You bounced - we bounced back. All part of the learning process eh? :) You're asking questions - which is the most important thing you can do. Followed immediately, of course, by listening to the information you get from asking. I asked if you were new as we were ALL new at this game once upon a time. Some of us with rather more time than others! I've only got about three decades in the ring myself, and am always learning new things. Keep ravenously asking questions like these, and taking the answers to heart, and you'll do just fine - license be damned.
As for the Vantage lenses at night - nope, not gonna work. Without the tint, there is no polarization. And again, the illumination we experience at night is not the same as under daylight. Even the very best polar lenses, under the brightest sun, only remove a small portion of reflected horizontal glare. The majority of the 'work' of any sun lens is in the overall reduction of light intensity (not just polarized rays) across the visible spectrum (accepting of course the variations between different base tint colors, and of course mirrors if present). Polar lenses are very nice, but the effect is much more subtle than overt in 95% of daylight scenarios.
It sounds seriously silly...but the best thing 99% of drivers at night can do is clean the inside of your car's glass. Get rid of the film, and watch your night glare from point light sources drop off a cliff. Cleaning the outside is important too of course, but the insides of the majority of windscreens are filthy. I can confirm this with even new cars, as well as used and abused cars after detailing them for a good number of years.
You know that green nose cheese you pull off nose pads and arms? I've seen even worse come off the inside of auto glass.
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