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Traffic death rates are three times more at night than during the day, yet many of us are unaware of night driving hazards or don't know effective ways to deal with them. Driving at night is more of a challenge than many people think. It's also more dangerous.
Why is night driving so dangerous? One obvious answer is darkness. Ninety percent of a driver's reaction depends on vision, and vision is severely limited at night. Older drivers have even greater difficulties seeing at night. A 50-year-old driver may need twice as much light to see as compared to a 30-year old driver. Another factor adding danger to night driving is fatigue. Drowsiness makes driving more difficult by dulling concentration and slowing reaction time.

Tips for driving at Night:
1. Prepare your vehicle for night driving. Clean headlights, taillights, signal lights and windows once a week, more often if necessary. Also ensure that all these lights are working and not fused.
2. Aim your headlights properly. Misaimed headlights blind other drivers and reduce your ability to see the road.
3. Don't drink and drive. Not only does alcohol severely impair your driving ability, but it also acts as a depressant. Just one drink can induce fatigue. Also, avoid smoking when you drive. Smoke's nicotine and carbon monoxide hamper night vision. If there is any doubt, turn your headlights on. Lights will not help you see better in early twilight, but they'll make it easier for other drivers to see you. Being seen is as important as seeing.
4. While overtaking, flash the headlights at least thrice making sure your vehicle gets noticed quickly by the vehicle you are actually overtaking and by any vehicle coming from opposite direction.

5. Reduce your speed and increase your following distances. It is more difficult to judge other vehicle's speeds and distances at night.
6. Don't overdrive your headlights. You should be able to stop inside the illuminated area. If you're not, you are creating a blind crash area in front of your vehicle.
7. When following another vehicle, keep your headlights on low beams so you don't blind the driver ahead of you.
8. If an oncoming vehicle doesn't lower beams from high to low, avoid glare by watching the right edge of the road and using it as a steering guide.
9. Make frequent stops for light snacks and exercise. If you're too tired to drive, stop and get rest.
10.If you have any problem with your vehicle, pull off the road as far as possible. Warn approaching traffic at once by setting up flares or reflecting triangles near your vehicle and 300 feet behind it. Turn on flashers and the dome light. Stay off the roadway and get passengers away from the area.
11.Observe night driving safety as soon as the sun goes down. Twilight is one of the most difficult times to drive, because your eyes are constantly changing to adapt to the growing darkness.

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