If oncoming headlights are blinding you while you are driving at night, you should:
- Look toward the right edge of the road. ✓
- Switch your lights to high beams.
- Turn your lights on and off.
Answer: A. Look toward the right edge of the road.
Look toward the right edge of the road to avoid the glare and use the road edge as a guide until the oncoming vehicle passes.
Why this is the answer
New York's night driving guidance says that when approaching high beams cause glare, you should move your eyes to the right and use the road edge as a guide until the vehicle passes. Looking toward the right edge of the road does exactly that: it keeps your view away from the bright lights while you continue to track the edge of your lane. The manual also mentions keeping the windshield clean because dirt increases glare, but the specific action for oncoming lights is to direct your view to the right edge.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Switch your lights to high beams. — The manual's brief high-beam flash is only for an approaching driver who fails to dim, and you then return to low beam; it does not tell you to switch to high beams to handle being blinded.
- C. Turn your lights on and off. — Turning your lights on and off is not given as a response to oncoming glare in the passage, and it does not use the road edge as a guide.
Remember it
Let the right edge be your guide until the other car passes.