If you can

Try to live east of where you drive to work, so you don't have the rising sun in your eyes in the morning, the setting sun at night. I'm retired but just came back from running an errand at the wrong time and place. Rush hour traffic! Blinding sun!

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Heartlander ·

So true. Statistics I've never seen are those that show accident rates for the conditions you described. Crossing a busy intersection when blinded by the sun sitting on the horizon is the perfect setup for a deadly T-bone crash.

ArishMell · 70-79, M

@Heartlander Another bad condition can be faded white lane-markings after dark in wet weather, on street-lit roads. The markings can disappear with the strange optical combinations of street-lamp light, reflections off the wet road, and headlamp glare.

Heartlander ·

@ArishMell Yep, especially noticeable as city budgets get tightened. Complicated and creative intersections are near impossible to navigate without bright pavement markings.