Driving At Night

Driving at night is very different from driving in the daytime.

At night your vision and depth perception are reduced significantly.

Lots of people might imagine that it is not safe in any respect, but there are a couple of

suggestions that anyone can use to make your night time driving much safer.

It is best to keep your automobile maintained to keep safe while driving at

night.

Keeping your automobile clean can really help keep your visibility, higher at night.

Unclean windows can cause trouble when trying to view the street or even surrounding

vehicles.

Car headlights that are dirty will decrease the amount of light produced, making the

road less visible and difficult to see.

If you turn your headlights on and they don't aim in a straight line in front of the car they

may be out of alignment and need to be inspected.

While behind the wheel, don't keep your high beams on, especially when there is

other approaching traffic on the highway, your high beams will just blind other drivers.

You should always keep your fog lights off during normal night time driving as well.

Fog lights are designed specifically for fog and can possibly blind another person during

normal conditions.

Your vision at night isn't as good as it is during the day, however there quite a few things that you can do to help improve it.

You can find a type of eyeglasses that help decrease glare at night while looking at

certain things.

Wearing these eyeglasses will help your vision become much better.

It is best to keep your interior lights off, to help keep your eyes focused on the road.

Having any interior light can cause your eyes to become less accustomed to the dark at

night.

You may also turn your rear view mirror into its night mode by flipping the small knob at

the bottom.

The mirror's night mode dims the headlights of automobiles behind you so you are not

blinded.

When there is approaching traffic try not to look directly ahead at these oncoming lights.

Many people forget to turn their high beams off so it can be quite bothersome and very

hard to see the road.

If this happens you should look down closer to the road and use the painted line towards the right side of the road as a steering guide.

If you keep these suggestions in mind while driving at night it can be just as safe as

driving during the day.