If you are approaching another driver with their high beams on, the best technique is to briefly look to the right side of the road to avoid being blinded by the glare. This helps you maintain your lane and assess your surroundings. You can also adjust your speed as necessary and, if safe, flash your high beams once to alert the other driver to lower their lights. Always prioritize safety and be prepared to react if visibility becomes compromised.
Flash your high beams
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You should dim your high beams when you are within 200 to 300 feet of a car that you are approaching from behind. This distance helps prevent blinding the driver in front of you and ensures safe visibility for both vehicles. Always remember to use your low beams in these situations to maintain safety on the road.
You can use your high beams when it is dark and no one is approaching you and you aren't following anyone.
You must dim your high-beams if you're within 500 feet of an approaching car and dim your high-beams within 300 feet of the vehicle you follow.
You should use your low beams to avoid blinding the driver ahead as you lights reflect in his mirrors.
I like to switch around 200-300 feet away from them
High beams should only be used in extreme darkness and only when there is no other vehicle in your opposing lane. The reason behind this is because high beams can be blinding in the opposing lane and can and have lead to very serious accidents.Answer If your high beams were left of as on-coming traffic was approaching it would be blinding to the other driver. If you have your high beams on while in back of another car, it could also be blinding to the driver your following through side and rear view mirrors. Either way it is dangerous. If your high beams were left on constantly through - lets say a city - where lighting is good, the police officer may have determined that it was suspicious, and was checking to see if you were on alcohol or drugs.
Use low beams.
Because - as you overtake the vehicle in front, high-beams will be reflected straight back at the driver - through their mirrors. Low beams are angled more towards the ground.