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SPECIAL DRIVING SITUATIONS Night Driving 7 You will need to drive with extra care at night. You can't see as far ahead and the glare from oncoming cars can reduce your vision even more. Florida law says you must: ► Use headlights between the hours of sunset and sunrise. ► Not use high beam headlight...
SPECIAL DRIVING SITUATIONS Night Driving 7 You will need to drive with extra care at night. You can't see as far ahead and the glare from oncoming cars can reduce your vision even more. Florida law says you must: ► Use headlights between the hours of sunset and sunrise. ► Not use high beam headlights within 500 feet of an oncoming vehicle; use low beam headlights. ► Not use high beam headlights within 300 feet of the vehicle ahead of you; use low beam headlights. ► Not drive using only parking lights in place of headlights. ► Turn on your parking lights at night when you are parked on a roadway or shoulder outside of cities and towns. Follow these guidelines for driving at night: ► Avoid "over driving" your lights (driving too fast for what you can see). High beam headlights can reveal objects up to a distance of 450 feet and are most effective for speeds faster than 25 MPH. darkness. ► When leaving a brightly lit area, drive slowly until your eyes adjust to the ► Don't look directly at oncoming headlights. Use lane lines as visual guides and look quickly to check the other vehicle's position every few seconds. ► Drive as far to the right as you can if a vehicle with one light comes toward you; it could be a vehicle with a missing headlight. ghts are m hlights on will reflect sibility ev your head your wind pers and d rum visibil fult to deter bility is due the windshie the right ec ge lines and guides. Biminate all d ehicle. Turn o phone, etc. Watch out for parked vehic eep your w ghts clean crease vis you turn High beam headlights can reveal objects up to a distance of at least 450 feet and are most effective for speeds faster than 25 MPH. At night, glare from oncoming cars can reduce your vision. turn on yo downl R ng rainst not raine the highwa increase owing d roplan