chapter 8 — emergency strategies • It is illegal to drive at night with parking lights or daytime  running lights instead of headlights.  • You must dim your high beam headlights when you are  within 150 metres of another vehicle, either when meeting or  following a vehicle. Do you have trouble judging distances?  Most people do. Be courteous and dim your lights early.  • You must also use headlights if visibility is reduced to less  than 150 metres (for example, in fog or heavy rain). • Keep your eyes moving. Scan carefully for pedestrians,  cyclists and animals on the road.  • Avoid glare from lights. Glance to the right edge of the  road to avoid glare from oncoming lights. Adjust your  rear‑view mirror for night driving to avoid glare from  headlights of vehicles behind you. Adjust your outside  rear‑view mirrors so that the body of the vehicle is just  outside your view — this will help reduce blind spots  as well as glare. Keep interior lights off and keep the  instrument panel lights low. • Keep your windows and lights clean.  • Stay alert at night. Sing, talk out loud or stop for a cup  of coffee to make sure you stay awake.  • Slow down.  • Increase your following distance. 125 To reduce the risks of driving at night:  Be careful not to overdrive your headlights at night, or in  fog, rain or snow. Overdriving happens if you go too fast and  you are not able to stop within the distance covered by your  headlights. It is especially dangerous in a curve. Strategies: night driving Overdriving the headlights  Daytime Low beam headlights High beam headlights