1994 Cadillac Fleetwood Owner's Manual - Page 199

0 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 daytime. Butas we get older the these differences increase. A 50-year-old driver require atleast twice may as much lightto see thesame 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 brightsunshine you are wise to wear sunglasses. Your eyes will have less trouble adjusting to night. Butif you're driving, don't wear sunglasses night. They may down on at cut glare from headlights, but they alsomake a lotof things invisible. You can be temporarily blindedby approaching lights. It can take a second or two, or even several seconds, your eyesto readjust to the for dark. When you are faced with severe glare (as from a driver who doesn't lower the high beams,or a vehicle with misaimed headlights), slow down a little. Avoidstaring directly into theapproaching lights. Keep your windshield and all the glass on your vehicle clean inside and -out. Glare at night is made much worseby dirt on theglass. Eventhe up inside of the glass can build a film causedby dust. Dirty glassmakes lights dazzleand flash more than clean glass would, making pupils of the your eyescontract repeatedly. Remember that your headlights light far less of a roadway when you up are in a turn or curve. Keep your eyes moving; that way, it's easier to pick out dimly lighted objects. as your headlights should checked Just be be regularly for properaim, so should your eyes examined regularly. Some drivers sufferfrom night blindness-- the inability to see in dim light -- and aren't even awareof it. 186