A 3-minute lesson from the Maryland course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
At night you can see only as far as your headlights reach, and it's harder to judge how far away other vehicles are and how fast they're moving. Fog shrinks that view even more.
Know the rule
Night driving is more risky and difficult than daytime driving: it's harder to judge the distance and speed of other vehicles.
Fog thickens until you can barely see the lane lines. Don't stop in the travel lane; pull completely off the road to a safe place and turn on your emergency flashers until it clears.
Put it into practice
An oncoming truck's headlights are blinding you. Shift your eyes to the right edge of your lane and keep steering by it until the truck passes.
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.
Instead of staring into the headlights of oncoming traffic at night, where should you look?
At the center line to your left
At the road ahead or your lane's right edge
At the oncoming vehicle's headlights
At your rear-view mirror
Answer: At the road ahead or your lane's right edge
Instead of staring into oncoming headlights, look at the road ahead or slightly toward the right edge of your lane.