2000 Chevrolet Tracker Owner's Manual - Page 175

Here are some tips on night driving. Drivedefensively. Don't drink and drive. Adjust your inside rearview mirror to reduce the glare from headlamps behind you. Since you can't see as well, you need to may slow down and keep more space between you and other vehicles. Slow down, especially on higher speed roads. Your headlamps can lightup only so much road ahead. driving, don't wear sunglasses night. Theymay cut at down on glare from headlamps, but they make alot also of things invisible. You can be temporarily blinded by approaching headlamps. It can take a second or two, or even severa seconds, for your eyesto readjust to the dark. When you are faced with severe glare (as from a driver who doesn't lower the high beams, or a vehicle with misaimed headlamps), slow down a little. Avoid staring directly into the approaching headlamps. In remote areas, watch for animals. If you're tired, pull off road in a safe place the and rest. Keep your windshield and all the glass on your vehicle clean -- inside and out. Glare night is made much at worse bydirt on the glass. Even the insidethe glass of can build up a film caused by dust. Dirty glass makes lights dazzle and flash more clean glass would, than making the pupils of your eyes contract repeatedly. Remember that your headlamps light up less of a far roadway when youare in a turn or curve. Keep your eyes moving; that way, it's easier to pick out dimly lighted objects. Just your headlamps shouldbe as checked regularlyfor proper aim,so should your eyes be examined regularly. Some drivers suffer from night blindness -- the inabilityto see in dim light and -aren't even aware it. of Night Vision No one can see as well night as in daytime. Butas at the we get older these differences increase. 50-year-old A driver may requireat least twice as much light see the to same thingat night as a 20-year-old. What youdo in the daytime can affect your night also vision. For example, you spend the day in bright if sunshine you are wise wear sunglasses.Your eyes will to have less trouble adjusting to night. But you're if 4-30