Night dimming — Nebraska Permit Test

Dim your headlights when following within 200 feet of another vehicle.

High beams from behind flood the mirrors of the car ahead and leave its driver half blind.

Dim headlights when following within 200 feet of another vehicle, and when meeting oncoming vehicles.

Use high beams on open highways, but dim them when meeting oncoming vehicles.

An oncoming driver staring into high beams cannot see the road and may drift across the line toward you.

Dim headlights when following within 200 feet of another vehicle, and when meeting oncoming vehicles.

If oncoming headlights are blinding, do not look directly at them; look toward the right edge of the road.

A driver who stares into bright lights is blind for seconds afterward and can wander out of the lane.

If the oncoming lights are blinding do not look directly at the vehicle but look toward the right edge of the road.

A windshield kept clean inside and out helps reduce the glare from oncoming vehicles.

Dirt and film on the glass scatter every oncoming light into a bright haze you cannot see through.

A clean windshield, inside and out, helps reduce the glare from oncoming vehicles.

At night, keep your eyes moving; staring at the spot lit by the headlights leads to eye strain, fatigue, and lack of concentration.

Eyes fixed on one bright patch tire fast, and the driver stops seeing what moves at the edges.

Keep eyes moving; eye strain, fatigue, and lack of concentration can be the result of staring at the spot created by the headlights.

When following another vehicle at night, within what distance must you dim your headlights?

200 feet. High beams from behind flood the mirrors of the car ahead and leave its driver half blind. Nebraska Driver’s Manual, p.61: “Dim headlights when following within 200 feet of another vehicle, and when meeting oncoming vehicles.”