Who Should Wear
Sunglasses?
Ultimately, everyone should care about their
vision and want to protect it. However, there
are certain groups of individuals that should
especially wear sunglasses. This is for their
safety, and the safety of others.
Drivers are one very
important group that should always have
sunglasses handy. Whether you are driving your
own vehicle or a bus full of people, the sun can
be your enemy. Picture driving westbound down
the highway at 6:00 PM, coming up over a hill
and being pelted in the face with the sun's
glaring rays. This temporary blinding could
cause you not to see the traffic that stopped 50
feet in front of you. Accidents like this can be
avoided by always having sunglasses in your
vehicle.
Professional drivers have
an even greater need for sunglasses than the
rest of us. Because they are often driving
larger vehicles such as school busses or tanker
trucks, their risk is much greater. If these
drivers lose control of their vehicle, it is
much more difficult to gain control. Again,
simply by wearing sunglasses, these drivers can
help avoid tragedy.
It is very important that
children be taught from an early age to wear
sunglasses. By enforcing this from early
childhood, you are creating habits they will
carry with them. In addition to teaching them
that sunglasses are always important, you are
protecting very delicate eyes as well. Children,
especially the very young, are constantly
growing and developing in every way. Protecting
their eyes with sunglasses from the start will
reduce the damage they will pay for later in
life.
Even babies can wear
sunglasses. Besides being ridiculously cute,
baby sunglasses are made for a reason. Babies
are, for all intents and purposes brand new, and
so are their eyes. A child begins their life by
being able to focus on objects only less than
ten inches from their face. A pair of baby
sunglasses will keep harmful rays out of your
baby's young, sensitive eyes.
Anyone who spends an
uncommonly large amount of time in the sun
should know the advantages of sunglasses. If you
are particularly interested in water sports and
spend a lot of time at the beach or on a lake,
you could be at greater risk than most. Surfers,
water-skiers and wake boarders can testify that
a good pair of protective sunglasses will save a
lifetime of hardship. The sun reflecting off of
the water into your eyes can intensify the
damage it could do. Find a good pair of water
sunglasses, which will wrap around your head and
stay in place while you ride the waves.
Elderly individuals are
another group of people to whom eye protection
should be important. As age progresses, the
eyesight deteriorates in even the healthiest of
eyes. Older individuals should always wear
sunglasses when outside in the sun. Sunglasses
won't stop the vision from going south, but it
may slow the process. One thing is certain,
blinding sun in the eyes will speed it up the
deterioration.
In case you haven't figured it out yet, ideally
everyone should wear sunglasses. There are so
many different designs, styles and prices that
it is difficult to come up with an excuse for
not wearing them. There is simply no benefit to
letting your eyes absorb the harmful UVA and
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