Headlights when required — Oklahoma Permit Test

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

The rules

In Oklahoma, use your headlights beginning 30 minutes after sunset and until 30 minutes before sunrise.

Dusk and dawn light fools the eye, and lights help others see your car before it is fully dark.

Beginning 30 minutes after sunset and 30 minutes before sunrise.

Oklahoma Driver Manual, p.59

You must also use your headlights whenever a road sign states that headlights must be used.

Some stretches of road, like tunnels or long curves, are dangerous enough that the state wants every car lit.

When a road sign states that headlights must be used.

Oklahoma Driver Manual, p.59

On the test

How long after sunset must you have your headlights on?

30 minutes. Dusk and dawn light fools the eye, and lights help others see your car before it is fully dark. Oklahoma Driver Manual, p.59: “Beginning 30 minutes after sunset and 30 minutes before sunrise.”

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Where these come from

Every rule here is checked against Oklahoma Driver Manual, published by the Oklahoma Office of Management and Enterprise Services, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-04.