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.
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Since you can’t see
as
well, you may need
to
slow down and keep more space between you and
other vehicles.
Slow down, especially
on
higher speed roads.
Your
headlamps can light up
only
so
much road ahead.
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
down on glare from headlamps, but they
also
make
a
lot
of things invisible.
You
can be temporarily blinded by approaching lights.
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 lights.
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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