Many drivers firmly know that the majority of deaths with death occurs in the dark, most often at night. No dangers on the road are added, but at night the human body behaves differently, especially if fatigue is added after daytime loads.
Reaction rate, concentration, concentration of attention, visual acuity – all these factors tend to decrease at night. This leads to the fact that the time allotted to choose the only correct solution in a difficult situation is significantly reduced. Therefore, on the road from the driver, maximum caution and increased attention are required. When driving about ninety -six percent of all the information about the road, the driver receives through vision, and in the dark, the number and quality of such information are significantly reduced, which leads to accidents.
In addition, with age (especially after 50 years), it becomes more difficult to navigate in the dark, which forces experienced drivers with experience in an accident.
The only advantage of night roads is their desertedness, however, for many drivers, unfortunately, this situation is associated only with an increase in speed. Especially attentive should be at night the weekend, when the number of drivers in a intoxication increases.
Pay your attention to the lighting devices of your car: headlights, rear lights and glass. Dirty windshield, scattering light, as well as incorrectly configured headlights. Their too bright light can blind drivers in cars moving along the oncoming.
The night road should cause the driver not the desire to go faster, but on the contrary, it should be forced to go at a lower speed. This allows you to improve visibility, which is important to reduce emergency situations. In addition, at a lower speed there are more options for a faster stopping of the car and safe turning. Suburban routes are of great danger at night in connection with animals crossing the road. In the daytime obstacles, pits, potholes on the roadbins are clearly visible, but at night they are not so easy to notice, so you do not need to go at high speed, especially along a poorly familiar highway. Add dangers and cars parked in a prohibited place, garbage tanks, so always be on the alert.
Smoking, conversations on a mobile phone at night are fraught with consequences: nicotine creates an additional load on vision, and phone calls prevent concentrations.
Observe a large distance between the cars at night, because you can notice the beginning of braking in the dark only according to the stop symbols, and the adequate perception of speed is reduced.