Vehicle glare reducing systems

A glare reducing system for a vehicle having a driver's side and a passenger's side comprising:

• (A) a front windshield on said vehicle;
• (B) glare reducing means on said vehicle adapted to substantially transmit light and to substantially block light through said front windshield, said glare reducing means having a width less than 30 percent of the horizontal width of said front windshield and said passenger's side being unblocked;
• (C) automatic optical detecting means on said vehicle for automatically detecting when there is an oncoming vehicle with lit headlights and when there is no oncoming vehicle with lit headlights;
• (D) whereby for nighttime driving said automatic optical detecting means operates said glare reducing means to substantially transmit light when there is no oncoming vehicle with lit headlights to allow a driver to see through said glare reducing means;
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• (E) whereby for nighttime driving said automatic detecting means operates said glare reducing means to substantially reduce light when there is an oncoming vehicle with lit headlights to reduce glare.

A method of reducing glare from oncoming vehicle headlights, said method comprising:

• Providing an attachment for a vehicle, said vehicle having a driver's side, a passenger side, a front windshield and a steering wheel, said attachment comprising:
• Glare reducing means adapted to substantially transmit light and to substantially reduce light, said glare reducing means having a width less than 30 percent of the horizontal width of the vehicle's front windshield;
• Securing said glare reducing means with mounting means in front of the vehicle's front windshield on the driver's side such that the passenger side is uncovered;
• Driving said vehicle on a surface that can have oncoming traffic;
• Operating said glare reducing means while driving to substantially transmit light to allow a driver to see through said glare reducing means when there is no oncoming traffic with lit headlights approaching;
• Operating said glare reducing means to substantially reduce light while driving to reduce glare when there is at least one oncoming vehicle with lit headlights approaching the driver;
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• Repeating the substantially light transmitting and substantially light reducing steps by said glare reducing means while driving to accommodate varying oncoming traffic.