High low beams — Arkansas Permit Test

Use your high beams whenever there are no oncoming vehicles.

High beams show you much more of the dark road, as long as they are not blinding anyone coming toward you.

Use your high beams whenever there are no oncoming vehicles.

High beams let you see twice as far as low beams.

At night you can only stop for what your lights show, so seeing farther gives you more time to react.

High beams let you see twice as far as low beams.

Dim your high beams whenever you come within 500 feet of an oncoming vehicle.

High beams blind an oncoming driver, and a driver who cannot see may drift into your lane.

Dim your high beams whenever you come within 500 feet of an oncoming vehicle.

Use your low-beam headlights when following another vehicle closer than 200 feet.

High beams shine into the mirrors of the car ahead and dazzle its driver.

Use your low-beam headlights when following another vehicle closer than 200 feet.

When driving in fog, snow, or heavy rain, use your low headlight beams, because high beams reflect and cause glare.

Fog and rain bounce high-beam light straight back at you, making the road harder to see.

When driving in fog, snow, or heavy rain you should use your low headlight beams.

When does the study guide say to use your high beams?

When no vehicles are oncoming. High beams show you much more of the dark road, as long as they are not blinding anyone coming toward you. Arkansas Driver License Study Guide, p.51: “Use your high beams whenever there are no oncoming vehicles.”