When to Use High Beams While Driving?

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High beams should be used while driving on highways or in rural areas without streetlights. There is no need to use high beams on urban roads as city streets generally have good lighting conditions. The high angle of high beams can easily dazzle oncoming drivers and pedestrians, impairing their vision and creating unsafe conditions, which is also considered impolite driving behavior. If other vehicles frequently flash their lights at you, promptly check whether your high beams are on. Alternating between high and low beams serves as a form of light communication with various meanings, such as alerting vehicles at intersections to be cautious, signaling for nighttime overtaking, or reminding oncoming vehicles to switch to low beams.