When meeting a car with blinding headlights, you should:

1. Use your bright lights until the other vehicle dims theirs.
2. Flash your lights on and off to warn the other driver.
3. Dim your lights and then speed up to pass quickly.
4. Look toward the right side of the road. ✓

Answer: D. Look toward the right side of the road.

When oncoming headlights blind you, look toward the right side of the road.

Why this is the answer

The handbook says to avoid staring into approaching headlights and to shift your eyes down to the lower right side of your traffic lane. That keeps the glare out of the center of your vision while you stay in your lane. The same section also says to slow down at night and use low beams when an approaching vehicle is within 500 feet, so the safe response is to look away from the bright source rather than fight the glare.

Why the other answers are wrong

• A. Use your bright lights until the other vehicle dims theirs. — Keeping your bright lights on until the other driver dims theirs goes against the handbook's guidance to use low beams near approaching vehicles and does not address your own glare.
• B. Flash your lights on and off to warn the other driver. — Flashing your lights on and off to warn the other driver is not given as a response to blinding headlights in the passages.
• C. Dim your lights and then speed up to pass quickly. — Dimming your lights and speeding up to pass quickly is wrong because the handbook says to slow down at night and says nothing about speeding up when blinded.

Remember it

Glare in your eyes? Drop your gaze to the right edge of your lane.