1996 Buick Park Avenue Owner's Manual

Here are some tips on night driving.0000000Drive defensively.Don’t drink and drive.Adjust your inside rearview mlrror to reduce theglare from headlamps behind you.Since you can’t see as well, you may need toslow down and keep more space between you andother vehicles.Slow down, especially on higher speed roads. Yourheadlamps 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 placeand rest.Night VisionNo one can see as well at night as in the daytime. But aswe get older these differences increase. A 50-year-olddriver may require at least twice as much light to see thesame thing at night as a 20-year-old.What you do in the daytime can also affect your nightvision. For example, if you spend the day in brightsunshine you are wise to wear sunglasses. Your eyes willhave less trouble adjusting to night. But if you’re14-15driving, don’t wear sunglasses at night. They may cutdown on glare from headlamps, but they also make a lotof things invisible.You can be temporarily blinded by approachingheadlamps. It can take a second or two, or even severalseconds, for your eyes to readjust to the dark. Whenyou are faced with severe glare (as from a driver whodoesn’t lower the high beams, or a vehicle withmisaimed headlamps), slow down a little. Avoid staringdirectly into the approaching headlamps.Keep your windshield and all the glass on your vehicleclean -- inside and out. Glare at night is made muchworse by dirt on the glass. Even the inside of the glasscan build up a film caused by dust. Dirty glass makeslights dazzle and flash more than clean glass would,.making the pupils of your eyes contract repeatedly.Remember that your headlamps light up far less of aroadway when you are in a turn or curve. Keep youreyes moving; that way, it’s easier to pick out dimlylighted objects. Just as your headlamps should bechecked regularly for proper aim, so should your eyesbe examined regularly. Some drivers suffer from nightblindness -- the inability to see in dim light -- andaren’t even aware of it.