Using headlights — Kansas Permit Test
Using headlights on the Kansas permit test — 3 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
Kansas requires a driver to turn on their headlights whenever the wipers are used on the vehicle.
If it is wet enough to need wipers, it is dark enough that other drivers need to see you.
Many states including Kansas require you to turn on your headlights whenever the wipers are used on the vehicle.
A Kansas driver should turn on their headlights when driving away from a rising or setting sun, because drivers coming towards them may have trouble seeing the vehicle.
The low sun behind you is in their eyes. Lights are how they pick your car out of the glare.
When driving away from a rising or setting sun, turn on your headlights. Drivers coming towards you may have trouble seeing your vehicle.
A Kansas driver should make sure headlights are clean, working and properly adjusted, because badly adjusted headlights will not give a good view and can blind other drivers.
Lights aimed too high dazzle oncoming traffic and light up nothing useful. It is worth having them checked.
If they are not adjusted properly, they will not give you a good view, and they can blind other drivers.
On the test
When does Kansas require headlights to be on?
Whenever the wipers are being used. If it is wet enough to need wipers, it is dark enough that other drivers need to see you. Kansas Driving Handbook, p.67: “Many states including Kansas require you to turn on your headlights whenever the wipers are used on the vehicle.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Kansas Driving Handbook, published by the Kansas Department of Revenue, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-16.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/KS.pdf (Kansas Driving Handbook, Kansas Department of Revenue, Division of Vehicles, AAMVA 09 Model Test Version (Revised February 2022), retrieved 2026-09-14)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/KS.pages.txt (pdftotext -layout over that PDF; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SOURCES.json (sha256, folio offset 0, folioMarker, nonLawPages and its uncovered mixed pages, the extraction flag scored on facts, and the page-offset basis)
- https://www.ksrevenue.gov/dovforms.html (the Division of Vehicles forms page the handbook is published from)
- https://www.ksrevenue.gov/dovgdl.html (the graduated driver licensing page the manual points to for ages and requirements)