1993 Pontiac Grand Am Owner's Manual - Page 144

High Beams ~ If the vehicle approachingyou has its shielded from that glare may adjust more quickly to darkness back on the high beams on, signal by flicking yours Keep your windshield and all the glass to high and then back to low beam. This on your vehicle clean-inside and out. road. But be sure to remove your is the usual signal to lower the headlight Glare at night is made much worse by sunglasses before you leave the service beams. If the other driver still doesn't area. dirt on the glass. Even theinside of the lower the beams, resist the temptation toglass can build up film caused by dust. a You can be temporarily blindedby put your high beamson. This only Tobacco smoke also makes inside glass approaching lights.It can take a second makes two half-blinded drivers. surfaces very filmy andcan be a vision or two, or even several seconds, for your On a freeway, use your high beams only hazard if it's left there. eyes to readjust to the dark. When you in remote areas whereyou won't impair Dirty glass makes lights dazzle and are faced with severe glare (as from a approaching drivers. In some places, driver who doesn't lower the high flash more than clean glass would, like cities, using high beams is illegal. making the pupilsof your eyes contract beams, or a vehicle with misaimed headlights), slow downa little. Avoid repeatedly. You might even want to keep When you follow another vehicle on a staring directly into the approaching a cloth and some glass cleaner in your freeway or highway, use low beams. lights. If there isa line of opposing True, most vehicles now have day-night vehicle if you need to clean your glass traffic, make occasional glances over the mirrors that enable thedriver to reduce frequently. line of headlights to make certain that glare. But outside mirrors are not of this one of the vehicles isn't starting to move type and high beams from behind can into your lane. Once you are past the bother the driver ahead. bright lights, give your eyes time to readjust before resuming speed. A Few More Night Driving Suggestions F '143