If you stop along the road at night:
- Turn off all your lights.
- Use your parking lights only.
- Use your headlights only.
- Turn on your emergency flashers and leave your low beams turned on. ✓
Answer: D. Turn on your emergency flashers and leave your low beams turned on.
Turn on your emergency flashers and leave your low beams turned on when you stop along the road at night.
Why this is the answer
The handbook says that when you park on an unlighted highway at night, you should leave your parking lights or low beam headlights on. It also says to turn on your emergency warning lights when your car is off the road or disabled, and if you have no warning lights, use your taillights. At night it adds interior lights. Putting those instructions together, the best choice is to have your emergency flashers working and your low beams on so the car is easy to see.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Turn off all your lights. — Turning off all your lights leaves the car dark, while the handbook says to leave lights on when parked at night.
- B. Use your parking lights only. — Parking lights alone leave out the emergency warning lights the handbook says to turn on when your car is off the road.
- C. Use your headlights only. — Headlights alone leave out the emergency warning lights that warn other drivers that your car is stopped.
Remember it
At night on the roadside, think flashers warn and low beams show.