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On the M58 this morning the rain was coming down in torrents. Where do I get one of those "forcefields" that allow you to drive at 90mph? My wipers were on their highest speed, and I still had to slow down to 50 or so - at 70 I was being overtaken as though I was standing still!

Or perhaps I am missing the point, driving at 70 I couldn't see, at 90 the rain was being blown straight off the screen? Or the wind being buffeted along in front of the screen whooshed the rain right over?

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COAST Not just somewhere to keep a beach.

A young loner on a crusade to champion the cause of the innocent, the helpless, the powerless, in a world of criminals who operate above the law.

yes you are. What you need to do is stare at a point just in front of your bonnet. Then you'll be able to drive at any speed you want in any conditions.

ah ha, this morning I could not actually see the front of my bonnet at 70mph. Perhaps the solution is a shorter car then?

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COAST Not just somewhere to keep a beach.

A young loner on a crusade to champion the cause of the innocent, the helpless, the powerless, in a world of criminals who operate above the law.

You need polorized sun glasses. All the fishermen swear by them.
Then you can see through water.

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“It has never been the rule in this country – I hope it never will be - that suspected criminal offences must automatically be the subject of prosecution” He added that there should be a prosecution: “wherever it appears that the offence or the circumstances of its commission is or are of such a character that a prosecution in respect thereof is required in the public interest”
This approach has been endorsed by Attorney General ever since 1951. CPS Code

back to serious mode for a short visit ... does it make much of a difference? I don't know if my sunglasses are polarised, is there an easy way to tell?

My dad had a spell of wearing these yellow sunglasess things when driving in the wet, I think the innovations catalogue sold them?

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COAST Not just somewhere to keep a beach.

A young loner on a crusade to champion the cause of the innocent, the helpless, the powerless, in a world of criminals who operate above the law.

Yep. Snap the 'bridge' then look through both lenses while rotating one. If the brightness varies a great deal then they definitely were polarising sunglasses.

Or did you want a non-destructive method?

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Paul Smith
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I found that polarising sunglasses produce a pretty rainbow pattern when you look at an ipod screen through them. Gave me a bit of a shock at first. I later confirmed they are polarising using my photography polarising filter.

Look at a surface that's reflecting the sun shinily (if that's a word), and tilt your head a little each way and the amount of reflection will alter dramatically.

I used to have a pair of polarising sunglasses and shiny slate roofs used to be good way of showing this.

This was ~20 years ago, I don't recall being offered polarised (corrective) sunglasses at the opticians in recent years; I wonder why?

Polarising glasses used to show the 'pattern' in the glass of pre-laminated screens. Not advisable to drive wearing them.