Night driving — Kentucky Permit Test

A Kentucky driver dims their lights whenever they come within 500 feet of oncoming vehicles, and within 300 feet of any vehicle they are following.

High beams in a mirror blind the driver ahead as thoroughly as they blind an oncoming one.

Dim your lights whenever you come within 500 feet of oncoming vehicles, and within 300 feet of any vehicle you are following.

Kentucky high beams let a driver see twice as far as low beams, and should be used whenever there are no oncoming vehicles.

Twice the distance is twice the time to react, which is what night driving is short of.

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

A Kentucky driver uses low beams when following another vehicle and in fog, rain or snow, because high beams may cause glare.

Light from high beams bounces off falling rain and comes straight back.

Use your low beams when following another vehicle, and in fog, rain, or snow.

If a vehicle comes toward a Kentucky driver with its high beams on, the driver looks toward the right side of the road to keep from being blinded.

Looking at the oncoming headlights is what leaves a driver unable to see for several seconds afterwards.

If a vehicle comes toward you with their high beams on, look toward the right side of the road to keep from being distracted or momentarily blinded by their headlights.

A Kentucky driver should not wear sunglasses or colored lenses when driving at night or on overcast days, because tinted lenses reduce vision.

Anything that takes light away at night takes away exactly what the driver is short of.

Do not wear sunglasses or colored lenses when driving at night or on overcast days. Tinted or colored lenses reduce your vision.

A Kentucky driver increases following distance by adding at least one additional second for night driving, and at least two for unfamiliar roadways at night.

The four-second rule is a daylight rule, and night asks for more.

Increase your following distance by adding at least one additional second for night driving conditions and at least two additional seconds for driving on unfamiliar roadways at night.

A Kentucky driver should try to search well ahead of their headlight beams, looking for dark shapes on the roadway.

A dark shape at the edge of the beam is the only warning a driver gets of something in the road.

Try to search well ahead of your headlight beams, looking for dark shapes on the roadway.

A Kentucky driver should glance occasionally to the right and left at night to find the edge of the pavement and hazards coming from the sides.

The edge of the road disappears at night unless the driver goes looking for it.

Glance occasionally to the right and left to determine the location of the edge of the pavement and hazards that may come from the sides.

Driving at night in Kentucky is more difficult and hazardous than daytime driving because the distance a driver can see is limited by their headlights.

Everything a driver relies on in daylight is cut back to the reach of two lamps.

The distance you can see in front is limited by light provided by your headlights.

Within what distance of an oncoming vehicle must Kentucky high beams be dimmed?

500 feet. High beams in a mirror blind the driver ahead as thoroughly as they blind an oncoming one. Kentucky Driver Manual, p.68: “Dim your lights whenever you come within 500 feet of oncoming vehicles, and within 300 feet of any vehicle you are following.”