Own the Night: 10 Tips for Driving After Dark
Night driving isn't just annoying, it's dangerous. Here are 10 tips to make your nocturnal migrations safer.
Driving at night is a dreadful and dangerous. Road fatalities triple during the night, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Human eyes don't help much either. They're terrible at seeing at night with depth perception, peripheral vision, and ability to distinguish color diminished. Although headlights illuminate the road, typical low beams stretch from 160 to 250 feet in front of your vehicle, while high beams shine about 350 to 500 feet ahead. When you’re driving at 60 mph, it takes more than 200 feet to stop, so there's not much room for error.
So to traverse these dangerous and dark roads, here are 10 tips to keep in mind when driving after the sun goes down.
Anthony is a freelance writer covering the automotive industry and horror entertainment.
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