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Difficulty: HardNight Driving and Headlight Usage

When driving at night on an unlit highway, if an oncoming vehicle approaches with its high-beam headlights on and fails to dim them, you should flash your high beams repeatedly to alert the oncoming driver and look directly at their headlights to track their position.

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False. Drivers must avoid looking directly at oncoming high beams and should instead look toward the right edge of their lane while keeping low beams on.
The correct response is False. Standard traffic safety regulations instruct drivers facing oncoming high-beam glare to look down toward the right edge of their lane (the fog line) and avoid flashing high beams back, ensuring vehicle control without blinding the other driver.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze the action of flashing high beams repeatedly at oncoming traffic.
Identified as unsafe practice.
Flashing high beams back at an oncoming driver does not guarantee they will dim their lights and can temporarily blind both drivers.
2
Evaluate the recommended visual focal point when facing high-beam glare.
Directly gazing at the oncoming light source causes severe glare blindness.
Retinal adjustment to sudden intensity change takes several seconds, leaving the driver essentially blind to hazards in their own lane.
3
Determine proper safety procedure for oncoming high-beam glare.
Gaze toward the right edge of the road (the white edge line or fog line) and keep headlights on low beam.
Using the road edge marker allows the driver to maintain proper lane position while avoiding direct exposure to blinding glare.

Key Concept

Night Driving Glare Mitigation and Headlight Etiquette
Estimated Time:45s
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