CODE OF VIRGINIA

WHEN DIMMING HEADLIGHTS REQUIRED (§ 46.2-1034)

Whenever a vehicle is being driven on a highway or a portion thereof which is
sufficiently lighted to reveal any person or object upon such highway at a
distance of 350 feet ahead, the operator of such vehicle shall use the low beam
of his vehicle’s headlights or shall dim the headlights if the vehicle has
single-beam lights.  Whenever a vehicle approaches an oncoming vehicle within
500 feet, the driver of such vehicle shall use the low beam of his
vehicle’s headlights so aimed that glaring rays are not projected into the
eyes of the oncoming driver or dim the headlights, if the vehicle has
single-beam lights. Whenever the driver of any motor vehicle approaches from the
rear or follows within 200 feet of another vehicle proceeding in the same
direction, the driver shall use the low beam of his vehicle’s headlights
or shall dim the headlights if the vehicle has single-beam lights.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 46-279; 1954, c. 114; 1958, c. 541, § 46.1-272; 1989, c.
727.