Thread: Safety Glasses Survey

I'll post here if that's ok - suspect I'm not your target group but as a hobbyist here is my feedback.

1. Jason
2 d) Bright Yellow.. I keep losing stuff
3) yes
4) a) fatigue warning. i.e; if possible remind me that i've worn the glasses for x amount of time.
b) led lights
5) I don't see this being functional for my personal use.. I work in restricted space so am always going to have stuff behind me - unless the device can determine the other object is moving then I don't see it as something that offers features that I need / can't already buy.

good luck with it though

1. Shane
2. d) like above, something bright.
3. no
4.
5. light
6. sensor

My only concern would be extra weight, but am interested to see what you come up with.
Good luck

I am intrigued by the idea that safety glasses lead to a loss of peripheral vision and that some sort of indicator about what is behind the person might help with this.
As a regular eyeglass wearer for just about my whole life, after some thinking about this I cannot think of a single case where I felt the need for such assistance in a work environment.
Maybe its because I also wear full visibility face shields far more than I wear safety glasses?

I also agree with noddy about how any sensor would work in a restricted environment especially for DIY operators.
Just signalling that there is something behind them could end up being really annoying leading to the wearer ignoring the signals.
It needs much more info than this; what is it, is it moving, how fast, does it represent a risk etc.
The best info would be a full rear vision projected image maybe on some sort of heads up display but that's going to be expensive and only going to be necessary in very unusual cases.

Perhaps the PPE that needs this more than safety glasses are earmuffs?
I've lost count of the times SWMBO has come down to the shed and stood at the door trying to get my attention by yelling at me.
With machinery plus earmuffs on I often cannot hear her.
Now she flicks the lights on/off to get my attention.

On a closely related topic I am intrigued by the lack of awareness than many people have about what goes on around them,

A simple example is the many supermarket shoppers who seem oblivious about what goes on around them, even when they are not wearing glasses.
SWMBO tends to be like this, being so focussed in the products etc that she cannot see the shoppers waiting to get past, or bumps into displays etc,
It's the same when she drives.

She's is actually a safe and steady driver and treats the vehicles very gently, but from my point of view does not look far enough ahead to see what is going and so, for example often gets trapped in the slow lane..
I have mentioned this a number of times but she thinks there's nothing wrong with her "awareness"
I think this awareness is a personal thing but how you would assist people in determining they could do better is beyond me.

Not to be the "wet towel", but I strongly believe that devices like this are a bad idea because they foster complacency about one's surroundings and build a reliance on tech instead of being aware of what's happening around you.

It's an unspoken rule at work (and I'm sure at most workplaces) that people on machines have right-of-way and that it's the responsibility of everyone else to keep clear of them or to wait for an appropriate time if they must be interrupted. When I'm using a machine that can take my hand off, the last thing I need is a flashing light or buzzer that will either distract me from what I'm doing or be sub-consciously blocked out and therefore be of no benefit anyway.

1) Peter
2) d) like the others, something bright
3) yes
4) LED lights - adjustable if possible
5) wouldn't use this feature.