How can you ensure your visibility when driving at night?

Using headlights and ensuring they are clean is essential for visibility while driving at night. Headlights illuminate the road ahead, making it easier to see other vehicles, pedestrians, and potential hazards. Keeping headlights clean is equally important because dirt or grime can significantly reduce their effectiveness, diminishing the amount of light projected onto the road.

Additionally, reducing speed in low visibility conditions allows for more reaction time. This is critical because nighttime driving naturally presents more challenges, such as reduced visibility and the potential for encountering wildlife or obstacles on the road.

In contrast, driving without headlights would severely compromise safety by reducing visibility to almost nothing. Using high beams continually may create glare for oncoming traffic and is not always appropriate in certain situations, such as when there are streetlights or when following another vehicle closely. Finally, solely relying on streetlights is insufficient because they do not illuminate all areas of the road, particularly when driving in rural or less populated areas where streetlights may be sparse.