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Here are some tips on night driving.
Drive defensively.
Don't drink and drive.
Adjust your inside rearview mirror to reduce the
glare from headlamps behind you.
Since you can't see as well, you may need to
slow down and keep more space between you
and other vehicles.
Slow down, especially on higher speed roads. Your
headlamps can light up only so much road ahead.
In remote areas, watch for animals.
If you're tired, pull off the road in a safe place
and rest.
No one can see as well at night as in the daytime. But as
we get older these differences increase. A 50
-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 headlamps, but they
also make a lot of things invisible.
You can be temporarily blinded by approaching
headlamps. 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 headlamps), slow down a little. Avoid staring
directly into the approaching headlamps.
Keep your windshield and all the glass on your vehicle
clean
-- inside and out. Glare at night is made much
worse by dirt on the glass. Even the inside of the glass
can build up a film caused by dust. Dirty glass makes
lights dazzle and flash more than clean glass would,
making the pupils of your eyes contract repeatedly.
Remember that your headlamps light up far less of a
roadway when you are in a turn or curve. Keep your
eyes moving; that way, it's easier to pick out dimly
lighted objects. Just as your headlamps should be
checked regularly for proper aim, so should your eyes
be examined regularly. Some drivers suffer from night
blindness
-- the inability to see in dim light -- and
aren't even aware of it.
6-9 Hood Release
Pull the lever inside the
vehicle to open the hood. It
is located on the lower left
side of the instrument panel.
With Night Vision
Without Night Vision
Then go to the front of the vehicle and find the
secondary hood release lever. The lever is located under
the front edge of the grille on vehicles with Night Vision
and under the bottom edge of the grille on vehicles
without Night Vision. Move the release lever as you
raise the hood.
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Minifuses Usage
20 Park/Reverse
21 Audio
22 Retained Accessory Power
for Sunroof
23 Lamps, Parking Left
24 Night Vision
25 Passenger Door Module
26 Body
27 Export Lights, Power Locks
28 Rear HVAC Blower
29 Ignition Switch
30 Hazard Signal
31 Reverse, Locks
32 Continuous Variable Road
Sensing Suspension
33 Heating, Ventilation,
Air ConditioningMinifuses Usage
34 Ignition 3 Rear
35 Antilock Braking System
36 Heated Seat, Right Front
37 Heated Seat, Right Rear
38 Dimmer
Micro Relays Usage
39 Fuel Pump
40 Parking Lamps
41 Ignition 1
42 Park Brake A
43 Park Brake B
44 Park Shift Interlock
45 Reverse Lamps
46 Retained Accessory Power
for Sunroof
