Here
are
some tips on night driving.
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Drive defensively.
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Don’t
drink
and drive.
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Adjust your inside rearview mirror to reduce the
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Since you can’t see as well, you may need to slow
glare from headlamps behind you.
down and keep more space between you and
other vehicles.
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Slow down, especially on higher speed 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
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
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.
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.
No
one can see as
well
at night as in the daytime. But as
Remember that your headlamps light up far less of a
we get older these differences increase. A 50-year-old
roadway when you are in a turn or curve. Keep your
driver may require at least twice as much light to see the
eyes moving; that way, it’s easier to pick out dimly
same thing at night as a ‘20-year-old.
lighted objects. Just as your headlamps should be
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
even
aware
of
it.
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
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