In the spring and summer, the townspeople go through the darkness more than in winter (overradiating revenge on fishing, superfluid returns with cottages, etc.). And statistics are ruthless: the risk of falling into an accident at night is about twice as high than the day. However, if the cool driver, who observes the "Ten Commandments of the Night Drive", does not happen.
The command is the first. About headlights.
If the car does not have automatic adjustment of the headlights or the smart suspension, following the body position over the road, adjust the light yourself before the night trip. With one passenger on the rear sofa, put the kniggle to the "1" digit. If there are two - on "2". With a loaded trunk, exhibit "3".
Do not tack the drivers of passing cars through the mirrors. Turn off the distance light when sitting on the tail of some car. True gentlemen in such cases generally put the regulator on "3" (that is, as much as possible down the rays of the light).
Commandment Second. About windshield.
Once a month wash it to a crystal cleanliness on both sides. Oil divorces and lightweight dirt, absolutely invisible during the day, at night they refract the light of the oncoming machines into the blinding "nebula." It sometimes comes to full loss of visibility.
The commandment is the third. About twilight.
Turn on the Middle Light before the night. It is dangerous for themselves and others who are driving at twilight on an unlucky car. Car is not an apartment. Save in it electricity is stupid.
The commandment is the fourth. About travel with counter.
Let you and the next meeting of the colleague moved to the Middle Light. Anyway on a narrow short dazzle road can not be avoided. The moment of moments you are driving blindly. Therefore, before traveling, move your foot from the accelerator to the brake. With a sudden hazard, this measure will reduce the time of reaction to braking.
Commandment fifth. About one headlight.
If one headlight moves to meet you, it can be anything: a normal motorcyclist, an abnormal motorist ... We take the worst version in advance: an abnormal drunk motorist. And we will consider one and only headlight to be considered it. Therefore, you prepare collapse on the road.
Commandment sixth. About fun.
It is impossible to name those who leave the far light when driving with the counter. Dronging with Ham, look a little sideways, on the side of the road. So avoid full blindness even from far light.
Commandment seventh. About lifts and descents.
Handing to the lifting, remember that if on top, on the ridge of the hill, a counter car will appear, it will inevitably give up you even to the near light (correctly adjusted headlights shine slightly down). Be ready for it. And before the descent, consider that you are similarly blinding other drivers.
Commandment eighth. About an unfamiliar road.
If you go on an unfamiliar road at night, each turn perceive as dangerous. The night reduces the angle of view and the accuracy of perception. The turn can be cooler, with a worst coating, with the old-tire lying in the middle. .. in a word, the speed should be such that then not to grab the head: "And why did I drive?"
The commandment is ninth. About freight killers.
Beware of night trucks. Their true dimensions do not always coincide with the designated overall lights. A truck for a couple of meters can "lengthen" or even "expand" some sticking outwards a semi-trial channel. It will not work worse than the Sicilian killer.
Tenth commandment. About yourself.
The distant ancestors of man were not night animals. The night is alien to us. This is especially true. In the long trip, you can keep a thin lemon slice under the tongue to increase nightpower acuity. This technique was used by the pilots of the Second World War during night bombing.
Night driving have their dangers, knowing which you can protect both yourself and many others on the road. Going on a night trip, you should sleep well. When fatigue, the driver decreases the concentration and acuteness of sight, the reaction time is significantly increasing, which can lead to deplorable results. So, I will give the top 10 driver errors in night driving.
If you gathered to go at night, check the light alarm in advance. A common error that can be seen on the roads is driving a car with faulty light alarm. Drivers forget to switch light on time on time, thereby blinding drivers of counter and passing cars. Catching backway car, turn on the near light in advance.
If the car has no auto headlight adjustment, then with a night trip, adjust the light of the headlight proofreader. Seeing the oncoming machine that blinds far Light, it should not be randomly blinking. Such actions will be incomprehensible and will lead to the fact that drivers of counter cars will stop turning off the distant light. Therefore, switch light from a long-distance close one. If it is further blind - peel the accident.
Riding at night with one pilot
The driver's mistake is that they do not have lamps in stock and they go along the night road with one luminous headlight. If you see a car that goes towards one Phala - it is better to take a little right to the right and reduce the speed so that you do not cling to the sides. In the dark it is very difficult to determine the oversized knife or agricultural equipment, which moves both in the opposite and in the passing direction.
Night driving is also complicated due to the inability to accurately determine the speed vehicle And the distance to it. When driving with a car, move your foot from the gas pedal to the brake. With sudden danger, this will significantly reduce the response time. If the light beam from the meeting begins to distract, then maybe someone crosses him.
What to do when blinding at night on the track
The error of some drivers is that they include distant light in front of the onset of the ones. Drong, do not need to look at the headlights. It is necessary to translate the eyes to the side - so you can avoid blinding from the light of the oncoming machines. To not be blinded when driving, you can close one eye or squinting. Move the view to the right to the edge of the roadway or on the dividing strip, in the city - you can go to the curb. If you were blinded at night on the track, then do not panic. Smoothly without changing the traffic strip, stay, turn on the accident And keep moving after sight will be restored. Remember that night driving always pays a lot of dangers and surprises.
Rises and turns at night
The driver's mistake is that they drive up to the lifting and seeing the lights of the headlights from the ones, do not switch the light to the close, which leads to blindness. Please note that on the ridge of the hill, the oncoming car can blind even the closest light. When turning is also possible blinding from the ones. Sometimes parking lights can be confused with stop signals, so observe the distance and speed mode.
If at night you are moving along the road unknown to you, then each new turn is assessed as a potential danger. Night time reduces the angle of view and adequacy of perception. Remember that some cars with automatic boxes When the gas is dropped, they begin to slowly slow down. At this point, the stop signals do not light up, but on trucks for braking efficiency and for savings brake shoes There is a system "brake moderator".
Danger at night on the road
The main error of drivers at night is inattention. Since, on the night road you are driving in a limited light space, people, animals can appear on the road from darkness, standing cars Without included overall lights, lost cargo, the narrowing of the road and other all kinds of obstacles. True truck sizes are not coincided with true overall lights.
Dirty glass with night driving
Mois often windshield at both sides. Flap, dust and dampness may not be as noticeable in the afternoon. At night, refractive light and makes it difficult to appearances.
Movement speed at night
A serious error is non-compliance with the speed mode. Excel from the fact that the less illumination in the city is the worse visibility on the road, the lower should be speed. Speed \u200b\u200bat night should be significantly lower than the day. On the trips often rub the headlights and overall lights. If the road is visible to you, then it does not mean that your car is clearly visible on the night road. Check the light alarm, especially in the city.
The strong brightness of the dashboard and the Multisystem monitor also affects efficient driving at night. The rearview mirror has two positions - day and night. When you drive at night and a car that goes from behind blinds you with light, move the mirror into the night position. If you still blind, let us understand the driver about blinding, burning the accident several times. If it does not help, turn on the right turn, press the right and skip such a car forward. On the rear window you can install sliding curtains that will protect against the light of the rear vehicle.
Monotonous night care
Another serious driver's mistake is that they do not comply with the rules of driving the car at night. With a long trip good road Causes a status of monotony: from smooth and calm movement, vigilance is slowly dull, attention and the driver is reduced to sleep.
Machine on the counter-lane
Any driver had to go driving in the night and dark time day. If you live in big city, the main highways are usually well covered, therefore there is no special difference when riding on the road - day or night. Over the city, the situation is a bit different and you have to hope only on the headlights of the car.
Night ride has certain advantages:
- less lively movement along the roadway;
- pedestrians are not much like day;
- less mobile traffic police and DPS.
In addition, the night motorway for many is associated with real romantics.
Nevertheless, there are a number of negative sides, which often lead to an accident - on statistics of accidents at night there is much more. The most important problem is the night is sleep time, respectively, drivers and all other participants road May feel too relaxing. Secondly, a huge load falls on vision - sunglasses will not protect the headlights of counter cars.
Thirdly, a large number of drunk, to predict the behavior of which is almost impossible, besides, it is difficult to notice a person in the dark if there are no reflective strips on his clothes.
How to prepare for a night ride, what recommendations to stick to how not to give yourself to fall asleep at the wheel? Consider these questions in our current article.
If the trip can not be postponed until the morning (we mean a long distance ride, and not around the city), then you need to prepare well:
- if possible, sleep;
- avoid long-term leakage in front of the computer monitor or TV screen - the eye fatigue will not make himself wait, the acuity of vision is lost;
- for cheerful, take a cold or contrasting shower;
- do not get involved in coffee - the cups will be enough, because caffeine first causes a tide of vigor, and then fatigue begins to manifest;
- the snack does not hurt, but it is not necessary to rush to the dump, as it is very relaxing and shifted.
Take with you on the road several bottles of water, saccharikov or chips bag, so that lollipops are also suitable for something, chewing gum.
Pay attention to the state of the vehicle:
- wipe the windshield, rearview mirrors;
- clean the headlights, look if the backlight works;
- check whether all optics are working, especially dimensions, stop signals, direction indicators.
If you feel fine, you can leave. It happens, though it is that drowsiness sneaks on the way. In this case, use the old proven way from the Soviet scout of Stirlitz - find a pocket or a specially designated parking place and try to sleep at least half an hour.
Well, not to sleep, I did not want to sleep optimal option - Take travel companions and communicate with them to different topics. Energetic, but not too loud music will also be quite by the way.
Features when switching headlights
The most common problem is blinding the headlight on the headlights.
So that this does not happen, the requirements for lighting at night are clearly described in traffic rules:
- before the top of the lift, always switch to the closest;
- if at a distance of 150-200 meters, they saw a counter car, too, go from a long-distance close one - as soon as they are taking off with a passing car, you can turn on the far light of the headlights;
- if transport is moving in a population direction before you, approaching it less than 150 meters, go to the Middle Light;
- during a forced stop, turn on the dimensions and alarms.
There are secrets from truckers. For example, if you see that the oncoming driver does not switch, then to avoid blinding, crack or completely close the left eye and try not to look at the lighting devices - even if there is a blinding, while it passes you can open the left eye.
When dazzling, which lasts 10-60 seconds, it is necessary to turn on the stop signals and an emergency, to stop directly on the roadway, without going to the roadside, - so your car will be better noticeably from afar.
Highly important moment - Reduce the speed, moving from a long-distance to the near, since the field of view is noticeably narrows and will be less time to make a decision in the event of an unforeseen situation.
Use various signals to prevent other chauffeurs about your intentions:
- flames - for the oncoming may mean traffic police or danger, for traveling from behind - please give way to the road (in Europe and the USA, it is not accepted so much, there simply include the left turn sign);
- ahead of the running turned on the left turn signal - overtaking is prohibited due to obstacles or inability to give way to the road;
- right signal and rebuilding to the right - you can go on overtaking, the track is free.
Also, do not forget about politeness - the flashing accident can mean "thank you."
Maneuvering at night
The most dangerous maneuver at any time of the day - overtaking with departure to the oncoming lane. It is worth saying that at night, cars moving in the opposite are much better noticeable, nevertheless need to be assessed in advance.
The algorithm of action will be like this:
- approaching the passing vehicle, go to your neighbor the lighting 150 meters;
- turn on the left turn;
- make sure that no one overtakes you;
- having searched from the cab Overtured TS Switch to the Far Light;
- turn on the right turn signal by making overtaking, take place on your part of the highway.
When performing ahead (without departure to the oncoming), turn on the left turn signal and move to the extreme left band. After completing the advance, take a place in the right row, because according to the PDD, the left speed strip should remain free if the rest are free.
It should be understood that with poor visibility of the body's reaction slows down, so choose such a high-speed mode to:
- do not disrupt traffic rules;
- have time to make a maneuver.
Long ride on a deserted track dull attention, the speed is perceived inadequately, so do not accelerate.
Reduce the speed before crossings, turns, when climbing or descent. Try not to look at the headlights of other cars. In crowded places - stops of minibuses, transitions - be extremely attentive.
It so happened that you had to get behind the wheel in the late evening and go to the pitch darkness all night, where the maximum lighting gives you only the light from the lanterns and headlights of your car. In such conditions, a person is very difficult to focus on the road, his eyesight perceives the world around when there is a completely illuminated space. The monotonous road also give it to a sleepy state, which can lead to the negative moments of his life. The surrounding can also be injured due to poor visibility conditions created for the driver. The age factor also matters if you are in 50 years old, it is better to give up such trips.
If the trip can be postponed until the morning, it is better to abandon the night driving on the car, if not, then you will be helped by several tips that can ease your way.
- To begin with, your eyes always need to give a little rest. To do this, just sit down or lie with closed eyes 15 minutes and only after that you can go. The eyes that look into the computer monitor, the smartphone or are indoors with a very bright light, strain in double.
- Shortly before your trip, check out the correct adjustment of your car's headlights, so you will save yourself from unexpected obstacles on the road, you will have time to avoid a collision.
- You will be a huge advantage if you know the route and the road for which you are going to go. Disclaimers of the terrain when driving in dwarfs lies in itself an unexpected meeting with obstacles, and wandering in search of the right path requires maximum attention, which is very tired.
- The biological clock of sleep, no one canceled. Even if you slept in the afternoon, do not be sure that you will not want to sleep with a car night control. If you can, take a fellow traveler with you, with whom you can talk to talk. Gymnastics or dough cold waterwill lead you to the tone and help not fall asleep at night.
- Fatigue, drowsiness and loss of forces violates the concentration. It is not necessary to rape under such conditions. Nothing is not important as life and health of you and your loved ones. Stop and pass. A short sleep can fill out lost energy and protect from unnecessary actions.
Night driving warnings:
What should not do on the night of the night:
Night driving on the roads not known to you, and even more so our country, in itself is a danger. Be alert and carefully driving your car. If you notice that maneuvers ahead of the walking transport are not logical, maybe there is a tired driver there, try to ring him to help him avoid trouble.
Watch out for your car's condition, check its performance on time, the presence of all attributes for night driving, the absence of light bulbs and other light elements, badly affects the movement in the dark, not only for you, but also for other motorists. Before the trip, be sure to wipe your headlights or move to the car wash. Pollution of this type reducing light gain, and risk the risk of meeting with unplanned objects.
Think about the security of you, your loved ones and other participants in the movement leaving at night on the road. Make more often breaks for recreation. If you have the opportunity to travel during the daytime. As the saying goes "Biggling God" and good luck to you on the roads.
An article about how it is possible to ride at night - how to manage the car in the dark, preparation for the trip, how not to fall asleep while driving. At the end of the article - video about driver errors on the night road.
The content of the article:
Darkness is unpredictable. You never know what awaits you there, behind the turn. Despite this, there are quite a few lovers of night travel. Yes, and each driver will definitely introduce the moment when urgently have to go somewhere in the early morning or late in the evening. We can not protect themselves to the right knowledge - because according to statistics, most of the serious accident occurs in the dark.
Benefits and Disadvantages of Night Movement
Of course, at night free on the roads. There are much less machines, there are no traffic jams, and traffic lights are partially disabled. Pedestrians mostly sleep and do not interfere on the way. Yes, and get to another city for several hundred kilometers much more productive in the morning than in the evening. In the summer, there is another plus - the sun does not blind and does not try to "press" the driver to the seat.
However, to great regret, there are more problems in the late journey than it seems at first glance. The main difficulty lies in the fact that visibility is limited only by highlighted objects. All that remains in the darkness can be huge danger. Even if the threats are not visible, it does not mean that it is not.
Also, according to nature, people are not considered night inhabitants. Our vision is not adapted for existence in the darkness, and from long trips in the darkness of the eyes get tired, they will tears and lose control over the situation.
Aggravate the case and constantly flashing lighting sources ( dashboard, street lights, headlights of counter and passing cars). From sharp transitions from darkness to bright light and back can be within a few seconds and to disoriented in space and losing control.
What can we talk about a natural desire to sleep at such a time. The number of victims of the accident regularly grows and is calculated by thousands due to the trishers for a second drivers. Only one moment daily brings a terrible grief to participants in accidents and their loved ones.
How to drive a car in the dark
In connection with the big accident, it is better to reduce night trips to a minimum. Even if you consider yourself a professional and very experienced driver, not everything depends on you. Never know who or what will come to meet you. If the trip is inevitable, follow the basic safety rules:
- PDDs undertake drivers to choose the speed of movement, based on the conditions of visibility on the road. Given that at night, "visible" can be called only what is lit, and often only the rays of the car headlights for a couple hundred meters forward, then it should be done slowly. When switching to the Middle Light, it is worth resetting the speed to a minimum, since in this case the visible distance is reduced;
- It follows to slow down and then when there are the slightest hints for some obstacle. Trust intuition - suddenly you did not harm you, and there will be a car, a huge pit, a drunk pedestrian or walking along the highway;
- To make you not blinded oncoming cars, never look at the headlights. The glance must be concentrated towards the right side. You can use the old way of sailors and close one eye, approaching very bright (for example, xenon) lights. Remember the dressing of pirates? The first eye was in the sun, and the second was closed with a cloth. When it was necessary to go down to the dark hold, they took off the bandage and, until one eye came from blindness, the other perfectly saw everything in the dark. So in our setting this method can very care;
- Prepare that due to turns, the bright lights of the oncoming machines can sharply "nap"
- Do not forget to switch to the Middle Light on time. This applies not only to the counter, but also, and to ahead of passing cars;
- It is impossible to evaluate the dimensions of the counter car from afar. All you see is just headlights. Harvesters are of great danger - they are not always the goods fit into the rules and do not stick to the parties. Therefore, in front of the oncoming machines, lose the speed and click closer to the sideline, you never know what;
- There is no less threat and a lonely headlight on the oncoming lane. There is not at all guess, whether it rides a motorcycle, a moped or car. Accordingly, it is impossible to submit the dimensions of such a vehicle;
- If someone from the participants of the movement stubbornly blinds the rest, you need to hint at it, suddenly a person just forgot to switch. A countercard must be quickly blot away, and to the one who rides from behind you, an alarm;
- When leaving the unfamiliar road, the speed should be reduced as much as possible. You can expect here anything, it is better not to risk.
Main omissions
Everyone can be mistaken, but in some circumstances it can cost life and health. Night road requires maximum attention and concentration. There are a number of serious, often allowable miscalculations:
- Never forget that at night the perception of speed, distance and the surrounding space is distorted. All these parameters cannot be defined to the eye in the dark. Therefore, do not go to overtake before the oncoming cars. The distance to them may be much smaller than you think.
- Observe the distance! And try to make it more minimally necessary. In the dark it is difficult to distinguish the overall lights from the brake. Or it may turn out that the machine in front will not notice the obstacles and make a collision, here only a sufficient distance will help you to react and not follow it.
- In no case do not extinguish the overall lights at stops. Especially if this is unlitched by the roadway.
- Be sure to switch the light from the far to the close, when another car goes ahead in the passing direction. Otherwise, you will look in all mirrors you will be more than counter cars.
- In the snowfall, fog and heavy rain Far light will not help, but only worsen visibility. Intensive sediments use the near headlights along with fog lights.
- Do not overestimate the adequacy of other motorists. At night there is very great opportunity Concluded with drunk, and with minors, and with just bad drivers who do not give a report in their actions. Be careful, and if it seems to you that the machine is strangely behaving on the track, try to remove it as much as possible and report on this by phone in the traffic police.
Getting ready for the night road
Before a long trip to the dark, you need to sleep very well. Any vision load should be avoided (reading, viewing TV, work or game on a computer) and do not overeat before departure. The car should also be ready for travel:
- Install the additional stop signal to the rear window. This item is optional, of course, but it is able to increase your safety. At night, ordinary lights are visible badly;
- Check if all the headlights are in working condition. They must be clean, properly adjusted and directed to the road;
- Wash the glass outside and inside. Dirt and dust will not only reduce visibility, but can give glare from the lanterns than heavily distorts reality;
- Fill the washer tank, appreciate the performance of janitors;
- Put spare light bulbs in the glove box and fuses in case, if one of them is overrigent;
- When only one headlight shines, there are no spare light bulbs, and you need to go, make a worker left lantern. But at the first opportunity, find the way to restore full lighting.
How not to fall asleep
As already mentioned, the sleep behind the wheel is rarely ends without the victims, so it is worth teaching your body to deal with the first signs of dorms:
- If you put on the way after another machine, its lights will divert attention and drive drivingness;
- Talk with passengers, ask them to follow your condition;
- Turn on cheerful, rhythmic music. If there are no discs, catch the radio for those who are on the way;
- Take with me acidic lollipops or lolk lemon - they are very cool;
- Welcome in thermos strong tea or coffee. Drink power;
- Vatka with the ammonia also quickly leads to feelings;
- In the car should not be hot, open the window or turn on the range air conditioning;
- Slow down at the stop, exit the car. Check, raise fresh air, smell cool water;
- If nothing helps, and the sleep is still a clone, do not risk your own and someone else's health, stop in a safe place or hotel. Spend a few hours and keep moving on a clear head.
Video error drivers on the night road:
