Please turn off your high beams

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This post was last edited by Reading_Peak on 2016-11-14 at 12:11. Could you turn off your headlights? Yesterday, a sophomore was killed in an accident; his lungs were ruptured and he suffered multiple fractures to the jaw and face, and it was not possible to save him. Do not use high beams in urban areas! It’s getting cold; the kids in junior high and high school who ride bicycles are wearing thicker clothes, which makes their movements awkward. I go to school before 7 a.m. and don’t return home until 6 or 10 p.m., braving the stars and moon as well as the severe cold. To those who drive: there is air conditioning in the car, so please don’t blame the children for taking the road occasionally. ——Transferred from a teacher’s initiative. Recently, my social media feed has been flooded with posts about this issue – the misuse of high-beam headlights is a common problem. Once, a driver was blinded by the high beams; the vehicle broke through the barrier strip and smashed three street trees and a street lamp post in succession ； There was once an electric bike delivery rider who suffered a comminuted fracture of the forehead due to the glare from high-beam headlights ； In worse cases, drivers have killed pedestrians due to the glare from high-beam lights. Dangers of high-beam headlights: Danger 1: When encountering other vehicles at night, high-beam headlights can cause temporary blindness, reducing the ability to see pedestrians around as well as vehicles coming from ahead or behind ； Hazard 2: Visibility is poor at night, and using high-beam headlights interferes with the ability to perceive speed and distance ； Hazard 3: The extremely large glow produced by high-beam headlights occupies a large portion of the visual field, thereby reducing the ability to assess the width of oncoming vehicles and the situation behind them. To reduce or avoid accidents caused by high-beam headlights, here are some small suggestions. 1. Reducing speed is more helpful for safety than turning on high beams. 2. If the lighting conditions are good, try not to use high-beam headlights. 3. When driving on roads with poor lighting, high-beam headlights can be used alternately with low-beam headlights. 4. Regularly check the status of your headlights: avoid turning on the high beams accidentally. 5. High-beam headlights are prohibited in foggy weather. 6. SUVs have a high body, so it’s best to adjust the height of the headlights.