1993 Buick Regal Owner's Manual - Page 153

High Beams If the vehicle approachingyou has its high beams on, signal by flicking yours to high and then back to low beam. This is the usual signal to lower the headlight beams. If the other driver still doesn't lower beams, the resist the temptation to put your high beams on. This only makes two half-blinded drivers. On a freeway, use your high beamsonly in remote areas where you won't impair approaching drivers. In some places, like cities, using high beams is illegal. When you follow another vehicleon a freeway or highway, use low beams. True, most vehicles now have day-night mirrorsthat enable the driver to reduce glare. But outside mirrorsare not of this type and high beams from behind can bother the driver ahead. A Few More Night Driving Suggestions Keep your windshield and all the glass on your vehicle clean -- inside and out. Glareat night is mademuch worse by dirt on the glass. Even the inside glass of the can build up a film caused dust. Tobacco smoke also by makes inside glass surfaces very filmy and can be a vision hazard if it's left there. Dirty glass makes lights dazzle and flash more than clean glass would, making the pupils of your eyes contract repeatedly. You might even want to keep a cloth and someglass cleaner in your vehicle if you need to clean your glassfrequently. Remember that your headlights 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 headlights shouldbe checked regularly for proper aim, so should your eyes be examined regularly. Some drivers suffer from night blindness -- the inability of to seein dim light -- and aren't even aware it. 151