The dazzling effect of sun shining through a driver's windscreen at a low angle.
blinded by sunstrike, he hit the back of her bike with his truck
Example sentencesExamples
- It appeared a motorist had pulled out of a driveway and was headed towards Whangarei when they slowed for sunstrike.
- It is possible to see through the sunstrike and keep your bearings.
- The incident occurred when a small weed-spraying truck veered off Waihi's Waitawheta Rd after the driver was blinded by sunstrike.
- May to August are the worst months for sun-strike.
- The best thing is heading up the hill, when sunstrike hits the car, it is no longer just a blinding white flash.
- The Western Bay has one of the worst sunstrike crash rates in the country.
- Affected by sunstrike, he slowed down but failed to see three people walking on the crossing.
- Sunstrike is thought to be a factor in a two-car collision on a busy stretch of Northland highway yesterday.
- Outside it is sunstrike and white lines on the tar.
- Overtaking on a corner he got some sunstrike and ran into a car coming towards him.