Low beams 500 feet before oncoming cars
A free practice question for the Maryland permit test, with the answer explained.
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When must you dim your high beams for a car coming toward you?
The rule
Dim your high beams to low beams no later than 500 feet before you meet a vehicle coming toward you.
Dim your high beams when an oncoming vehicle is within 500 feet. For a vehicle you are following, the distance is 300 feet.
From the Maryland Driver's Manual, Section 5, page 27. This question is our own wording of that rule. The handbook and the MVA have the final word.
Often mixed up with
People confuse these rules with this one. Each has its own practice question.
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