Helpful Driving Information

DRIVING AT NIGHT

According to the National Safety Council, traffic death rates are up to three times greater at night than during the day.

DRIVING AT NIGHT

Driving at night is more dangerous because 90% of a drivers reaction depends on vision, and vision is severely limited at night. (Depth perception, color recognition, and peripheral vision are limited at night.)
Make sure you can stop within the distance lighted by your headlights. Glare can also reduce visibility.

DRIVING AT NIGHT

Another factor adding danger to night driving is fatigue, which makes driving more difficult by dulling concentration and slowing reaction time.

DRIVING AT NIGHT

It is more difficult to judge other vehicles' speeds and distances at night. Do not overdrive your headlights. Otherwise, you are creating a blind collision area in front of your vehicle.

DRIVING AT NIGHT

When following another vehicle, keep your low-beams on to avoid blinding the driver ahead of you.

DRIVING AT NIGHT

If you have car trouble at night, pull off the road as far as possible and turn on your hazard lights.

DRIVING AT NIGHT

Use your high-beam lights when driving in rural areas and on open highways away from urban and metropolitan areas.
When leaving a brightly lit place, drive slowly until your eyes adjust to the darkness.

DRIVING AT NIGHT

If you are driving with your high-beam lights on, you must dim them at least 500 ft from any oncoming vehicle, so you don't blind the oncoming driver.
You must use low-beam lights if you are within 200-300 ft of the vehicle you are following.
Consult your state's Drivers Handbook for details.

DRIVING AT NIGHT

If an approaching car is using its high-beams, don't look directly into the oncoming headlights—look toward the right edge of your lane. Watch the oncoming car out of the corner of your eye.
Do not try retaliating against the other driver by keeping your high-beam lights on. If you do, both of you may be blinded.