Florida permit test: night, weather & hazards
Headlights, rain, fog, ice, skids, glare and other hazards. 5 questions.
Florida law requires your headlights to be on during which hours?
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Sample night, weather & hazards questions
Florida law requires your headlights to be on during which hours?
- A From one hour after sunset to sunrise
- B Only when streetlights are off
- C Only between midnight and 5 a.m.
- D From sunset to sunrise
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D. From sunset to sunrise
Florida law requires headlights between sunset and sunrise. You also must use them in rain, fog or smoke, and parking lights are never a substitute.
Source: The Official Florida Driver License Handbook (Florida Class E Driver License Handbook), page 81
At night, you must switch to low beams when an oncoming vehicle is within what distance?
- A 300 feet
- B 1,000 feet
- C 200 feet
- D 500 feet
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D. 500 feet
Florida law forbids high beams within 500 feet of an oncoming vehicle and within 300 feet of a vehicle you are following. High beams can blind other drivers.
Source: The Official Florida Driver License Handbook (Florida Class E Driver License Handbook), page 81
You are following another car at night. Within what distance must you dim your high beams?
- A 500 feet
- B 300 feet
- C 200 feet
- D 100 feet
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B. 300 feet
Do not use high beams within 300 feet of a vehicle ahead of you. The glare in their mirrors can blind the other driver.
Source: The Official Florida Driver License Handbook (Florida Class E Driver License Handbook), page 81
It starts to rain in the daytime and you switch on your windshield wipers. What else should you turn on?
- A Your hazard lights
- B Your headlights
- C Your high beams
- D Your parking lights only
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B. Your headlights
In Florida, when you turn on your wipers, turn on your headlights. Headlights help other drivers see you in rain even during the day.
Source: The Official Florida Driver License Handbook (Florida Class E Driver License Handbook), page 80