1994 Chevrolet Corvette Owner's Manual - Page 132

While driving ona surface with reduced traction, try your best to avoid sudden steering, acceleration, or braking (including engine brakingby shifting to a lower gear). Any sudden changes could cause the tires to slide.You may not realize the surface is slippery until your vehicle is skidding. Learn to recognize warning clues - such as enough water, ice or packed snow on the roadto make a "mirrored surface" - and slow down when you have any doubt. Remember: Any anti-lock braking system 1 Driving at Night (ABS) helps avoid only the braking skid. Night driving is more dangerous than day driving. One reason is that some drivers are likely to be impaired -by alcohol or drugs, with night vision problems, or by fatigue. Here are some tips on night driving. 0 Drive defensively. 0 Don't drink and drive. 0 Adjust your inside rearview mirror to reduce the glare from headlights behind you. Since you can't see as well, you may need to slow down and keep more space between you and other vehicles. I Slow down, especially on higher speed roads. Your headlights can light 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. Night Vision No one can see as well at night as in the daytime. Butas we get older these differences increase. A 50-year-old driver may require at least twice much as light to see the same thing at nightas a 20-year-old. What you do in the daytimecan also affect your night 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 down on glare from headlights, but they also make a lot of things invisible. You can be temporarily blinded by approaching lights. It can take second a or two, or even several seconds, for your eyes to readjust to thedark. When you are faced with severe glare(as from a driver who doesn't lower the high beams, or a 131 ..