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At night on a dark two-lane road, you drive with your high beams on about 300 feet behind another car. Then an oncoming car appears about 450 feet ahead of you. What must you do?
Correct answer: Switch to low beams now, because the oncoming car is within 500 feet.
Why
West Virginia law requires low beams within 500 feet of an oncoming vehicle and within 200 feet of a vehicle that you follow, so that your high beams do not blind other drivers. In this case the car ahead is more than 200 feet away, but the oncoming car is less than 500 feet away. When oncoming lights are bright, look toward the right edge of the road and slow down until your eyes recover.
Verified against West Virginia Driver's Licensing Handbook · Headlights and Their Use · p. 61, 72
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