Useful tips: ten fundamental rules of the night driving

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The most interesting thing is that at night the traffic intensity is 10 times less than during the day, but at this particular time of day about half of all accidents occur.

At night, the road is clear and drivers often exceed speed. At high speed, they do not have time to react to a change in the traffic situation, for example, a pedestrian running onto the road. The driver, if he or she notices the pedestrian, does not have time to slow down.

Ten fundamental rules of the night driving:

1. About lights

If the car does not have automatic headlight adjustment or “smart” suspension, which monitors the position of the body above the road, adjust the light before the night driving. With one passenger in the back of the couch, put the regulator on the number "1". If there are two people on the back seat, set on "2." With the trunk loaded, set "3". Do not blind drivers of passing cars through the mirrors. Turn off the full beam when you drive behind another car. True gentlemen in such cases generally put the regulator on "3" (that is, the rays of light are lowered as much as possible).

2. About the windshield

Once a month, wash it to crystal purity on both sides. Oil stains and light deposits of dirt, completely invisible during the day, at night refract the light of oncoming cars into blinding "nebulosity". The case sometimes comes to a complete loss of visibility.

3. About the twilight

Turn on the low beam before nightfall. A car is not an apartment. Saving electricity in it is stupid.

4. About passing an oncoming car

Even if you and your oncoming colleague go to the low beam, still, on a narrow road, a short blinding cannot be avoided. For a moment you are going to be blind. Therefore, before traveling, move your foot from the accelerator to the brake. With suddenness, this measure will reduce the response time to braking.

5. About one headlight

If one headlight moves towards you, it could be anything: a normal motorcyclist, an abnormal motorist... We accept the worst option in advance: an abnormal drunk motorist. And one single headlight will be considered the right headlight of the car. Therefore, prepare to roll to the side.

6. About the boors

It is impossible to give a different name to those who leave the full beam while passing the oncoming car. Passing a boor, you should look a little sideways. So, you can avoid complete blinding even from full beam.

7. About ups and downs

Driving up, remember that if a car appears on the ridge above the hill, it will inevitably blind you even with low beams (correctly adjusted headlights look slightly down). Be ready for this. And before the descents, keep in mind that you in the same way blind other drivers.

8. About an unknown road

If you drive along an unknown road at night, take every turn as dangerous. Night reduces the angle of view and accuracy of perception. Virage may be steeper, with worse coverage, with an old tire rolling in the middle...

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9. About trucks

Watch out for night trucks. Their true dimensions do not always coincide with the indicated side lights. A truck can be expanded for a couple of meters by some half-ton channel beam sticking out of it.

10. About yourself

Night is a foreign environment for us. This is especially true of sight. On a long trip, you can keep a thin slice of lemon under the tongue to increase the sharpness of night vision. This technique was used by pilots of the Second World War during night bombing.