User Guide
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
glare from he.adlamps 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.
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In
remote areas, watch for animals.
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If you’re tired, pull off the road
in
a
safe place
and rest.
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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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