1997 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Owner's Manual - Page 160

Here are some tips on night driving. 0 0 Drive defensively. Don't drink and drive. Adjust your inside rearview mirrorto reduce the glare from headlamps behind you. Since you can'tsee as 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 canlight up only so much road ahead. In remote areas, watch for animals. If you're tired, pull off the road in a safe place and rest. down on glare from headlamps, but they also make a lot of things invisible. You can be temporarily blinded by approaching headlamps. It can takea second or two, or even several seconds, for your eyes to readjust to the dark. When you are faced with severe glare (as from a driver who doesn't lower the high beams, a or vehicle with misaimed headlamps), slow down a little. Avoid staring directly into the approaching headlamps. Keep your windshield and all 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 upa 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 0 0 0 0 Remember that your headlamps light up far less of a roadway when you are in a turn or curve. Keep your way, it's easier to pick out dimly No one cansee as well at night as in the daytime. But as eyes moving; that lighted objects. Just as your headlamps should be we get older these differences increase.A 50-year-old checked regularly for proper aim, so should your eyes driver may requireat least twice as much light to see the be examined regularly. Some drivers suffer from night same thing at night as a 20-year-old. blindness -- the inability to see in dim light -- and What you do in the daytime can also affect your night aren't even awareof it. vision. For example, if you spend the day in bright 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 Night Vision 4-15