1995 Pontiac Grand Prix Owner's Manual - Page 158

Here are some tips on night driving. a Drive defensively. e Don't drink anddrive, a Adjust your inside rearview mirror reduce the to driving, don't wear sunglasses at night. They may cut down on glarefrom headlamps, but they also make a lot of things invisible. You can be temporarily blinded by approaching headlamps. It can take a second or two, or even several seconds, for your eyesto readjust to the dark. When you from a driver who are faced with severe glare (as doesn't lower the high beams,or a vehicle with misaimed headlamps), slow down little. Avoid staring a directly into the approaching headlamps. Keep your windshield and all the glass on your vehicle is clean -- inside and out. Glare at night made much worse by dirton the glass. Even the inside of the glass 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. glare from headlamps behind you. a Since you can't see as well, you may need slow to down andkeep more space between you and other vehicles. a Slow down, especially on higher speed roads. Your headlamps can light up onlyso much road ahead. e In remote areas, watchfor animals. a If you're tired, pull off the road in a safe place and rest. Remember that your headlamps light far less of a up roadway when you are in a turn curve. Keep your or No one can see as well at night as in the daytime. But as eyes moving; that way, it's easier pick out dimly to we get older these differences increase. A 50-year-old lighted objects. Just as your headlamps should be driver may requireat least twice as much light to see the checked regularly for proper aim, should your eyes so same thing at night as a 20-year-old. be examined regularly.Some drivers suffer from night What you do inthe daytime can also affect your night blindness -- the inability to see in light -- and aren't dim vision. For example, if you spend the day in bright even awareof it. sunshine you are wise to wear sunglasses. Your eyes will have less trouble adjusting to night. But if you're Night Vision 4-15