“If you driving at night and are dazzled by the lights of approaching vehicle. What should you do?
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glance down and to the right shoulder to keep your vehicle in your lane while not blinding yourself by staring into on coming
headlights.
i put mine on full beam they soon get the message
SLOW DOWN UNTIL YOUR EYES ARE BACK TO NORMAL
Slow down.
Slow down and if necessary and safe and legal to do so stop until the hazard is past.
Flash your lights at the car and if you see his registration number, report him. He could get a fine.
Pull out your flamethrower and torch the perp
Don't look directly at the lights, but concentrate on your side of the road, because you can bet your life that when you are not concentrating that is when a cyclist or pedestrian will be in the shadows.
Unless you first see the car as you negotiate a bend, the strength of the light should be noticeable when you first see it. Try to look to the nearside, slow down if needed.
DO NOT look directly at the lights coming towards you.
DO NOT be tempted to retaliate by blinding the oncoming driver with your lights. He will not be prepared for that and could lose control. You do not want to be in a head-on crash!
The textbook answer is look at the white line on the right side of the road until the car has passed by.
get off the pipe
Texas drivers handbook states you should divert your attention to the white line on the right hand side of the road until that automobile has passed.
look to your left away from the dazzle, its not that people cant see, some cars have extra powerful lights, I'm a cab driver and get this all the time, if its full headlights, turn yours on, for just a second,(don't keep them on) otherwise, glance to your left and just drive (thats in the UK)
Flash my highbeams and if that doesn't work put my sunglasses on and hit the switch for the overhead lights on my truck that have one million candlepower. This lights up the entire road like daylight and will cause the other moron to crash into a ditch.
Many cars are now equipped with extremely bright headlights from the factory these days. Many drivers assume I have my high beams on when they are not, and give me a "courtesy flash" in case I have forgotten. Some drivers will maintain their bright lights after I flash back. This is most noticeable around 10PM or later. I would assume these drivers are impaired in some way because they would know not to look directly into the light. These people I would not bother to dim my lights for as they are apparently too stupid to operate a motor vehicle properly and would best serve mankind by driving into a utility pole.
I would consider not consuming any alcohol or doing any sort or drugs before driving. This would increase your chance of being mesmerized by the bright light coming at you.
One other way I try to alert other drivers is if I see the lights of their car around a bend in the road, I flash my lights and dim them. This should let them know my lights are dimmed and I am expecting the same courtesy. Otherwise. into the pole with you.
drive straight at him and at the moment of impact jump out hehehehehe
slow down and stop if necessary
slow down if necessary, but avert your eyes to the right shoulder of the road and continue on.
to all those that say try blinding them back by putting yours on, try that against a 40 ton artic sometime.
The correct advice is contained in the highway code, slow down, be prepared to stop.
Additionally I always tend to glance towards my nearside kerb so that I don't get blinded in the first place.
The official advice would be slow down and stop but the bloke behind will be blinded and crash into the back of you causing whiplash.
I find 100 Watt Cibe Oscar spot lights to be very effective in reminding people that they are dazzling me,
Slow down
Jump out and smack 'em with a wheelbrace. In the teeth.
Then continue serenley on your way.
before setting off fit 8 rally fog lights to the front. When you turn these on they will soon drive straght off the road into a nearby field thereby eliminating the problem!!
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