1996 Cadillac DeVille Owner's Manual - Page 197

Here are some tips on night driving. 0 Drive defensively. e Don't drink and drive. 0 Since you can't seeas well, you may need to slow down and keep more space between you and other vehicles. 0 Slow down, especially higher speed roads. on Your so headlamps can light up only much road ahead. 0 In remote areas, watch for animals. a If you're tired, pull off road.in a safe place and the rest. You can be temporarily blinded by approaching a headlamps. It can take second or two, or even several seconds, for your eyes to readjust to the dark. When you a driver who are faced with severe glare (as from doesn't lower the high beams, or a vehicle with misaimed headlamps), slow down little. Avoid staring a directly into the approaching headlamps. Keep your windshield and the glass on your vehicle all clean -- inside and out. Glare at night made much is of worse by dirt on the glass. Even the inside the glass can build up a film caused by dust. glass makes Dirty lights dazzle and flash more than clean glass would, making the pupils your eyes contract repeatedly. of Remember that your headlamps light far less of a up roadway when you are in a turn or curve. Keepyour eyes moving; that way, it's easier to pick dimly out lighted objects. Just as your headlamps should be checked regularly for proper aim, should your eyes so be examined regularly. Some drivers suffer from night blindness -- the inabilityto see in dim light and -aren't even aware of it. Night Vision No one can see aswell at nightas in the daytime. But as we get older these differences increase. 50-year-old A 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 also affect y6lE night can vision. For example, you spend the day in bright if sunshine youare wise to wear sunglasses. Your eyes will have less trouble adjusting night. But if you're to driving, don't wear sunglasses at night. They may cut down on glare from headlamps, but they also make a lot of things invisible. 4-16