Summary of Why Don't Ships Have Headlights?

00:00:00 - 00:05:00

This video discusses why ships don't have headlights, and how navigation lights are used instead to identify the ship's location, direction of movement, and type.

• 00:00:00 Ships don't have headlights because they're designed to be as dark as possible to make it harder for other ships to see them. This is done by turning off as many lights as possible, although navigation lights (which are colored and distinctive) are still used to identify the ship's location and direction of movement.
• 00:05:00 In this video, the presenter covers the basics of using nav lights to identify a vessel's type, position, and movement. nav lights also help to identify which of the vessel's occupants needs to give way to the other.