Tennessee Class D Knowledge Test Practice
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You drive with your high beams on along a dark rural road. A car comes toward you from the opposite direction. At the latest, when must you switch to low beams?
At night, A uses a broad high-beam pool on a rural two-lane road while silver B approaches in the opposite lane. No dimming threshold or measured separation is given.
Correct answer: When the car is 500 feet away.
Why
High beams help you see farther on dark roads, but their glare can blind another driver for several seconds. The manual tells you to use low beams when you meet or overtake a vehicle within 500 feet, in cities and towns, and on curves to the right where your lights would shine into oncoming cars. Do not flash your high beams to warn a driver who does not dim, because the flash can distract that driver and cause a crash.
Verified against Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual · Driving at Night — Dimming your lights · p. 88, 59
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