Colorado permit test: night, weather & hazards
Headlights, rain, fog, ice, skids, glare and other hazards. 8 questions.
When does Colorado law require your headlights to be on?
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Sample night, weather & hazards questions
When does Colorado law require your headlights to be on?
- A Only when it is raining or snowing
- B From sunset to sunrise, or if visibility is under 1,000 feet
- C From sunset to sunrise, or when visibility is under 500 feet
- D Only between midnight and 5 a.m.
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B. From sunset to sunrise, or if visibility is under 1,000 feet
Colorado requires headlights from sunset to sunrise or when visibility is less than 1,000 feet. Driving with low beams on at all times is a good way to be seen.
You are using high beams on a dark road and a car approaches. Before it comes within what distance must you dim your lights?
- A 500 feet
- B 200 feet
- C 1,000 feet
- D 100 feet
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A. 500 feet
Dim your high beams, or low beams with fog lights, before coming within 500 feet of any oncoming vehicle, so its driver is not blinded by glare.
When following another vehicle at night, within what distance must you use low beams with fog lights off?
- A 100 feet
- B 50 feet
- C 500 feet
- D 200 feet
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D. 200 feet
When following another vehicle, use low beams with fog lights off if you are within 200 feet of it. Bright lights in a driver's mirrors can blind them.
Your car begins to hydroplane on a wet road. What should you do first?
- A Brake hard to stop quickly
- B Jerk the wheel to get back on track
- C Take your foot off the gas pedal
- D Speed up to push through the water
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C. Take your foot off the gas pedal
When hydroplaning, take your foot off the gas to slow down and steer slowly in the direction you are hydroplaning until you regain control. Do not try to stop or turn until your tires grip again.