1993 CHEVROLET CAVALIER high beam

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Vehicle Symbols
These are some of the symbols you will
find
on your vehicle. For example, these
symbols are used on an original battery:
Caution Possible Injury
Protect Eyes by Shielding
Caustic Battery Acid
Could Cause Burns
Avoid Sparks or Flames
Spark or Flame Could
Explode Battery
These symbols are important for you
and your passengers whenever your
vehicle
is driven: These
symbols have to do with your
lights:
Fasten Safety Belts
Door LocWUnlock ai
Master Lighting Switch
w Turn Signal Direction
Hazard Warning Flashers Headlight High Beam
Parking Lights
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A tilt steering wheel allows you to
adjust the steering wheel before you
drive. You can also raise it to the highest
level to give your legs more room when
you exit and enter the vehicle.
To tilt the wheel, hold the steering
wheel and pull the lever. Move the steering wheel to a comfortable level,
then release the lever
to lock the wheel
in place.
L rim SignuUHeadlight
Beam Lever
The lever on the left side of the steering
column includes your:
Turn Signal and Lane Change
Headlight High-Low Beam Changer
Parking Lights
Cruise Control (Option)
Flash-to-Pass Feature (except in
Indicator
Canada)
Turn Signal and Lane Change
Indicator
The turn signal has two upward (for
Right) and two downward (for Left)
positions. These positions allow you to
signal a turn or a lane change.
To signal a turn, move the lever all the
way up or down. When the turn is
finished, the lever will return
automatically.
A green arrow on the instrument panel
will flash in the direction
of the turn or
lane change.
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to turn on: ' I' -
Headlights
Parking Lights
Side Marker Lights
Taillights
License Plate Lights
Turn the band marked
-'e- to OFF
to turn off the lights. ' ' '
Operation of lights
Although your vehicle's lighting system (headlights, parking lights, fog lamps,
side marker lights and taillights) meets
all applicable federal lighting
requirements, certain states and
provinces may apply their own lighting
regulations that may require special
attention before you operate these
lamps. For example, some jurisdictions
may require that you operate your lower beam lights with
fog lamps at all times,
or that headlights be
turned on
whenever you must use your windshield
wipers.
In addition, most jurisdictions
prohibit driving solely with parking
lights, especially at dawn or dusk. It is
recommended that you check with your
own state or provincial highway
authority for applicable righting
regulations.
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Daytime Running Lights (DRL) hdicator Light
(CANADA ONLY)
If your vehicle was first sold, when new,
in Canada, you will have this light on
the instrument panel. It goes on
whenever the Daytime Running Lights
are on.
Daflime Running Lights
(CANADA ONLY)
The Canadian federal government has
decided that Daytime Running Lights (DRL) are a useful feature,
in that DRL
can make your vehicle more visible to
pedestrians and other drivers during
daylight hours. DRL are required on
new vehicles sold
in Canada.
The high beam headlights
will come on
at reduced brightness
in daylight when:
The ignition is on
The headlight switch is off, and
The parking brake is released. When you
turn on your headlights,
the
DRL will switch off and the exterior
lights will come on. When you turn off
the headlights, the exterior lights will go out and the high beams will change to
the reduced brightness of DRL again.
The DRL indicator light on the instrument
panel will go
on whenever the DRL are
on. This light means that only the DRL
are on. When you turn
on your exterior
lights, this light will
go out. Of course,
you may still
turn on the headlights any
time
you need to.
To idle your vehicle with the DRL
off,
set the parking brake. The DRL will stay
off
until you release the parking brake.
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Headlight High-Low Beam Changer
To change the headlights from low beam
to high or high to low, pull the
turn
signal lever all the way toward you.
Then release it. When the high beams
are
on, a blue light on the instrument
panel also
will be on.
Flash-to-Pass (EXCEPT CANADA)
Flash-to-Pass lets you use your high
beam headlights
to signal a driver in
front of you that you want to pass.
To use it, pull the turn signal lever
toward you.
If Your Headlights are Off:
Your high beam headlights will turn on.
They'll
stay on as long as you hold the
lever there. Release the lever to turn
them
off.
If Your Headlights are On:
Flash-to-Pass does not operate when
your headlights are on. Use the lever to
change between high and low beams.
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Instrument Panel Intensity Control
You can brighten or dim the instrument
panel lights
by moving the control. lever
up or down.
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Night Wsion
No one can see as well at night as in the
daytime. But as we get older these
differences increase. A SO-year-old
driver
may require at least twice as
much light to see the same thing at night
as a 20-year-old.
What you do in the daytime can
also
affect your night vision. For example, if
you spend the day in bright sunshine you
are wise to wear sunglasses. Your eyes
will have less trouble adjusting to night.
But if you’re driving, don’t wear
sunglasses at night. They may cut down
on glare from headlights, but they
also
make a lot of things invisible that should
remain visible-such as parked cars,
obstacles, pedestrians, or even trains
blocking railway crossings. You may
want to
put on your sunglasses after you
have pulled into a brightly-lighted
service or refreshment area. Eyes
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shielded from that glare may adjust
more quickly to darkness back on the
road. But be sure to remove your
sunglasses before you leave the service
area.
You can be temporarily blinded by
approaching lights. It can take a second
or two, or even several seconds, for your
eyes to readjust to the dark. When you
are faced with severe glare (as from a
driver who doesn’t lower the high
beams, or a vehicle with misaimed
headlights), slow down a little. Avoid
staring directly into the approaching
lights. If there is a line of opposing
traffic, make occasional glances over the line of headlights to make certain that
one
of the vehicles isn’t starting to move
into your lane. Once you are past the
bright lights, give your eyes time to readjust before resuming speed.
High Beams
If the vehicle approaching you has its
high beams on, signal by flicking yours
to high and then back to low beam. This is the usual signal to lower the headlight
beams.
If the other driver still doesn’t
lower the beams, resist the temptation to
put your high beams on.
This only
makes two half-blinded drivers.
On a freeway, use your high beams only
in remote areas where you won’t impair
approaching drivers.
In some places,
like cities, using high beams is illegal.
When you follow another vehicle on a
freeway or highway, use low beams.
True, most vehicles now have day-night
mirrors that enable the driver to reduce
glare. But outside mirrors are not of this
type and high beams from behind can
bother the driver ahead.

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Driving in Fog, Mist and Haze
Fog can occur with high humidity or
heavy frost. It can be
so mild that you
can see through it for several hundred
feet (meters). Or it might be
so thick
that you can see only a few
feet (meters)
ahead. It may come suddenly to an
otherwise clear road. And it can be a
major hazard.
When
you drive into a fog patch, your
visibility will be reduced quickly. The
biggest dangers are striking the vehicle
ahead or being struck by the one
behind. Try to “read” the fog density
down the road.
If the vehicle ahead
starts to become less clear or, at night, if
the taillights are harder to see, the fog is
probably thickening. Slow down to give traffic behind you a chance to slow
down.
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Everybody then has a better chance to
avoid hitting the vehicle ahead.
A patch of dense fog may extend only
for a
few feet (meters) or for miles
(kilometers); you can’t really tell while
you’re
in it. You can only treat the
situation with extreme care.
One common fog condition-sometimes
called mist or ground fog-can happen
in weather that seems perfect, especially
at night or in the early morning
in valley
and low, marshy areas.
You can be
suddenly enveloped
in thick, wet haze
that may even coat your windshield.
You
can often spot these fog patches or mist
layers with your headlights. But
sometimes they can be waiting for
you
as you come over a hill or dip into a
shallow valley. Start your windshield
wipers and washer to help clear
accumulated road dirt. Slow down
carefully.
Tips on Driving in Fog
If you get caught in fog, turn your
headlights on low beam, even in
daytime. You’ll see-and be
seen-better.
Don’t use your high beams. The light
will bounce
off the water droplets that
make up fog and reflect back at you.
Use your defogger. In high humidity,
even a light buildup of moisture
on the
inside
of the glass will cut down on your
already limited visibility. Run your
windshield wipers and washer
occasionally. Moisture can build up
on
the outside glass, and what seems to be
fog may actually be moisture on the
outside of your windshield.
Treat dense fog as an emergency. Try to
find a place
to pull off the road. Of
course you want to respect another’s
property, but you might need to put

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OUTSIDE LIGHTS
Back-UpLights .......................................
Front Parking/Turn Signal Lights .........................
Center High Mount Stoplight
Inside (Carpet Covered)
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Inside (Pedestal Mount) ................................
Outside .............................................
Halogen Headlights
High/LowBeam
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Front Side Marker Lights ...............................
Rear Side Marker Lights ................................
Stop/Tail/Turn Signal Lights (Coupe) ......................
Stop/Turn Signal Lights (Sedan) ..........................
Taillights (Sedan) ......................................
Trunk Light (Coupe) ...................................
(Sedan) ....................................
Wagon: Rear Compartment Light .........................
Wagon: Rear Side Marker Lights ..........................
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