Using your lights — Delaware Permit Test

Use your high beams whenever there are no oncoming vehicles; they let you see twice as far as low beams.

On a dark road on low beams, a deer shows up only when it is too close to stop for.

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

Use high beams on unfamiliar roads, in construction areas, or where there may be people along the side of the road.

On a strange road at night, a sharp curve or a walker on the shoulder comes up fast on low beams.

It is important to use high beams on unfamiliar roads, in construction areas, or where there may be people along the side of the road.

Use low beams in fog or when it is snowing or raining hard, because high beams reflect back and cause glare.

High beams in fog throw a white wall of light back into your eyes.

Use the low beams in fog or when it is snowing or raining hard.

If an oncoming vehicle has its high beams on, flash your headlights quickly a couple of times.

The other driver may simply have forgotten the high beams are on until reminded.

If a vehicle comes toward you with high beams on, flash your headlights quickly a couple of times.

If an oncoming driver fails to dim the lights, look toward the right side of the road; do not keep your own brights on to get back at them.

Staring into the glare leaves you blind for a moment, and brights back blind both drivers.

If the driver fails to dim the lights, look toward the right side of the road.

How much farther do high beams let you see than low beams?

About twice as far. On a dark road on low beams, a deer shows up only when it is too close to stop for. Delaware Driver Manual, p.119: “High beams let you see twice as far as low beams.”