1997 Buick Skylark Owner's Manual - Page 175

1 I- Keep your windshield and all the glass on your vehicle clean -- inside and out. Glare at night is made much No one can seeas well at night as in the daytime. But as worse by dirt on the glass. Even the inside the glass of we get older these differences increase. 50-year-old A can buildup a film caused by dust. glass makes Dirty driver may require at least twice as much light to see the lights dazzle and flash more than clean glass would, same thing at night as a 20-year-old. making the pupils your eyes contract repeatedly. of What you do in the daytime can affect your night also Remember that your headlamps light up less of a far vision. For example, if you spend the day in bright roadway when you are in t r or curve. Keep your an u sunshine you are wise to wear sungldsses. eyes will Your eyes moving; that way, it's easier to pick out dimly have less trouble adjusting to night. But if you're lighted objects. Just as your headlamps should be driving, don't wear sunglasses at night. They may cut checked regularlyfor proper aim,so should your eyes down on glare from headlamps, but they make a lot also be examined regularly. Some drivers suffer from night of things invisible. blindness -- the inability to in dim light-- and see aren't even aware it. of You can be temporarily blinded by approaching ..headlamps.It can take a 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, or a vehicle with misaimed headlamps), slow down a little. Avoid staring directly into the approaching headlamps. Night Vision