When driving at night, you should:
- Always use your high beams.
- Look directly at the headlights of an oncoming vehicle.
- Increase your following distance. ✓
Answer: C. Increase your following distance.
When driving at night, you should increase your following distance.
Why this is the answer
At night, the manual says visibility is reduced and you need extra caution. It notes your headlights reach only about 350 feet, so you must drive at a speed that lets you stop within that range. Leaving more room behind the vehicle ahead is the choice that matches that advice: with less visibility, you need more space and time. The manual does not give a specific following-distance number in these passages, so treat this as the safe choice among the listed options rather than a quoted rule.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Always use your high beams. — The manual does not say to always use high beams; it discusses glare from approaching lights and ways to reduce glare, so always using high beams is not supported.
- B. Look directly at the headlights of an oncoming vehicle. — The manual says to use the road edge as a guide until an approaching vehicle passes, which means you should not look directly at its headlights.
Remember it
Less light means more room behind the car ahead.