Due to the high cost of installation and maintenance, there are no street lights on the highways in China. Therefore, when driving at night, the highway is completely dark, and you can only rely on the headlights of your car to illuminate the road. So do we turn on the high beam or low beam when we drive on the highway at night? Today Xiaobian will give you a good science popularization.
As we all know, car high beams can not be used indiscriminately, and high beams can only be used in some special cases. For example, high beams can be used when there are no street lights, poor lighting, etc., but when meeting with other vehicles, it is necessary to change the low beam lights so as not to cause dazzling to the opposite driver. Also, when we drive through corners, corners, and intersections without traffic lights, we can switch to using near and far lights as a reminder.
So can we use high beam when we are driving on the highway at night? The answer is yes. But many drivers are worried that the use of high beams on the highway will cause a dazzling impact on other drivers, in fact, everyone does not have to worry about this at all. Because the highway is a one-way lane, there is an obstacle in the middle, which can completely block the lights of the opposite vehicle, so it will not affect the line of sight of the opposite vehicle.
The advantage of turning on the high beam on the highway is very large, because the high beam is farther than the low beam lamp, and its illumination distance is about 100 meters, and the low beam illumination distance is only about 40 meters. And the high beam illumination range is wider, we can find the traffic signs on the road ahead in advance through the high beam lights, and then make a prejudgment in advance to avoid illegal driving. In addition, we can also see the obstacles on the road in advance through the high beams, and then go around the obstacles in advance, so as not to suddenly crash into them and have no time to react. The most important thing is that when we want to get off the highway, the high beam can help us see the intersection better, and it is not easy to get off the wrong intersection.
In addition, when we need to overtake on the highway at night, we also need to open the high beam, if you only turn on the turn signal and low beam, due to the short distance of the low beam illumination, the driver in front may not notice that we want to overtake, at this time we suddenly overtake is likely to scare him, resulting in his random operation, which is very dangerous. Therefore, when we overtake on the highway at night, we must first switch the far and low beam lights to remind other vehicles that you have to overtake, and turn on the turn signal at the same time, so as to ensure that we can safely overtake.
When we drive on the highway at night, in addition to turning on the high beams, we should pay attention to the following points. First of all, when we drive on the highway at night, we must slow down and slow down, and pay attention to the lanes we drive, and do not occupy the emergency stop lane.
Secondly, when we drive on the highway at night, we should pay attention to rest and avoid fatigue driving. Fatigue driving on high speeds is very dangerous, and if you are not careful, you will cause a tragic car accident. Therefore, if you are really sleepy when driving on the highway at night, go to the service area to rest and then continue to move forward, after all, safe driving is the most important.