Delaware permit test: night, weather & hazards
Headlights, rain, fog, ice, skids, glare and other hazards. 6 questions.
It starts to drizzle and you turn on your windshield wipers. What else does Delaware law require?
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Sample night, weather & hazards questions
It starts to drizzle and you turn on your windshield wipers. What else does Delaware law require?
- A Turn on your headlights
- B Turn on your four-way flashers
- C Switch on only your parking lights
- D Nothing else if it is daytime
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A. Turn on your headlights
Delaware law requires headlights, not parking lights, whenever you use your windshield wipers. Headlights help other drivers see you in rain, mist and snow.
Source: Delaware Driver Manual, page 62
Besides from sunset to sunrise, when must your headlights be on in Delaware?
- A Any time you cannot see beyond 500 feet ahead
- B Any time you cannot see beyond 200 feet
- C Any time you cannot see beyond 1,000 feet
- D Only on unlit rural roads
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C. Any time you cannot see beyond 1,000 feet
Delaware requires headlights from sunset to sunrise, whenever you cannot see beyond 1000 feet, and whenever your wipers are on. Fog, smoke or heavy rain can trigger the rule in daytime.
Source: Delaware Driver Manual, page 62
An oncoming car is approaching at night. When must you switch from high beams to low beams under Delaware law?
- A Within 1,000 feet of the oncoming vehicle
- B Within 500 feet of the oncoming vehicle
- C Within 200 feet of the oncoming vehicle
- D Only when the other driver dims first
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B. Within 500 feet of the oncoming vehicle
Dim to low beams 500 feet before meeting an oncoming vehicle, about one block, and within 200 feet when following one. High beams at close range blind other drivers.
Source: Delaware Driver Manual, page 62
You are following another car at night. Within what distance must you use low beams?
- A 200 feet
- B 500 feet
- C 100 feet
- D 1,000 feet
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A. 200 feet
Delaware requires low beams within 200 feet of a vehicle you are following and 500 feet before meeting an oncoming vehicle. High beams behind a car glare in its mirrors.
Source: Delaware Driver Manual, page 62