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Difficulty: MediumLighting and Horn Usage

While driving at night on a dark country lane with full-beam headlights activated, you close the distance behind a slower-moving car. What should you do with your headlights?

  1. A
    Flash your headlights repeatedly to prompt the driver ahead to pull over
  2. Switch to dipped headlights to avoid dazzling the driver aheadAnswer
  3. C
    Maintain full-beam headlights and sound your horn to alert any hidden animals or road users
  4. D
    Turn off your headlights and drive on sidelights to focus solely on the car ahead

Answer

Switch to dipped headlights to avoid dazzling the driver ahead
Under The Highway Code (Rules 114 and 115), you must not use your lights in a way that dazzles or causes discomfort to other road users. When following behind another vehicle at night, you must switch to dipped headlights so the intense light is not reflected into the driver's rear-view and exterior door mirrors.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Assess the night-driving scenario and distance to the vehicle ahead
You are driving on an unlit road and approaching the rear of another vehicle travelling in the same direction.
Full-beam headlights project a powerful, elevated beam designed for open roads with no other traffic in view.
2
Apply Highway Code rules regarding vehicle lighting and dazzling other road users
Switch from full-beam to dipped headlights.
The Highway Code specifies that drivers must dip their headlights when following behind another vehicle or meeting oncoming traffic to avoid dazzling other road users.

Key Concept

Dipping headlights when following other road users at night to prevent dazzle and glare
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