1993 Buick Century Owner's Manual - Page 159

High Beams If the vehicle approaching you has its high beams on, signal by flicking yours to high and then back to low beam. This is the usual signal to lower the headlight beams. If the other driver still doesn't lower the beams, resist the temptation to put your high beams on. This only makes two half-blinded drivers. On a freeway, use your high beams only in remote areas In where you won't impair approaching drivers. some places, like cities, using high beams is illegal. When you follow another vehicle on a freeway or highway, use low beams.True, most vehiclesnow have day-night mirrors that enable the driver to reduce glare. But outside mirrors not of this type and high beams are from behind can bother the driver ahead. A Few More Night Driving Suggestions 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 the glass of can build upa fdm causedby dust. Tobacco smoke also makes inside glass surfaces very filmy and can be a vision hazardif it's left there. Dirty glass makes lights dazzle and flash more than clean of glass would, making the pupils your eyes contract repeatedly. You might even want to keep a cloth and some glass cleaner in your vehicle if need to clean you your glass frequently. Remember that your headlights light up less of a fhr roadway when you are in a turnor curve. Keep your eyes moving; that way, it'seasier to pick out dimly lighted objects. Just as your headlights should be checked regularly for proper aim, so should your eyes be examined regularly. Some drivers suffer from night blindness-the inability to see in dim light-and aren't even aware it. of