Roadwise States Nebraska Driving lessons Night driving Nebraska driving lesson · Special Driving Conditions
Night driving A 2-minute lesson from the Nebraska course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Read time 2 minutes
Course unit Special Driving Conditions
Checkpoint questions 6
Source pages 69, 74 Darkness demands more attention. Reduced visibility, glare from oncoming headlights, deer on the road and eye strain combine to make night driving hazardous. Use your lights correctly and drive so you can stop within what you can see.
Know the rule
Headlights must be used from sunset to sunrise. Turn on low beams when daylight begins to fade, to help others see you.
Handbook p. 69 ↗ Know the rule
Use high beams on open highways. Dim your headlights when following within 200 feet of another vehicle and when meeting oncoming vehicles.
Handbook p. 69 ↗ 200 ft Dim your high beams when following another vehicle within this distance
Handbook p. 69 ↗ Know the rule
Turn off auxiliary driving lights at the same time your headlights are required to be dimmed, whether approaching from the front or rear.
Handbook p. 69 ↗ Know the rule
Adjust your speed so you can stop safely within the area lit by your headlights.
Handbook p. 69 ↗ Know the rule
If oncoming lights are blinding, don't look directly at the vehicle; look toward the right edge of the road.
Handbook p. 69 ↗ Reduce glare and eye strain: Keep the windshield clean, inside and out, to reduce glare from oncoming vehicles Keep your eyes moving; staring at the headlight spot causes eye strain, fatigue and lost concentration Handbook p. 69 ↗ Know the rule
Use headlights any time you have difficulty seeing other vehicles, and whenever you're using your windshield wipers.
Handbook p. 74 ↗ Put it into practice
On a dark two-lane highway with your high beams on, you catch up to a pickup. Once you're within 200 feet of it, switch to low beams and turn off any auxiliary driving lights.
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.
Headlights are legally required from: Sunset to sunrise Dusk to dawn only during winter 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. year-round Whenever visibility drops below one mile Answer: Sunset to sunrise
Headlights must be used from sunset to sunrise.
Handbook p. 69 ↗ Driving with only your parking lights on at night is: Legal on residential streets Unlawful Legal if headlights are broken Legal below 25 MPH Answer: Unlawful
Driving with parking lights only is unlawful.
Handbook p. 69 ↗ You should dim your high beams when following another vehicle within: 100 feet 500 feet 200 feet 1,000 feet Answer: 200 feet
Dim high beams when following within 200 feet of another vehicle.
Handbook p. 69 ↗ If oncoming headlights are blinding you at night, you should look: Directly at the oncoming headlights Toward the left edge of your lane Toward the centerline Toward the right edge of the road Answer: Toward the right edge of the road
Look toward the right edge of the road, not at the blinding lights.
Handbook p. 69 ↗ Auxiliary driving lights should be turned off: At the same time your headlights are required to be dimmed Only after the other vehicle has fully passed Only when parked They should never be turned off while driving Answer: At the same time your headlights are required to be dimmed
Auxiliary lights should dim along with headlights.
Handbook p. 69 ↗ At night, your speed should allow you to stop: Within 500 feet of any hazard Within the area illuminated by your headlights Within one car length of any hazard At any speed, since headlights extend far enough Answer: Within the area illuminated by your headlights
Adjust speed so you can stop within your headlights' illuminated area.
Handbook p. 69 ↗ Previous lesson Interstate driving Next lesson Rain, flooding, fog and wind More in Special Driving Conditions About the source Roadwise’s Nebraska course uses the driver handbook edition supplied with this study pack. This lesson cites source pages 69, 74. The linked PDF is a third-party mirror of the handbook, rather than a government-hosted page.
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