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Here are some tips on night driving.
Drive defensively.
Don’t drink and drive.
Adjust your inside rearview mirror
to
reduce the
glare from headlamps behind
you.
Since you can’t see
as
well, you may need to
slow down and keep more space between you and
other vehicles.
down on glare from headlamps, but they
also
make
a
lot
of things invisible.
You can be temporarily blinded by approaching
headlamps.
It
can take
a
second or two, or even several
seconds,
for
your eyes to readjust to the dark. When you
are faced with severe glare
(as
from a driver who
doesn’t lower the high beams, or a vehicle with
misaimed headlamps), slow down a little. Avoid staring
directly into the approaching headlamps.
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Slow down, especially on higher speea roads. Your
headlamps can light
up
only
so
much road ahead.
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In
remote areas, watch for animals.
If you’re tired, pull off the road in
a
safe place
and rest.
Night
Vision
No
one
can see as
well
at night
as
in
the daytime. But as
we get older these differences increase.
A
50-year-old
driver may require at least twice
as
much light to see the
same thing at night as a 20-year-old.
What you do
in
the daytime can also affect your night
vision. For example,
if
you spend the day
in
bright
sunshine you are wise to wear sunglasses. Your eyes will
have less trouble adjusting to night. But if you’re
driving, don’t wear sunglasses at night. They may cut
Keep your windshield and all the glass on your vehicle
clean
--
inside and out. Glare at night is made much
worse by dirt
on
the glass. Even the inside of the glass
can build up
a
film caused by dust. Dirty glass makes
lights dazzle and flash more than clean glass would,
making the pupils of your eyes contract repeatedly.
Remember that your headlamps light up far less of
a
roadway when you are
in
a
turn or curve. Keep your
eyes moving; that way, it’s easier
to
pick out dimly
lighted objects. Just as your headlamps should be
checked regularly for proper aim,
so
should your eyes
be examined regularly. Some drivers suffer from night
blindness
--
the inability to see
in
dim light
--
and
aren’t even aware
of
it.
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