8 skills for driving a car at night when there are no street lights
(Baonghean.vn) - Not everyone is alert enough to drive at night, especially on roads without the support of street lights. For your safety and to avoid causing accidents to others, remember the skills below.
1. Keep calm and stable
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When entering roads without supporting lights, some drivers experience anxiety, stress, and confusion. The effective solution is to try to regain confidence and calm to give the most effective reasons.
2. Try to concentrate
Concentration is one of the most important things you need to remember to keep yourself and other vehicles safe on the road. This will be a solution to help you predict and come up with the correct solution when an unexpected obstacle appears ahead.
3. Avoid looking directly into the headlights of oncoming vehicles.
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When the oncoming vehicle has its high beams on, causing you to be blinded, the best solution is to slow down and not look directly into the headlights of the vehicle in front to avoid losing control. Then signal them by flashing your lights.
4. Use high beam properly
Using high beam mode (headlights) will help you observe the entire road compared to low beam. However, if there are oncoming vehicles, high beams will dazzle them, to ensure safety for you and the people opposite, be flexible in switching between high beams and low beams, depending on each situation.
5. Keep your eyes on the lane markings
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Car headlights only illuminate at a certain level, so you do not have enough visibility to predict obstacles and unexpected situations, so pay attention to road markings and signs and always stay in your lane.
6. Use assistive technology
Nowadays, new cars are equipped with driver assistance technologies when driving through dark roads such as smart headlights, infrared warning cameras and sensors around the car. However, do not be subjective because these technologies only support a small part of the driver.
7. Drive at low speed
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Maintain a low speed, giving you enough time to handle unexpected situations. Therefore, drive at a steady and slow speed as possible; however, do not drive too slowly as this can cause congestion and affect the vehicles behind.
8. Limit stopping and parking on the roadside
Because it is dark and there are no street lights, suddenly stopping your car will make other vehicles unable to react in time and increase the risk of collision. However, if you are forced to stop, find the most open position (avoid curves) and turn on your signal; or use reflective objects to increase the warning ability to the vehicles behind.
