How to handle when headlights shine in your face

Headlights are an indispensable part, using headlights properly and culturally not only ensures safety for yourself but also for those around you.

Cars are equipped with headlights to illuminate the road at night, especially on roads with high speeds, requiring a wide field of vision to create more conditions for drivers to handle the situation promptly on the road. However, in some cases, improper use of headlights will hinder drivers going in the opposite direction and even cause unsafety.

Here are some tips to help drivers deal with headlights shining in their faces while driving.

Flashing lights

On long roads, headlights are recommended, but many drivers in the inner city do not comply with the regulations and still turn on their headlights, which creates a negative impression with drivers going in the opposite direction.

The usual way to handle this is that the driver who is blinded by high beams should proactively flash their lights using the high beam flasher button to let the other vehicle know to adjust to low beams or turn off the high beams, avoiding using the horn.

Release the throttle and brake.

In case, even though you have signaled by flashing your lights from a distance and even tried to honk your horn, but the driver in front or behind you is unaware, to ensure safety and avoid unexpected situations due to glare from headlights, the driver needs to focus on observing, release the accelerator and brake to signal the vehicles behind that the vehicle is slowing down, and to promptly handle any dangerous situations that may arise.

Speed ​​control

If the driver applies one of the two methods above, he must also remember to adjust the vehicle speed appropriately and keep the right distance from the vehicle going in the same direction. In addition, the driver should limit overtaking in cases of poor visibility and difficulty in observing.

In the case of waiting at a red light or being stuck in traffic, the best thing to do is to let the car with high beams pass first because even if it is a few seconds late, safety is still paramount.

Note that these methods only apply on roads without medians, with low medians, or in inner cities.

According to VnExpress