How can I legally and safely block the sun while driving

I used to burn on half my body from running west all day. But thankfully according to the ladies I don't look THAT bad as long I don't smile.

Anyhow.

To safely and legally block the sun means to drive only at night using the planet earth to block the dear sun.

He he he. /TEASING.

 

I always kept the visors all the way down and pushed against the windshield.
Wish I'd worn wraparound sunglasses all those years.

 

Don't forget to move the seat back

Or just run with the rest of us vampires.

 

In this day and age one would think there would be a simple lotion that one could apply to the skin to block damaging radiation from the sun.

I might call such a thing sunburn lotion, or sun screen.

Too bad we are not that advanced yet.
Maybe someday.

Something like that, along with a good pair of sunglasses...

 

I use the static cling type that Wal-Mart sells. Its about $12 for a roll and you get more than enough to do two side windows and a strip across the top of the windshield, I only have on drivers side though. Its easy enough to peel off if DOT were to object. I roll down my windows when going through scales anyway so havent had any issues in nearly 2 years.

 

Ive got pretty good tinting on my Tahoe and have yet to be hassled.

I consider that tint a privileged. Sunshine and my heart do not do well together. Summers are a challenge for me.

 

Well last year when I was still OTR, I bought UV Sun Guard sleeves for my arms from Amazon. I am usually the late night driver and have light skin, so when I did occasionally drive in mid-afternoon it felt like my arms were toasting all the time.

As for the face, keep moving the visor or pull down a shade I guess and wear good sunglasses.

 

Where one of those welding helmets, no wait that's illegal too, the darkest window tinting you can legally install in the truck would work fine.

 

The only thing tinted windows are good for is to reduce the light transmitted through the glass.

We all have to drive during darkness, and that tint only reduces what you can see.
There is no one that can honestly say that they can see at night with tinted windows as well as they can with untinted windows.
That is a danger.

Add to that, anything that you apply or stick to the the window will not have 100% equal coverage.
There will be distortions, which only add to the reduction in visibility.

 

There is photoclear film you can put on your windows to knock out all the UV rays, but that picture of that fella with the skin all jacked up...I'm willing to bet he ran with his windows down 100% of the time weather permitting. The glass in your truck already blocks out a lot of the UV rays. If you have transitions lenses in your glasses, they usually won't even turn if you're in the truck with the windows up because they are triggered to darken from the UV rays and most glass has some coating on it now. Still, wear good polarized sun glasses. As the others have said, wrap arounds.