With high-beam headlights on at night, you should be able to see a person how far away?
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A.
75 feet
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B.
100 feet
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C.
500 feet
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D.
200 feet Correct
The answer is "200 feet"
The manual sets 200 feet as the high-beam visibility standard. Drivers who pick 75 feet grab the low-beam figure printed in the very next sentence and apply it to the wrong beam.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. 75 feet
The number 75 belongs to the low-beam standard, not the high-beam one this question asks about. This answer grabs whichever headlight figure sits at the top of the bullet without matching it to which beam is on.
B. 100 feet
The high-beam headlight visibility standard is 200 feet, not 100 feet. This answer confuses the 100-foot daytime visibility figure for brake and turn-signal lights with the nighttime high-beam headlight standard.
C. 500 feet
500 feet is the taillight visibility distance from a nearby bullet, not a headlight standard. This answer carries a taillight figure over to headlights because both sit on the same equipment page.
This question tests your knowledge of Vehicle Equipment in North Carolina. Source: North Carolina Driver Handbook, "Vehicle Equipment - Lights," p.65..
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