# Visors (automotive)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visors-automotive/732426>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 24, 2015, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visors-automotive/732426 "2015-09-24T20:40:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2015, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visors-automotive/732426/21 "2015-09-25T17:04:05Z")

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Wait, visors aren’t semaphore devices? I thought 2 down meant “follow me home big boy.”

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2015, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visors-automotive/732426/22 "2015-09-25T17:07:14Z")

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> [@Aquadementia](#):
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> A hat with a brim adjusts easier as you change direction.

[Or](http://ct.weirdnutdaily.com/ol/wn/sw/i38/2/8/28/wnd_3accce6a47654ab2d93db6d0e416ab63.jpg), [aparrently](http://s3media.247sports.com/Uploads/Assets/941/390/3390941.jpg), [not](https://c3.staticflickr.com/3/2604/3862934209_2d21b731d5_b.jpg). 😛

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**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2015, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visors-automotive/732426/23 "2015-09-25T17:47:27Z")

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Why don’t they make cars with external visors/ They had them in the 1950s-they worked great!

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2015, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visors-automotive/732426/24 "2015-09-25T18:06:12Z")

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They’re aerodynamically problematic. First, they create a lot of drag, which reduces fuel economy and top speed, and second, they create lift in places where you don’t want it and upset handling.

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2015, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visors-automotive/732426/25 "2015-09-25T18:37:18Z")

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A few years ago we [our business] bought a Ford Bronco to turn into a plow. It had one of those visors on it. I believe [this](http://www.2040-cars.com/_content/cars/images/74/22874/001.jpg) is the exact one. It’s the Eddie Bauer edition. One of the first things I did was to remove the visor. The amount of bugs trapped up there bordered in nauseating.

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