Roadwise States Georgia Driving lessons Headlights and night driving Georgia driving lesson · Work Zones and Other Traffic Laws
Headlights and night driving A 3-minute lesson from the Georgia course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Read time 3 minutes
Course unit Work Zones and Other Traffic Laws
Checkpoint questions 6
Source pages 25 At night you see less and face glare from other headlights. Georgia law says when your headlights must be on and when to dim your high beams. Never drive faster than you can stop within the distance your headlights light up.
You must use your headlights: From one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise Any time it is raining When visibility is limited Handbook p. 25 ↗ Know the rule
Use high-beam headlights only in rural areas when other cars aren't nearby.
Handbook p. 25 ↗ Dim (lower) your headlights when: You're within 500 feet of an approaching vehicle You're following within 200 feet behind another vehicle You're driving on lighted roads You're driving in rain, fog, snow or smoke Your vision is reduced to less than 200 feet Handbook p. 25 ↗ Overdriving your headlights Driving at a speed that needs more stopping distance than the distance your headlights illuminate.
Handbook p. 25 ↗ Night driving tips: Keep headlights working and lenses clean; have their aim checked Slow down when oncoming traffic approaches or you near a curve If visibility is very poor, follow the edge line, or the center line if there's no edge line Keep your windshield clean Don't drive tired; stop more often, get fresh air, try a lively radio program Watch for signs, pedestrians and vehicles stopped along the road edge Don't stop on the roadway Handbook p. 25 ↗ Put it into practice
It's 2 p.m. and raining. Turn your headlights on; Georgia requires them any time it's raining, day or night.
A useful reminder 500 feet for oncoming cars, 200 feet when following.
Check your understanding Read the question, decide on an answer, then open it to check the explanation. These are Roadwise study questions based on the source handbook.
Between what hours must you use your headlights, regardless of visibility conditions? One hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise Sunset to sunrise exactly Half hour before sunset to half hour after sunrise Half hour after sunset to half hour before sunrise Answer: Half hour after sunset to half hour before sunrise
Headlights are required from one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise, and anytime visibility is limited.
Handbook p. 25 ↗ You should dim your high-beam headlights when you are within how many feet of an approaching vehicle? 200 feet 1,000 feet 300 feet 500 feet Answer: 500 feet
Dim your headlights when within 500 feet of an approaching vehicle so as not to blind the driver.
Handbook p. 25 ↗ You should dim your headlights when following another vehicle within how many feet? 50 feet 500 feet 100 feet 200 feet Answer: 200 feet
Dim your headlights when following closely, within 200 feet, behind another vehicle.
Handbook p. 25 ↗ When should high-beam headlights be used, according to the handbook? Whenever fog is present In rural areas, with no cars nearby On lighted city streets at night Anytime after sunset, regardless of traffic Answer: In rural areas, with no cars nearby
High beams should be used only when driving in rural areas and when other cars are not nearby.
Handbook p. 25 ↗ You must use your headlights any time it is raining, even during the day. True False Answer: True
Headlights are required any time it is raining, in addition to the half-hour-before/after sunset/sunrise rule.
Handbook p. 25 ↗ Which headlight-dimming distance is correct: for an approaching vehicle versus for a vehicle you are following? 500 feet for both situations 500 feet for an approaching vehicle; 200 feet for a vehicle you are following 200 feet for an approaching vehicle; 500 feet for a vehicle you are following 200 feet for both situations Answer: 500 feet for an approaching vehicle; 200 feet for a vehicle you are following
You dim your headlights within 500 feet of an oncoming vehicle, and within 200 feet of a vehicle you're following.
Handbook p. 25 ↗ Previous lesson Reckless and aggressive driving, and racing Next lesson Seat belts, child restraints and littering More in Work Zones and Other Traffic Laws About the source Roadwise’s Georgia course uses the driver handbook edition supplied with this study pack. This lesson cites source pages 25. The linked PDF is a third-party mirror of the handbook, rather than a government-hosted page.
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