night vision OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA 1998 Owners Manual

Driving at Night
Night driving is more dangerous than day driving. One
reason
is that some drivers are likely to be impaired -- by
alcohol or drugs, with night
vision problems, or by fatigue. Here
are some tips on night driving.
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Drive defensively.
Don’t drink and drive.
Adjust
yo~~r inside rearview mirror to reduce the
E Clare from headlamps behind you.
Since
you can‘t see as well, you may need to
slow down and keep more space between you and
other vehicles.
Slow down, especially
on higher speed roads. Your
headlamps can light up only so much road ahead.
In remote areas. watch for animals.
If you’re tired, pull off the road in a safe place
and rest.
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Night Vision
No one can see as well at night as in the daytime. But as
we get older these differences increase. A SO-year-old
driver may require at least twice
as much light to see the
same thing at night as
a 20-year-old.
What you do
in the daytime can also affect your night
vision. For example,
if you spend the day in bright
sunshine you are wise to wear sunglasses. Your eyes
will
have less trouble adjusting to night. But if you're
driving, don't wear sunglasses at night. They may cut
down on glare from headlamps, but they
also make a lot
of things invisible.
You can be temporarily blinded by approaching
headlamps. It can take
a second or two, or even several
seconds, for your eyes
to readjust to the dark. When
you are faced with severe glare (as from a driver who
doesn't lower the high beams, or a vehicle
with
misaimed headlamps), slow down a little. Avoid
staring directly into the approaching headlamps. Keep
your windshield and all the glass on your vehicle
clean
-- inside and out. Glare at night is made much
worse by dirt on the glass. Even the inside of the glass
can build up
a film caused by dust. Dirty glass makes
lights dazzle and flash more than clean glass would,
making the pupils of your eyes contract repeatedly.
Remember that your headlamps light
up fhr less of a
roadway when you are
in a turn or curve. Keep your
eyes moving; that way, it's easier to pick out dimly
lighted objects.
Just as your headlamps should be
checked regularly for proper aim,
so should your eyes
be examined regularly. Some drivers suffer from night
blindness
-- the inability to see in dim light -- and
aren't even aware of
it.
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MountainRoads ................................ 4-36
Multifunction Lever ............................. 2-26
Net. Convenience
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Neutral
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Nightvision
................................... 4-29
New Vehicle
“Break-In”
......................... 2-12
Normal Maintenance Replacement Parts
............. 6-60
Odometer
.................................... 2-52
Off-Road Driving
.............................. 4-15
Off-Road Recovery
............................. 4-11
Oil. Engine
.................................... 6-11
Ordering Owner and Service Publications
............ 8-10
Outside Mirrors
................................ 2-35
Overhead Console
.............................. 2-37
Overheating Engine
............................. 5-13
Owner and Service Publications.
................... 8-10
Owner Checks and Services
....................... 7-39
Paint Spotting. Chemical
........................ 6-51
Shifting Into
................................. 2-20
Shifting: Out of
............................... 2-22
Park
......................................... 2-16
Parking
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AtNight .................................... 2-10
Brake ...................................... 2-19
Brake Mechanism Check ....................... 7-42
Lots
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On Hills with a Trailer ......................... 4-51
Over Things That Bum
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