Night driving tips — District of Columbia Permit Test

Do not wear sunglasses at night.

Dark lenses cut the little light you have at night and hide people and objects on the road.

Do not wear sunglasses at night

Keep your windshield clean; with a clean windshield, oncoming headlights will not bother you as much.

Dirt and streaks on the glass scatter the light from oncoming cars into a blinding haze.

Keep your windshield clean. With a clean windshield, the headlights on oncoming cars won’t bother you as much.

At night, use the road edge line as a guide; if there is no road edge line, use the center line.

A painted line gives you something steady to steer by when you cannot see much else.

Use the road edge line for a guide. If there is no road edge line, use the center line for a guide.

Watch carefully for highway signs at night; they are more difficult to see.

A sign you spot too late means a turn or a hazard you are not ready for.

Watch carefully for highway signs. They are more difficult to see at night.

Be especially watchful for pedestrians and stopped vehicles at night.

People in dark clothes and cars without lights blend into the dark until you are close.

Be especially watchful for pedestrians and stopped vehicles at night

At night, do not stop on the roadway for any reason, and carry a red warning light or flares for when a stop alongside the road cannot be avoided.

A car stopped in a dark lane is hard to see until someone is right on top of it.

Do not stop on the roadway for any reason

Which of these makes night driving more dangerous?

Wearing sunglasses. Dark lenses cut the little light you have at night and hide people and objects on the road. DC Driver Manual, p.43: “Do not wear sunglasses at night”