[EricH]

Originally Posted by wesbass23

As long as we are on the topic of safety and such (sorry this got off topic OP) what is the idea behind having to wear clear safety glasses? I have a personal pair of slightly tinted safety glasses that I use at work/home that I mainly wear because they are comfortable (some say I have a weird shaped head). At a few events I have been asked to put on a different pair of glasses or leave the event claiming that they needed to be able to "see my eyes" but could not give a better reason.

The FIRST Safety Manual specifies certain tints as being allowed, with all others being disallowed. If your tinted glasses are one of the allowed tints, and someone tells you to change, I suggest asking them to reference the FIRST Safety Manual before asking you to change glasses. If they won't, pull out your electronic copy and show them. If they still refuse, I suggest having a chat with the Lead Safety Advisor or VC about someone going beyond the requirements in an unproductive manner, or some such topic.

Now, as far as "seeing the eyes", that is a reasonable request. The tints are allowed to help deal with the brightness in some areas. But once eyes are harder to see, then there is actually a real risk that you can't see something as well as you need to.