Hair and its Impact on the Peripheral Vision of Females

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The main struggles always associated with females revolve around their time of menstrual cramps and cravings, or the struggles with sexism and feminism. There remains one constant struggle for female drivers all over the world who have long hair: peripheral vision.

 

Or the impact of it, thus the lack of it, rather. Peripheral vision and the ability to rotate one's head is imperative if one owns a valid driver's licence and wishes to travel to their many destinations on a daily basis. This becomes a rarity in the life of some female drivers, however, especially ones travelling to places of profession or of special occasions, who wish to keep their hair in one particular state, somewhere between perfect and near-perfect; after all, the hairdo is the most flattering part of a female with hair long enough to be able to showcase it.

 

I speak of this simply because I feel victimised by the presentation of my hair and how others perceive it. The figure below, illustrated quickly by yours truly, depicts the struggle that I go through on a professional basis. As you can see, both my peripheral vision and my rotary ability are obstructed due to my yearning to keep my hair as it is the moment I leave my home so as to ensure its longevity throughout my busy day. I already have the wind and the rain to worry about, let alone the damage that can be done to freshly straightened and hair-sprayed hair behind bent and played around with and stuck under both the seatbelt and my upper-attire.



I am assisted in my movements, barely, by my rotating of my entire upper body, which is not as easy as it appears due to the fact that I am either wearing a lot of clothing which constraints me, or the fact that at the time that I travel it is rather early in the morning and I have not yet consumed my morning coffee - the time that I need my peripheral vision the most is twenty-minutes before the consumption of caffeine, and that is when it is impacted the most.

 

I am speaking of this problem because I understand the dangers it brings to both myself and other road users, including cyclists. I am thus here to take a stand against those who deny the existence of the safeguarding of that which constitutes as 'professional hairdos'. Females who are in custody of such hair feel the need to constantly be in tutelage of it. I speak from personal experience yet I know that I cannot be the only female out there who has this problem. I am aware that indeed some males have long hair as well, however most of those males have no problem because they are either on their way to a rock concert to perform wherein the presentation of their hair will not matter, or their hair is too thin to become problematic, or their hair has not been washed for weeks due to a compromised lifestyle on a tourbus.

 

What to do about this problem? Why, complain and offer my warnings and empathy. If you and your peripheral vision and your rotary ability feel personally victimised by the length of your hair, then know that someone else feels the same way as well. Take extra care at intersections and make sure that you avoid the rain completely otherwise risky driving as such will not be worth it at all.