Re: Safety question regarding vision
 

Haha. That's awesome. I would say wear the sunglasses, but it looks like you got the situation handled. Our driver from 2008, and now mentor, would only wear his glasses to drive the robot, not even drive his car.

Cass

Re: Safety question regarding vision
 

I am missing a significant piece of my iris in one eye (from not wearing my safety goggles ironically) and in any environment that is reasonably well lit I need to wear tinted lenses. At VCU the people patrolling the pits absolutely refuse to allow any kind of tinted lenses, and even when I explained my situation they refused to let me wear my tinted safety goggles, so instead I get to wear clear (or amber) safety goggles and squint or close my bad eye. This is what they consider to be safer. After all, who really needs depth perception when working on a robot. :p

Re: Safety question regarding vision
 

Indeed. I see so MANY people at regionals with these thin plastic side shields that look like overhead transparency film and 'normal' glasses, and I want to scream at them. Me, I spent $300 on a pair of real prescription safety glasses - I'd rather be a poor man with good eyes than a blind poser.
Hey, I'll do it for free. (Now lemme see, where's that laser pointer I had???) ::safety::

Re: Safety question regarding vision
 

This is one of those times I'd say "okay", wait for them to walk away, and put them right back on, really.