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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
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olare from headlamps behind you.
Since you can't see
a s
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.
I n remote areas, watch for animals.
If you're tired, pull off the road in a safe place
and rest.
Night Vision
N o one can see
a s
well at night as in the daytime. But
a s
we get older these differences increase.
A
SO-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 i n 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
a t
night. They may cut
down on glare from herldlamps, but they also make a
lot of things invisible.
You
can
be temporarily blindecl by approaching
Imldlamps. It can take
a
second o r two, or even several
seconds, for your eyes
to
readjust
t o
the dark. When you
are laced with severe glare (as from
a
driver who
doesn't lower the high beams, or
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vehicle with
rnisaimed headlamps), slow down
a
little. Avoid staring
directly into the approaching headlamps.
Keep your windshield
and a l l
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
f i l m
caused
by
dust. Dirty glass makes
lights dazzle and
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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 i n
;I
turn or curve. Keep your
eyes moving; that way. it's easier to pick out dimly
lighted ob-jects. Just
as
your headlamps should be
checked regularly for proper a i m , so should your eyes
be examined regularly. Some drivers suffer from night
blindness
--
the inability
t o
sec i n dim light -- and aren't
even aware
of
it.
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