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• It is illegal to drive at night with parking lights or daytime running lights instead of headlights. 

• You must dim your high beam headlights when you are within 150 metres of another vehicle, either when meeting or following a vehicle. Do you have trouble judging distances? Most people do. Be courteous and dim your lights early. 

• You must also use headlights if visibility is reduced to less than 150 metres (for example, in fog or heavy rain). 

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## Overdriving the headlights 

Be careful not to overdrive your headlights at night, or in fog, rain or snow. Overdriving happens if you go too fast and you are not able to stop within the distance covered by your headlights. It is especially dangerous in a curve. 

To reduce the risks of driving at night: 

• Keep your eyes moving. Scan carefully for pedestrians, cyclists and animals on the road. 

• Avoid glare from lights. Glance to the right edge of the road to avoid glare from oncoming lights. Adjust your rear‑view mirror for night driving to avoid glare from headlights of vehicles behind you. Adjust your outside rear‑view mirrors so that the body of the vehicle is just outside your view — this will help reduce blind spots as well as glare. Keep interior lights off and keep the instrument panel lights low. 

• Keep your windows and lights clean. 

• Stay alert at night. Sing, talk out loud or stop for a cup of coffee to make sure you stay awake. 

• Slow down. 

• Increase your following distance. 

## Strategies: night driving 

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