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Originally Posted by Winged Wonder
Oh, and no more tinted safety glasses? I knew the reflective ones that are dark like sunglasses were illegal (someone on my team got yelled at for them on Thursday) but today a lot of us were yelled at because our lenses are tinted pink. If I recall correctly, the rule only states that the dark ones arent allowed, but the tinted ones are ok. So why the rule change? Its rather inconvenient, since our team already spent a ton of money to buy enough safety glasses so that everyone on the team would have some. If they were going to change things, this would have been nice to know at Kickoff. But thats just me.
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From Team update #5
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Originally Posted by Team Update #5
FIRST requires all teams to bring and supply, for each competition, ANSI approved
non-shaded safety glasses for its team members, mentors, and guests.
For our purposes, amber lenses that allow for better/brighter vision are considered
tinted, not shaded, and their use is allowed at FIRST events. Sunglasses or deeply
shaded safety glasses used in our indoor event environment are not acceptable.
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Depending on how you interpret this, specifically the last sentence, it can either make the pink safety glasses legal or illegal. The amber bit suggest that they'd be illegal due to them being neither clear nor amber, but the last sentence suggest they'd be legal because it is not a dark shading, unfortunately it is not clear which is the correct interpretation. Personally, I'd lean towards the illegal bit, since there is a very noticeable improvement in vision when using amber safety glasses esp. in low light condiditons, I can't imagine pink safety glasses offer the same benefits. (although I've never worn pink safety glasses)