"Reporter Investigation" Indiscriminate Use of High Beams endangers 60% of respondents in Luzhou have not mastered the correct use

"The opposite headlights have been flashing, is it a greeting" "On the two trucks in the lane to open the high beam, fortunately there is a separation belt as a reference" "Novices on the car to drive the high beam, do not remind the fundamental do not know" ... Some people say that the "high beam" of the motor vehicle is a more "selfish" light, after opening the front of the bright, the driver can see very clearly, but the driver of the oncoming car, by the high beam can not see anything clearly.

Please use the "high beam" in a civilized manner (pictured in the data)

Recently, the reporter conducted a questionnaire survey on whether the high beam is used correctly, and 60% of the respondents said that they could not grasp the correct use. A driver with more than 10 years of driving experience said that he used to think that the high beam lights could not be used as much as possible, and later found that the practice of not using them was not necessarily correct.

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60% of respondents do not have the correct usage

The reporter used questionnaires and surveys to ask questions about 5 drivers with driving age of less than 6 years, 10 drivers with driving age of about 10 years, and 5 drivers with more than 10 years of driving experience. More than half of them use high beams when they can't see clearly at night. Three respondents said they had turned on their high beams in foggy weather.

Through the return visit, the reporter found that 60% of the respondents did not know how to use the high beam. For example, should high beams be turned on at mountain road turns? Is it possible to switch the low beam lights in time when encountering a car? Under the condition of poor illumination at night, whether it is possible to turn on the high beam for a long time, some respondents have ambiguous answers, indicating that they are not sure whether the method of using high beams is correct. However, 20 respondents said that they never turned on the high beams when driving at night, and were very disgusted by the misuse of high beams at night.

"Flashing lights reminds each other, but until the wrong car, the other party still does not change the lights, it can be said that it is unaware." Mr. Han, a full-time driver of a unit, said that he has been driving for more than 20 years and has repeatedly encountered the situation of vehicles driving on urban roads with high beams on. In this regard, he used the far and near light to switch flash lights every time to remind the other party to turn off the high beam, some people immediately changed the light, and some people were indifferent.

Coach car driver Li Hong said that driving novices are most likely to misuse high beams, especially when practicing at night, some people directly turn on the high beams as soon as they get on the car, not only do not perceive themselves, but also do not look at the dashboard display, until the reminder is corrected.

Wang Yan, who has been driving for more than a year, said that she has encountered two high beam "囧事", once at night to the southwest trade city to participate in the activity, when driving away, found that the opposite car is flashing lights, at that time thought to meet the acquaintances participating in the activity, close to find that they did not know, suddenly realized that it was not their own car problems, thought for half a day only to find that they have been driving with high beams, the other party out of a reminder to flash lights. Another time was driving on the highway, passing an uphill curve, and there were two trucks in the opposite lane with high beams on, and she felt that her eyes were illuminated by high beams, and she couldn't see anything, but fortunately there was a barrier in the middle as a reference.

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High beams are not "chicken ribs" and it is important to use them correctly

Judging from the cases exposed by the traffic police in the past, the indiscriminate use of high beams at night may "pierce" the eyes of the driver of the opposite car, resulting in "second blindness", which is because the strong light causes the road conditions to be unclear in an instant, which is very dangerous. Respondents said that if the flashing light reminder fails, they will also turn on the high beam to "pay tribute" to the other party, or continuously honk the reminder, and even some people will open the window to shout. The traffic police pointed out that such practices are not advisable.

It is worth noting that the indiscriminate use of high beams does not mean that high beams have not been used. The driver, Mr. Pu, said that he did not pay attention when he bought the car last year, and the original car was not equipped with fog lights, resulting in foggy weather to take the mountain road, and the high beam lights should be turned on at the bend to warn, knowing that this way is not right, but there is no way.

In addition, Long Jian, a private car driver with a driving experience of 16 years, introduced that when driving on the highway at night, he needed to stop and change tires in the emergency lane due to tire leakage. Although there was a warning sign in the back of the car, it still felt very dangerous because the road was very dark. At that time, he was thinking that if other passing vehicles turned on the high beam lights from a distance, they might be able to clearly see the warning sign, if the low beam was turned on, when he saw the warning sign, it was not too far from the place where he repaired the car, which was very dangerous. In this way, it is necessary to use the high beam lamp correctly.

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It is safer to drive slowly at night than to turn on the high beams

Traffic police remind that the line of sight is not good at night, and it is safer to slow down the car than to turn on the high beam.

Use as few high beams as possible: Nowadays, urban road lighting facilities are more abundant, and it is difficult to encounter dark roads at night.

If necessary, the near and far lights can be used alternately: driving in some roads with poor lighting conditions, in order not to affect the oncoming vehicles, the high beams can be used alternately with the low beam lights, and the oncoming traffic should be switched immediately. When encountering a car on the opposite side that frequently switches the lights to illuminate yourself, you should check whether your high beam is turned on. High beams are disabled in foggy weather, because the air transparency is poor, and the lights will form a diffuse reflection effect in the air, which will not only not let you see farther, but will increase the impact on incoming cars.

Adjust the headlight height of SUV models: Many SUV models due to the high body, even if the low beam will cause a visual impact similar to the high beam on the incoming car, it is recommended that the owner adjust the headlight angle down to avoid interfering with other vehicles. If the other person has high beams on, you can also use the far and near light conversion to remind the other vehicle to turn off the high beams.

Luzhou City added two new high beams for automatic monitoring

From October 20, Luzhou Yangtze River Four Bridge (Yangtze River Bridge Bridge bayonet), Kangcheng Road Section 2 (Kangjiancheng Bus Station into the city direction) two new motor vehicles do not use high beams automatically record traffic monitoring equipment in accordance with regulations, and the motor vehicles do not use high beam lights in accordance with regulations to collect evidence and deal with them according to law.

According to Article 48 of China's Road Traffic Safety Law, high beams should not be turned on when driving on street lights or other well-lit roads. Vehicles with high beams turned on should switch to low beams 150 meters before the meeting.

Article 47 stipulates that when a motor vehicle overtakes, the left turn signal should be turned on in advance, and the far and low beam lights or horns should be used instead.

Article 48 (5) stipulates that on roads without central isolation facilities or without a central line, motor vehicles shall comply when they encounter traffic in the opposite direction: at night, the car shall be changed to low beams 150 meters away from the opposite direction, and the low beam lights shall be used when narrow roads, narrow bridges and non-motorized vehicles are coming.

Article 58 stipulates that when a motor vehicle is driving at night without street lights, poor lighting, or in the case of fog, rain, snow, sand, hail and other low visibility, it shall turn on the headlights, contour lights and rear position lights, but when the rear car driving in the same direction is close to the front car, the high beam lamp shall not be used.

He is the stone of the mountain

Drivers who abuse their high beams are punished for "experiencing glare"

The use of high beams at night is easy to blind the visual vision of the oncoming driver for a short time, especially the high beam lights of large trucks are bright, which is very prone to traffic accidents and has potential safety hazards.

During the National Day, the Rongwu Expressway Brigade carried out the "misuse of high beams at night" traffic violation rectification action, and carried out experiential education for illegal drivers. Through different experiences of a few seconds and tens of seconds, the driver feels to varying degrees that the high beam line is too strong to open his eyes, resulting in a blind spot in the field of vision.

In October, a driver in Yulin, Shaanxi Province, was stopped by the traffic police for a long time in the urban area, and the traffic police proposed two punishment options, one was to stare at the high beam for 1 minute, and the other was to score 1 point and fine 100 yuan. The man chose to look at the high beam for 1 minute, saying that the light was very dazzling. The traffic police said that it was not for the purpose of punishment, but for education.

Chuanjiang Metropolis Daily reporter Yang Li