29/08/2026
Driving at night is a fundamentally different experience from driving during the day, and most new drivers discover that difference on the road without anyone having prepared them for it. ๐
Your headlights illuminate a fraction of what daylight does. Your depth perception is reduced. Oncoming headlights can temporarily compromise your vision. Pedestrians and cyclists outside lit areas become almost invisible until they are dangerously close. And fatigue, which was manageable during the day, becomes significantly harder to fight after dark.
None of this means night driving is something to avoid. It means it requires specific adjustments that become automatic once you know what they are.
Low beams as your default setting. Dimming within 200 meters of oncoming traffic as required by RA 4136. Reduced speed to match reduced visibility. Extra following distance because brake lights take longer to register at night. Active scanning for pedestrians along the road edge, not just in crosswalks.
These five adjustments are the foundation of safe night driving. Make them habitual and the road after dark becomes significantly less intimidating.
At A&S Driving School, night driving awareness is part of complete driver training because the road does not close when the sun goes down.