See and be seen. In the frigid autumn weather, morning mist and the coming winter, this rule is twice as important. This week reminds him of the same-name preventive action, involving police.
Proper lighting is absolutely essential for safe autumn and winter traffic on the roads. Many drivers do not care much about the headlights. Take a look at the 10 principles of proper lighting, or have your light checked and adjusted straight from the proctors. During this week, it's free in selected departments - we wrote here:
What are the principles of proper lighting? Take a look at the rules that remind the action See and be seen:
1) Safe driving begins with the clean glass of cars, clean headlamps and correct glass for the driver with clean glass.
2) Before driving, we always check the functionality of headlamps, not only front and directional but also end and brake. This check should be one of the regular rituals before riding.
3) We buy high quality and correct car light bulbs in the headlamps and always replace them in the pair, ie if one of the bulbs stops flashing, we will automatically replace the bulb in the second headlamp.
4) Let the headlamps be regularly adjusted and checked (at least once a year, ideally before the winter season). Optimally adjusted headlamps should reach the maximum of light up to 40 m in front of the car. A clearly defined light cone should then concentrate the light 75 to 100 m in front of the vehicle, where the driver most needs it to detect obstacles. Staying within 200 meters, or more is optimal.
5) If the headlamps are equipped with a manual headlamp height controller, we will use it before every ride where we load excessively the rear of the vehicle. This will prevent unpleasant dazzling glare against other vehicles or other road users. After adjusting the load of light, adjust again.
6) Always carry a spare pair of suitable light bulbs with you. A car with only one functional light can act like a motorcycle in the dark. (This rule does not apply to vehicles with xenon lamps.)
7) Glowing while driving is obligatory. However, the headlamps do not automatically illuminate on all cars, so it is always good to check if the lights are really turned on before driving. Most cars with automatic daytime running lights also illuminate the light in the front. The vehicle is illuminated at the rear. The vehicle, from a rear view, for example in heavy rain, snow or fog, becomes virtually invisible!
8) Use fog lights whenever necessary. That is, behind the fog, heavy rain or heavy snowfall. If these conditions go away, be sure to turn them off. The light from these headlamps is too sharp under normal visibility and may cause unpleasant glare. Do not abuse these light to provide a stronger luminous flux on the road surface. Instead of slowing fog light in good visibility, slow down.
9) Not only are cars obliged to shine, but the cyclist is also obliged to see the headlight with a white light flashing in front and a rear lamp with a red light or intermittent red light in low visibility. The warning flashing tail light can be seen up to 1000 meters. The car driver can see the cyclist in a timely fashion and adjust the driving speed to the situation.
10) Even pedestrians should be seen and think of their safety! The walker in dark clothing is visible to the driver from a distance in which, in view of the vehicle's speed, he can no longer react in time to avoid collision or collision with the pedestrian. Reflective elements, reflective clothing, reflective vests, reflective ribbons, and reflective materials are an important element of safety and can greatly increase pedestrian visibility and thus protect their health or even life.
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