Here are some tips
on
night driving.
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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.
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
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.
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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