North Carolina requires taillights to be red and visible for at least what distance?
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A.
1,000 feet
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B.
500 feet Correct
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C.
200 feet
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D.
300 feet
The answer is "500 feet"
Taillights must be red and visible for at least 500 feet. Drivers who pick 200 feet are carrying over the high-beam seeing distance from the bullet just above, which is a different rule.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. 1,000 feet
1,000 feet doubles the real 500-foot taillight rule, and no lighting rule in the Lights list uses 1,000 feet. Reaches for a round, impressive-sounding figure on the assumption that rear safety lighting must carry the farthest of any lamp on the vehicle.
C. 200 feet
200 feet is the high-beam seeing distance from earlier in the same Lights list, not the taillight standard. Carries the first bullet's high-beam figure down to the taillight bullet instead of reading each rule on its own.
D. 300 feet
No lighting rule in the Lights list uses 300 feet. Splits the difference between the 200-foot and 500-foot figures when the exact number is not remembered.
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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