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You drive on a dark rural highway with your high beams on. An oncoming car comes over a hill about 700 feet away and keeps coming toward you. At what distance does Oregon law require you to switch to low beams?
A uses high beams on a dark two-lane highway as oncoming B appears over a hill. The card states that B is about 700 feet away; a separate side-profile detail shows the road crest.
Correct answer: When the oncoming car is 500 feet away
Why
High-beam glare can blind an oncoming driver for a moment, and a blinded driver can drift into your lane. Dim in good time. If an oncoming driver does not dim, look a little to the right, toward the road edge or fog line, so that the glare does not blind you.
Verified against Oregon Driver Manual · Using lights · p. 84, 85
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