Headlights and night driving — Michigan Permit Test

Headlights must be on whenever there is not enough daylight to see people and vehicles clearly at 500 feet.

If you cannot see 500 feet, others cannot see you either.

Headlights must be on any time there is not enough daylight to see people and vehicles clearly at 500 feet.

It is illegal to use only parking lights when headlights are required.

Parking lights mark a parked car; they do not light the road or show you clearly.

It is illegal to use only parking lights when headlights are required.

Headlights must be turned on from one half-hour after sunset until one half-hour before sunrise, and at other times when visibility is reduced.

Dusk and dawn are when drivers see least and most need to be seen.

Headlights must be turned on one half-hour after sunset until one half-hour before sunrise and at other times when visibility is reduced.

It is illegal to use or even flash high-beam headlights within 500 feet of an oncoming vehicle; also dim your lights for pedestrians and cyclists.

High beams blind an oncoming driver at the moment you are passing each other.

It is illegal to use or even flash high-beam headlights within 500 feet of an oncoming vehicle.

If oncoming drivers do not dim their headlights, keep your eyes on the right edge of the road ahead and do not look into the lights.

Looking into the glare can blind you for several seconds.

If oncoming drivers do not dim their headlights, keep your eyes on the right edge of the road ahead.

Do not use high beams when behind other vehicles, because bright lights in their mirrors are distracting.

Your high beams bounce off their mirrors into their eyes.

Do not use high beams when behind other vehicles.

Use your low beams when it is foggy, raining or snowing during the day, and turn on your headlights whenever you are in doubt.

If you are having trouble seeing others, they are having trouble seeing you.

Use your low beams when it is foggy, raining or snowing during the day.

A dirty windshield makes headlight glare worse.

Grime on the glass scatters light into a haze.

A dirty windshield will make headlight glare worse.

Headlights must be on whenever you cannot clearly see people and vehicles at what distance?

500 feet. If you cannot see 500 feet, others cannot see you either. What Every Driver Must Know, p.64: “Headlights must be on any time there is not enough daylight to see people and vehicles clearly at 500 feet.”