Since I first started learning how to drive decades ago, I've always had a habit of keeping my left arm out the car window, and even with my Vitiligo I continue to do it and sometimes after a short drive my arm is red as a lobster even with a long sleve shirt, I tried to use a sun block on several occasions but I'm afraid that it may get on my hands and by sun block being slippery like lotion I don't want my hands to slip off of the steering wheel because that could cause a traffic accident, My Dermatalogist has even told me that he could actually write me a note to have my front driver and passenger side windows tinted because Vitiligo is a medical condition and only people with Vitiligo who drive can get their doctors to write a note for tinted windows, I didn't know this, But to be honest I'm so used to having my arm out the window I don't think the window tint will help me, But I'm going to give it a try and also here in my city of Philadelphia the Police like to harass people with tinted windows by pulling them over and giving them a traffic ticket, But if I get pulled over I hope the Police feel stupid after they see the note that my Dermatologist wrote for my tinted windows..............lol
The photo's below are of my actual Minivan
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Hey Vic I tried to stop that bad habit but, I can't for some reason , I feel like I'm more in control of my car with my arm sticking out and yes I had a very bad sunburn before not because of my arm sticking out but because I went to union labor day rally and I stayed for the festivities I was in the hot sun for over 4 hours and my whole body was red like a lobster it stung when I touched my skin, but I didn't go to emergency room because I knew the sun burn would eventually go away, it was so bad that it was called Sun Poisoning your not burned bad by the sun until you been sun poisoned
That is how I got my first and so far, my only sunburn in life. I pray I don't ever let that happen again, the burned area was "only" the back of my left hand. By the time the pain was the most intense, I thought I was going to have to go to emergency but I prayed and prayed and the pain finally went away. In short, do what ever you can safely to prevent a burn, because if you never had one, you don't want one, it's that painful. I really thought, I would have to go to emergency for a burn that was just on the back of my hand, about 3 inches square, maximum.