Night driving and headlights — Indiana Permit Test

Headlights must be on between sunset and sunrise and whenever visibility is less than 500 feet.

Lights help others see you as much as they help you see the road.

Drivers must use headlights between sunset and sunrise as well as at any other time in which visibility is less than 500 feet.

Use low beams when within 500 feet of an oncoming vehicle.

High beams blind oncoming drivers, who may then drift into your lane.

When headlights are on, lower headlight beams must be used when approaching within 500 feet of an oncoming vehicle or when following within 200 feet of the rear of another vehicle.

Use low beams when following within 200 feet of the vehicle ahead.

Your high beams in the other driver's mirrors can dazzle them.

or when following within 200 feet of the rear of another vehicle.

To avoid glare from oncoming headlights, do not look straight at them; look toward the right side of the road.

Staring at the lights leaves you blinded for seconds after the car passes.

To avoid glare, do not look directly into the lights of an approaching vehicle, and instead focus on the right side of the road.

At night, reduce your normal speed, especially on unfamiliar roads.

You can only see as far as your headlights reach, so you need more time to react.

Under nighttime driving conditions, you should reduce normal speed, especially on unfamiliar roads.

When must your headlights be on?

Sunset to sunrise, and when you cannot see 500 feet. Lights help others see you as much as they help you see the road. Indiana Driver's Manual, p.44: “Drivers must use headlights between sunset and sunrise as well as at any other time in which visibility is less than 500 feet.”