What should you do when facing oncoming vehicles with bright headlights at night?
- Close your eyes briefly
- Look up and slightly to the left of the oncoming lights
- Keep looking straight ahead
- Look up and slightly to the right of the oncoming lights ✓
Answer: D. Look up and slightly to the right of the oncoming lights
When oncoming headlights are bright at night, look up and beyond and slightly to the right of those lights.
Why this is the answer
The handbook describes glare as dazzling light that makes it hard to see and be aware of what others are doing. For night glare from oncoming vehicles, it gives a specific viewing direction: look up and beyond and slightly to the right of the oncoming lights. That is exactly what this answer says, so it matches the official guidance rather than leaving you staring into the bright lights.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Close your eyes briefly — Closing your eyes briefly takes your vision off the road instead of helping you deal with the glare.
- B. Look up and slightly to the left of the oncoming lights — The handbook directs you slightly to the right of the oncoming lights, not to the left.
- C. Keep looking straight ahead — Keeping your gaze straight ahead leaves you looking into the bright headlights, while the handbook says to look up and beyond and slightly right.
Remember it
When bright headlights come at you, shift your view to the right side of the glare instead of locking onto the light.
Official handbook: Official MTO Truck Handbook, Driving at night and in bad weather – Glare