Morning Glare, and its negative affects on vision Options

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I feel compelled to warn everyone that apparently it is unsafe to drive East on a bright and sunny morning and conversely drive West on a bright and sunny late afternoon.

My wife, Andrea was in a car accident on Tuesday, even though she wasn't even in her car. She was parked in front of the babysitters house getting ready to unbuckle Kyle from his seat and take him to the babysitter. She was bending over in between the door and the car by Kyle's baby seat when a silver 2004 Ford Mustang came along and hit the edge of the door. The door proceeded to swing in and hit Andrea with some serious force in the hip and upper thigh area.

According to the driver there was a "glare" in her windshied and she didn't see Andrea or the door. Thanfully, Kyle was still safe in his baby seat when all this happened.

Andrea, who was in a lot of pain and having difficulty walking was taken via ambulance to St. Francis hospital ER. She had X-rays taken of her neck, right hip and right leg. Fortunately, they all came back negative for broken or fractured bones.

She is back home now taking it easy. She has a large contusion on her upper thigh though and is in a good deal of pain even with the pain killers. She can walk and the doctor expects her to make a full recovery within a week or two.

I am very thankful that this wasn't any worse. I shudder to think what could have happened had she been holding Kyle or not bent over with her upper body inside the car. Obviously this is one of those freak accidents where she was just in the wrong place at the wrong time, but I think there is a bit of a moral to this story. If its bright out, and you have a glare on your windshield that is imparing your vision of the road, clean your windshield and/or wear a pair of sunglasses. You can get windshield wash solution and sunglasses at Walmart for under $10.

My most sincere thanks go out to the Washington paramedics and the competant doctors and nurses in the St. Francis ER.