I spoke to a salesman Shock!!!

[Lord Voltermore]

I dont find any image reflection ,which only occur in certain lighting conditions, actually stops me seeing properly. You can concentrate through it .  Its a bit like having a head-up display as found on aircraft and  a few recent  luxury cars. With this you learn to either focus on the speed data etc projected onto  the windscreen, or on  the view beyond , or a bit of both.  But of course the Jazz does not project any data  so its easier  to ignore it completely.(a missed opportunity there Honda  )

General bright reflected glare off  interior plastic is a separate problem and present to some extent in most cars . The mk 4 maybe  a bit worse than some. And bright reflections and glare  from distant objects happens in any car.  Thats why i always have polarized sunglasses in the car, summer and winter . I often dont need to wear them . I may take them off if the sun goes behind a cloud, but can usually leave them on  for temporary shade , or a well lit tunnel.   Your eyes can take a few seconds to adjust to a sudden major change in light intensity anyway even without wearing sunglasses.

[John Ratsey]

Thats why i always have polarized sunglasses in the car, summer and winter . I often dont need to wear them . I may take them off if the sun goes behind a cloud, but can usually leave them on  for temporary shade , or a well lit tunnel.

I've got a pair of clip-on, flip-up polarised specs. The challenge is to remember to put them on before I start driving as clipping them to my varifocals can't be done on the move.

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now you guys have me wanting to buy polarized sunglasses    I used to need glasses in the car since I was about 25 (nearsighted).  So then I could not wear regular sunglasses. But as I am getting older now I do not need glasses for distant objects (nearsighted). My eyes somehow removed this problem. My father had the same thing. But now I am farsighted and need glasses for reading.

So after this discussion I looked for some fancy "pilot sunglasses" my brother gave me in the 90-ties (since he did not like them) but they are not polarizing. I might buy some polarized sunglasses soon.

[ColinB]

I keep a pair of polarised clip-ons in the car and use them almost all the time. Maybe that's why I haven't been bothered by screen reflections. Even when the sun isn't particularly bright, there's a lot of glare off the road and they reduce eyestrain significantly. With a bit of practice, they can even be put on and removed one-handed!

[Downsizer]

….and with clip-on flip-ups you can simply flip them up when entering a dark area. There’s no need to take them off, in or out of the car.

[Lord Voltermore]

Make sure they are genuinely polarized. I once bought some flip ups that claimed to be polarised but were not.     Its amazing the difference polarized lenses can make in other situations. Looking in a lake  ,river etc you see the fish so much better   

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Make sure they are genuinely polarized. I once bought some flip ups that claimed to be polarised but were not.     Its amazing the difference polarized lenses can make in other situations. Looking in a lake  ,river etc you see the fish so much better 

yeah I am looking at established brands like Serengeti, Revo with real glass polarized lenses. Not cheap  ... luckily the post is still on strike here in Belgium. About 1 month now, every year the same. Still waiting for a package that was sent to me on April-8th. So I am ordering nothing at the moment.

[5thcivic]

Yesterday I got into the car in really bright afternoon sunlight and the reflections were quite bad, not undriveable but really noticeable in those particular super sun conditions all across the screen. My specs had a special offer for polarised prescription sunglasses at the time. I put them on and all reflections magically disappeared... a wonderfully clear view.

Unfortunately without super expensive non reflective windscreen glass the fuel saving aerodynamic shape of modern slanted windscreens will always have this drawback.