Improving Visibility
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| Driving Instructor Melbourne |
Keep your headlights, mirrors, and windshield
in top condition.
Your headlights are your most
important lifeline when driving at night. If they're not in good working
condition, you're essentially increasing your risk of an accident for nothing.
Keep your headlights clean by washing them every few weeks — this should keep
their brightness and clarity high. If a headlight burns out, replace it as soon
as you can during the day and avoid driving at night until you can do so. Note
that it is often illegal to drive without proper working headlights.
Use your high-beams for low-light situations.
Your car's high-beam lights can
seriously boost your safety while driving at night, but only if you use them
correctly. High-beams should be used when driving in very dark, low-visibility
areas where there is not much traffic. In these cases, high-beams can make your
field of vision much wider and deeper, so use them as needed.
Consider adjusting your headlights.
Sometimes, a car's headlights are
angled lower to the ground than is necessary or aren't aligned perfectly
symmetrically. The brightest headlights in the world aren't useful if they're
not properly angled to illuminate as much of the road in front of you as
possible, so if you're having a hard time seeing ahead while driving at night,
you may want to consider having your headlights re-adjusted. At a professional
mechanic's shop, this procedure is usually quite quick and cheap.
Deal with others' high-beams by glancing to the
side of the road.
In a perfect world, other drivers
would always dim their high-beams when they see you, just as you would for
them. Unfortunately, drivers don't always remember to do this. If an oncoming
car has its high-beams on, avoid looking at them, as their bright light can
momentarily blind you. Instead, glance to the right hand side of your lane (or,
in countries that drive on the left side of the road, the left) while keeping
your peripheral vision alert to hazards. This keeps you as alert of the hazards
around you as possible while preserving your vision.
Consider adding low-to-the-ground fog lights.
If you anticipate doing lots of
driving at night and in foggy conditions, you may want to consider investing in
a set of after-market fog lights. Often, these lights are mounted low on the
front bumper to illuminate as much of the road ahead as possible (fog often is
thinnest in the foot or so just above the road).[13] However, not all
after-market lights are created equal, so talk to an automotive expert before
making this purchase.
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