While on wheels(contd)

DRIVING AT NIGHT

Be alert: pedestrians, bicycles, animals and hand drawn vehicles that travel without light are difficult to be seen.
Drive at a slow speed to react safely and stop in time.
Turn on the headlights when it is dark.
Drive with dipped headlights in places where the roads are amply lit.
Keep the headlights clear and clean and check them frequently. Keep your windscreen clean because dirty windscreen can impair your vision.
Avoid looking to the dazzling light if an oncoming vehicle is driving in high beam and gradually slow down your speed.
To reduce the glare of lights following you, switch your interior rear view mirror to the night position or slightly tilt it or tilt the exterior rear view mirrors.
Before overtaking ensure that the oncoming vehicle is at a safe distance.

DRIVING IN RAIN

Check the working of wipers, windscreen washing fluid system, all vehicle lights, tyres, exhaust pipe.
Be careful and reduce your speed as people may run across the roads in panic.
Be considerate to other road users, avoid splashing of water.
On slippery roads drive carefully and slowly. In case the vehicle slips, stop acceleration and press the clutch, hold the steering in a straight position and do not brake. Wait till you regain the grip.

DRIVING IN FOGGY CONDITIONS

Drive slow as distances are hard to judge and low visibility decreases your reaction time.
Do not hit your brakes in panic, you may get hit from the back.
Turn on your wipers and defroster and turn off the music.
Drive with dipped headlights, high beams produce too much glare in fog.
Use the central verge of the road to guide you.
Honk periodically to let other drivers know you are there.
Never attempt overtaking.

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