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Adam Jones
Darkness Descends on the Road to Work More than half the motor vehicle fatalities occur after dark, even though night driving is only one quarter of the time we spend driving. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says we are three times more likely to be in a fatal crash at night than during the day. Most auto/animal crashes happen at night too. As the nights get longer in the fall season, we spend more of our driving time in the dark. By the start of winter many of us will be commuting in the dark both morning and night. So let’s review some night-driving safety. · Allow yourself more time to get to work. Besides the darkness, there may be the problem of frost to remove from the windshield. · And frost on the road surfaces, especially when combined with the oil which seeped out of the blacktop in the hot weather, makes roads slippery. · Check your driving lights and signal lights regularly to make sure they are working. Keep them clear of obstructions. · Turn your headlights on as soon as the light begins to get dim. · Use your low beams when you are following another vehicle or when a vehicle approaches from the opposite direction. When you blind the other driver with your high beams, you are endangering yourself. · Look beyond your own headlights. Use streetlights and the lights of vehicles in front of you to get an idea of what is happening down the road. · Leave an extra cushion of space around your vehicle at night, to allow more reaction time for yourself and other drivers. · Impaired drivers are a danger to everyone on the road. Statistics suggest that one out of 13 drivers drives drunk in the early morning hours, so give others plenty of space to maneuver. · If you have vehicle trouble, pull as far off the road as you can. Warn other drivers with your four-way flashers, headlights, interior lights and flares if you have them. · Collisions with wildlife can be fatal for automobile occupants. Animals are most likely to be active around roads in the early morning and early evening. ·Observe warnings of animal crossings. · The references to a deer in the headlights are accurate. Honk instead of flashing your lights if you encounter an animal on the road because the lights may cause the animal to freeze. · Brake to avoid a crash. Swerving might send your vehicle out of control and the confused animal may just jump in front of your vehicle anyway. Adjust your driving habits to accommodate the long hours of darkness this time of year. Leave yourself more time to travel, and be alert to dangers on the road. 仕事への往復に怖い暗さ 自動車死亡事故の半分以上は辺りが暗くなってから起きています。夜間運転が運転時間の4分の1以下でもそうです。 国家ハイウエイ安全委員会によれば、夜間の死亡事故の危険は日中の3倍です。動物との衝突事故も夜間に起きています。 秋から冬にかけて仕事への往復は暗い時間帯の運転が増えます。冬になると多くの人が朝と晩の暗い内に運転して仕事への往復をします。ここで夜間運転の安全を考えてみましょう。 * 仕事に出かける時間に余裕をもつ。暗さの他に車の窓の霜を取り除く時間も必要となる。 * 道路表面にも霜があります。暑い時期にアスファルト路面から滲み出た油が霜と一緒になると余計に滑りやすくなる。 * ヘッドライトその他の灯火類は正常かしばしば点検する。汚れたり枯れ葉が付いて見にくくなっていないだろうか。 * 薄暗くなりかけたら直ちにヘッドライトを点灯しよう。 * 前の車に続いて走る時や対抗車がある時はヘッドライトを下目にする。他の車にまぶしさを与えることは自分にも危険。 * 視線を自分のヘッドライトより前の方におく。道路前方の状態を街灯や前の車の灯火で察知する。 * 自分の車の周囲、特に前者との距離を余分に取る。自分にも他車にも反射時間の余裕ができる。 * (アルコ-ルで)運転能力が落ちているドライバ-は自分にも他人にも危険。統計によると早朝運転の13人に一人はアルコ-ルが入っている。 * 車が故障したら速やかに、道路から出来る限り離れるか、道路端に寄せる。灯火類を動員し、もしあればフレア-も焚いて他の車に知らせる。 * 野生動物との衝突は車の乗員が死亡することがある。野生動物は早朝と暮れはじめから行動が活発になる。 * 『動物横断あり』の標識に注意する。 * 鹿はヘッドライトによく反応する。道路で動物に遭遇したら、ヘッドライトの点滅よりもクラクションを鳴らした方がよい。動物はライトに当たると逃げずに動かなくなる。 * 動物と遭遇したら車を停止させる。ハンドル操作で避けようとするのはコントロ-ルを失う恐れがあるし、動物が車の方に飛び込んでくるかもしれないので反って危険。 暗い時間帯の運転が長くなるのに合わせて自分の運転習慣を調節します。時間に余裕を持たせる事、そして増える道路上の危険により警戒を。
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