesn’t block the glare of the lights, but will eliminate the interface glare of the lens itself. That’s why all optical devices like binoculars and camera lenses are coated. Good luck!
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I have not used them. But when I bought polarized sunglasses at Costco recently, I was told that wearing them while driving at night will cut down on glare. I plan to try that next road trip (I only have issues on unlit highways).
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Sometimes I take my glasses off when I’m driving at night. It makes my vision a little blurrier so I can’t make out the street signs as well, but I can see better overall, since I’m less blinded by glare. Trade offs…
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Bad, bad, BAD idea. They’ll cut glare, but they’ll reduce so much illumination that you’ll be dangerous. Whoever gave you that advice shouldn’t be in the trade. If you try it, don’t do it near anyone else. 
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Polarized lenses cut all light, not just the brightest light sources that are annoying you. You’ll end up feeling like you’re in a pitch black room with the dim floating non-glaring headlights of cars whizzing by like fireflies.
This is why most states have laws about how dark of a tint you can put on your car while expressly forbidding any tint on the windshield.
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Thanks, guys! Glad I haven’t actually tried it. I definitely will not.
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Often when I’m driving at night I’m in my contacts, not my glasses.
Depending on your prescription, sometimes there is a bit of residual power that’s uncorrected by your contacts. You could ask for an over refraction to find if you do have residual correction and then get a pair with that power in them for night driving.
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I have no idea what any of that means, but will ask my doc when I go in next time. Thank you!
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I have a mild astigmatism (20/40, so really fine to drive w/o glasses). I buy cheap glasses from Zenni because I am sometimes careless with my sunglasses. I have some that I don’t really like for daytime that have a yellow tint rather than an amber tint which I prefer in the day. I tried the yellow ones at night one time and really did not like them. They just made everything darker. If you are having a lot light flare at night you might have an astigmatism. Correcting that will help a lot with glare and flare.
I have a lot of trouble with glare from oncoming headlights when I drive at night. Always have but has gotten worse with age. I usually only drive locally at night where I’m familiar with the roads. I bought a pair of “night driving glasses” from Walmart and personally I do think it helps reduce glare from oncoming cars. Most of my driving is on two lane rural roads. I tested them first by wearing them while my husband was driving and flipping them up and down to compare. I wear contacts and recently got contacts for the astigmatism in my right eye and I also think that has helped with night driving. I used to see signs as double when driving at night but the new contacts have eliminated that. But, I still avoid most night driving because I’m just not confident about it.
It probably does not help that newer cars commonly come with HID or LED headlights that produce more light, so if they are misaimed, or the drivers are using the high beams all the time in traffic*, or the car is on a slight uphill portion of the road, the glare can be significantly more annoying than from old style incandescent headlights.
*Something that deserves traffic citations, but probably is not a high priority for law enforcement, nor is it the easiest thing for an officer to catch the suspect for.
I have progressive lenses that are photochromic. They are very helpful for distance. But, I find them great for driving at night. They take out a bit of the brightness of others headlights but because of the distance part, I see better at night than without them. I don’t think there is a yellow tint.
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