Headlights whenever your wipers are on
A free practice question for the Virginia permit test, with the answer explained.
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You turn on your wipers because it's raining. What else does Virginia law require?
The rule
Whenever bad weather makes you use your windshield wipers, your headlights must be on too.
If bad weather makes you use your windshield wipers, you must use your headlights too, even in the daytime.
From the Virginia Driver's Manual, section 3, page 22. This question is our own wording of that rule. The handbook and the DMV have the final word.
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