1996 GMC Savana Van Owner's Manual - Page 162

Here are some tips on night driving. 0 Drive defensively. Don't drink and drive. Adjust your inside rearview mirror to reduce the L olare fromheadlamps behind you. ' Since you can't see a s well, you may need to slow down and keep more space between you and other vehicles. Slow down, especially on higher speed roads. Your headlamps can light up only so much road ahead. 0 0 have less trouble adjusting to night. But if you're driving. don't wear sunglasses a t night. They may cut down on glare from herldlamps, but they also make a lot of things invisible. 0 0 You can be temporarily blindecl by approaching Imldlamps. It can take a second o r two, or even several seconds, for your eyes to readjust t o the dark. When you are laced with severe glare (as from a driver who doesn't lower the high beams, or :I vehicle with rnisaimed headlamps), slow down a little. Avoid staring directly into the approaching headlamps. Keep your windshield and a l l the glass on your vehicle clean -- inside and out. Glare at night is made much worse by dirt on the glass. Even the inside of the glass can build up a f i l m caused by dust. Dirty glass makes lights dazzle and l'1as1.1 more than clean glass would, making the pupils of your eyes contract repeatedly. Remember that your headlamps light up far less of a roadway when you are i n ;I turn or curve. Keep your eyes moving; that way. it's easier to pick out dimly lighted ob-jects. Just as your headlamps should be checked regularly for proper a i m , so should your eyes be examined regularly. Some drivers suffer from night blindness -- the inability t o sec i n dim light -- and aren't even aware of it. 0 0 I n remote areas, watch for animals. If you're tired, pull off the road in a safe place and rest. Night Vision N o one can see a s well at night as in the daytime. But a s we get older these differences increase. A SO-year-old driver may require at least twice as much light to see the same thing at night as a 20-year-old. What you do i n the daytime can also affect your night vision. For example, if you spend the-day in bright sunshine you are wise to wear sunglasses. Your eyes will 4-14