Light up for Safety

Your lights on your vehicle serve a greater purpose than just lighting your way. Sure on a dark freeway in the middle of the night it helps, but not enough. Even on full beams you get poor visibility.

You also may have noticed one of your lights is higher than the other. It is usually the Left (on right hand drive cars) so as to light up the edge of the road so you can see further. The right is slightly lower to prevent the car coming in your direction from being blinded.

It is very important to consider other road users at night. Most new cars have a motorised beam so you can lower your light beam, especially in well lit areas. The last thing you would want to do is blind other motorists on the road so they CANT see you. That is asking for an accident to happen. Be aware when you have your high beams on as well, I have seen a lot of people forgetting...

In well lit areas, your lights are there to make you visible. From around dusk I advise you put your lights on. All you need is the wrong colour car, someone not concentrating and a little bit of shadow and someone can easily not see you and drive into you. I actually drive with my lights on most of the time, even in broad daylight. When people flash their lights at me or signal that my lights are on I KNOW they have seen me, and will then not drive into me. What an easy way to avoid an accident...

So switch on for safety, its not hurting anyone and will increase your chances of incident free driving on the road.