1998 Cadillac DeVille Owner's Manual - Page 227

Here are some tips on night driving. 0 0 Drivedefensively. Don't drink and drive. Since you can't see as well, you may need slow to down and keep more space between you and other vehicles. Slow down, especially on higher speed roads. Your headlamps can light up only much road ahead. so You can be temporarily blinded by approaching headlamps. It can take a second or two,even several or seconds, for your eyesto readjust to the dark. When you are faced with severe glare from a driver who (as doesn't lower the high beams, or a vehicle with misaimed headlamps), slow down a little. staring Avoid directly into the approaching headlamps. Keep your windshield and all glass on your vehicle the at clean -- inside and out. Glare night is made much worse by dirt on the glass. Even the inside glass of the can build up a film caused by dust. Dirty glass makes lights dazzle and flash more than clean glass would, making the pupils of your eyes contract repeatedly. 0 In remote areas, watch for animals. If you're tired, pulloff the road in a safe place and rest. Remember that your headlamps light up far less of a roadway when you are in a turn or curve. Keep your to eyes moving; that way, it's easier pick out dimly No one cansee as well at night as in the daytime. But as lighted objects. Just as your headlamps should be A we get older these differences increase. 50-year-old so driver may require least twice as much light to see the checked regularly for proper aim, should your eyes at be examined regularly. Some drivers suffer from night same thingat night as a 20-year-old. -blindness -- the inabilityto see in dim li,ght and What youdo in the daytime can affect your night also aren't even aware it. of vision. For example, you spend the day in bright if 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 at night. They may cut down on glare from headlamps, but they also make a lot of things invisible. Night Vision 4-16