‘New fear unlocked’ people cry as woman reveals how sunglasses mistake loads of us make left her partially blind

AS the sun is finally coming out, most of us are reaching for our sunglasses - but a driver has revealed how sporting this accessory in the car left her partially blind.

Although we may not really think of it that much, Hannah Oliver recently proved why wearing sunnies whilst you're driving is more dangerous than you'd imagine.

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According to Hannah, who's now partially blind in one eye, it happened as the sunglasses shattered into her eyeball - and this was due to a common mistake many drivers do.

After getting into her vehicle, the driver put her shades on, as she began driving down the road, Hannah recalled the horrific incident in a video posted on her TikTok page.

But although the sunnies may protect your eyes from the harsh sun rays, the majority of sunglasses tend to be made out of straight plastic lenses.

What this means, she explained in the video, is that if there's any impact, these will shatter straight away - something she, unfortunately, soon came to discover.

After slamming her breaks to the max to avoid bumping into the car in front of her, Hannah's efforts were, sadly, futile, resulting in an accident.

But despite driving at 25/mph, the airbag popped out, immediately hitting the sunglasses she had on her face.

My whole life changed because of my favourite sunglasses that I loved

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''And the lense shattered into pieces - and all of those pieces went straight into my eye, and within 20 seconds, I was a hot mess and completely blind.''

According to Hannah - who's since designed shatter-proof sunglasses called Blue Eye - the eyelid was split open and she can no longer grow bottom lashes, as her eye was shredded to pieces.

Looking back at the horrific day, the driver said: ''My whole life changed because of my favourite sunglasses that I loved - and this is why I've dedicated my whole entire page and literally everything I do since my accident is to bring awareness to sunglasses and really the dangers that they cause.

''Because before this happened to me, I had no clue.''

Hannah's Blue Eye is more than just about cute, and most importantly protective, sunnies - they also help others, too.

According to Hannah,every purchase that Blue Eye make will have a portion that goes back to the community to help those with visual impairment.

Since losing her eyesight, the young woman said she'd do anything to go back to that day and not those sunglasses that left her partially blind.

The awareness clip has racked up over 1.6million views, with thousands left horrified and tagging their friends and family.

''I had NO idea! New fear unlocked,'' one person wrote.

Someone else chimed in: ''OMG! I never even considered this before! Thank you for raising awareness!

''Now I’m concerned about my daily glasses!''

An expert penned: ''As an optician, I always recommended polycarbonate lens.

''It ended up saved a client's eye who came in to thank me after she was in an accident.''

''No hair clips, no sunglasses,'' a fourth added.

Driving with a popular hair accessory

Recently, the Sun also issued a warning over hair clips that could cost you your LIFE while driving.

It comes after a woman was left unable to move after a claw hair clip became lodged in the back of her head.

Jeena Panesar had her hair done up with the popular accessory before she was involved in a smash.

The impact rammed the claw clip into the back of Jeena's head until "most or all" of the hair accessory was embedded skull-deep.

Now, she's issued an urgent warning to drivers to avoid claw clips when behind the wheel.

Jeena said: “When I left work, it was a little foggy, but then it suddenly got really thick while I was driving.

“I felt my tyre dip into what I thought was a pothole, but the police later told me was a gully.”

“I think I hit a tree, which caused the car to flip - the police said it flipped 50 metres."

“I want to advise people to take out their hair-claw clips before driving because I’m worried it could happen to someone else", she added.

"I was really lucky, but I don’t want anyone else to take the risk."