How to Drive at Dusk or Dawn Safely

Both dusk and dawn can be particularly tricky times of the day to drive in. You are either going to be driving with the sun rising in front of you, which makes for some eyesight difficulties from early morning sun rays, or you are going to be driving just before the sun sets, which also has some obscuring sun rays as well. There are things that you can do when driving at these times of the day to make your driving much safer. So if your job or daily driving routine requires you to be driving into the sun when it sets or rises or both you can keep some things in mind to make that daily driving routine safer and more pleasant.

Where there is blinding sun you should always have a pair of comfortable sunglasses that you can keep in your car to wear. These sunglasses should be strong enough that they will defer the blinding sun rays but transparent enough that you will still be able to clearly see all of the things that are going around your car. If you have to wear contacts make sure that the sunglasses do not affect your vision negatively and if you have to wear prescription glasses make sure that these sunglasses can be worn over or under your prescription glasses without adversely affecting your vision. If this is not possible invest in getting some proper prescription sunglasses to wear in your car. Keep the sunglasses that you will be wearing while you are driving when it is very sunny, like at dawn or dusk, in your car. This way you will never have to worry about forgetting them when you are driving because they will always be in your car.

Dusk especially tends to be a time of the day when you might see deer wanting to cross the road. If you live in an area or drive through areas where there are wildlife that walk into the roads make a point to keep a close eye out for them at the end of the day. Once the sun has gone down a lot more, and you are less focused on blinding sun rays you may notices seeing a lot of wildlife, like deer as it is a time of day when they are out and about and very, very difficult to see. When driving through such wildlife areas, or any other areas where extra caution is needed, it is important to go an appropriate pace. You need to be able to stop suddenly if a deer leaps in front of your car or if something else unexpectedly is in front of your car. This means that the distance that you can see should not be any less than the number of seconds it takes for your car to reach it in comparison to the number of mile per hour you are driving. For every ten miles per hour that you are driving it should take a second for your car to reach that distance.

It is important to access driving at dusk or dawn appropriately. If you truly can not see well enough to drive you need to just pull over and wait until the sun comes up more and is not so bright or goes down completely and you can use your high beams without the dangerous blinding sun rays staring back at you. If you are driving to work and can't really avoid the time consider leaving earlier or later if you can help it and it helps how well you can see. You might see if there is a different route that you can take that for what every reasons is easier for you to see at dusk, dawn or both.