With increasing age, comes the chances of presbyopia and other old – age related vision problems. These may have an adverse effect on your safety and also of your family, while you drive at night. Fortunately, there are certain precautions coupled with proper Prescription Glasses which you can take to reduce the risks by a significant amount.

The most important step you can take, even before you have bought Prescription Glasses, is to visit an eye care professional at least once every two years, or even more frequently if you have a significant eye condition or visual complaint. If you have diabetes, it will be better to get your eyes examined at least once yearly, and clearly follow your doctor’s recommendations regarding diet, blood sugar control etc. and prescription glasses, which will prove quite beneficial.

If you are already wearing prescription glasses, you should consider anti – reflective coating on them. Prescription glasses with anti – reflective coating greatly reduce the glare coming from the headlights of the other vehicles, yielding a better vision than regular prescription glasses. If you are a candidate for cataract surgery, ask your surgeon about replacing the clouded natural lenses of your prescription glasses with the aspheric intraocular lens.

There are other steps too which you can follow like planning for extra driving time to avoid driving under stress or in hurry, leaving at least two cars length between you and the car on front of you. Also, make sure that you keep your car in good repair.