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When should you use low beam headlights?
The short-range light emitted from low beams is ideal for driving in traffic when you don’t want to blind other drivers with your bright high beams. Driving in fog, rain and heavy snow calls for the use of your low beam lights. The downward directed light is best for cutting through these low-visibility situations.
When driving at night you should use your high beams?
When driving at night, use your high beam headlights if you are not closely following another vehicle and there are no oncoming vehicles. High beams allow you to see twice as far as low beams.
What lights should I have on at night?
You should only use full beam headlights on unlit stretches of road at night. When meeting oncoming traffic (including cyclists or pedestrians), following another vehicle, or driving on left-turning bends, you must turn off full beam headlights as they can often be dazzling and may cause accidents.
When you are driving at night you should?
10 Tips For Driving At Night
- Be well rested.
- Drive slower.
- Dim internal dashboard lights.
- Be careful with oncoming lights.
- Look out for animals.
- Scan far ahead and check mirrors.
- Using your high beams.
- Keep your windshield and headlights clean.
What should you do when driving at night?
8 Night Driving Tips You Need to Know
- Clean Your Windshield.
- Check Your Lights.
- Don’t Look Into the Light.
- Increase Distance and Reduce Speed.
- Be Seen on the Side.
- Don’t be Distracted.
- Watch for Pedestrians.
- Don’t Drink and Drive.
When driving at night you should slow down and?
It is best to lower your speed when driving at night. Even with headlights, it will be more difficult to see what is ahead of you on the road at night time. Because your reaction time is slower than it is in daylight, a lower speed is prudent when driving at night.
When to use low beam or high beam lights?
If you are driving with your high-beam lights on, you must dim them at least 500 ft from any oncoming vehicle, so you don’t blind the oncoming driver. You must use low-beam lights if you are within 200-300 ft of the vehicle you are following. Consult your state’s Drivers Handbook for details.
What happens when you drive with low beams on?
If you travel faster on a dark road with your low beams on, you are basically driving blind and risk a serious crash. Even if you react quickly and hard braking slows your vehicle, hitting a pedestrian at 25 mph is likely to get the pedestrian killed or seriously injured.
When to dim your lights for safe driving?
Dim your lights before they cause glare for other drivers. Dim your lights within 500 feet of an oncoming vehicle and when following another vehicle within 500 feet. Some drivers make the mistake of always using low-beams.
What should you do when driving behind another vehicle at night?
When driving behind another vehicle at night, you should: A. Keep your headlights on the low beam setting. B. Use your high beam headlights until you are within 10 feet of the vehicle ahead. C. Use your high beam headlights. Use high beam headlights only when driving in rural areas and when other cars are not nearby.