The series, set entirely in cars, follows the lives and aspirations of rush-hour commuters from Sydney’s western suburbs as they drive to work in the morning and then catches up with their day again on the return trip. The title refers to the fact they are heading east, into the sun, in the mornings.Squinters follows commuters in peak hour transit as they drive to work. The title Squinters, refers to the fact that the commuters are facing the sun as they head east from Sydney's western suburbs in the mornings, and then also face into the sun in the afternoons on the way back to the western suburbs.