Headlights required — Nevada Permit Test

Headlights required on the Nevada permit test — 2 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.

The rules

Headlights are required from a half hour after sunset until a half hour before sunrise.

At dusk your car fades into the gray road, and other drivers pull out in front of you.

From a half hour after sunset until a half hour before sunrise.

Nevada Driver Handbook, p.56

Headlights are required whenever persons or vehicles cannot be clearly seen at a distance of 1,000 feet.

In dust or smoke at midday a car without lights is a shape nobody sees until it is close.

Whenever persons or vehicles cannot be clearly seen at a distance of 1,000 feet.

Nevada Driver Handbook, p.56

On the test

From when to when are headlights required?

A half hour after sunset to a half hour before sunrise. At dusk your car fades into the gray road, and other drivers pull out in front of you. Nevada Driver Handbook, p.56: “From a half hour after sunset until a half hour before sunrise.”

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Where these come from

Every rule here is checked against Nevada Driver Handbook, published by the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-04.