How do the dipped headlights illuminate the road in front of a passengers car?
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Correct answer
C. Asymetrically.
Explanation
The photo shows a street in a town with moving cars and signs D-1 and D-6 with plate T-27. Dipped headlights light the road in front of the car asymmetrically - answer C. Not perpendicularly (A) or symmetrically (B).
The Regulation on the technical conditions of vehicles requires dipped headlights to be asymmetric and to light the road on the right side over a longer distance than on the left, and in good visibility to light the road at least 40 m ahead of the vehicle. The asymmetry is deliberate: the right part of the beam reaches further so that you can see the shoulder, pedestrians and signs on your side, and the left part is cut lower so as not to dazzle drivers coming from the opposite direction. You can see this on a garage wall - the boundary between light and shadow rises diagonally on the right. The Road Traffic Act requires you to use dipped headlights when driving at all times of day and night, and during the day allows you to replace them with daytime running lights; badly adjusted headlights - set too high or after the bulbs have been replaced with the wrong ones - spoil the asymmetry, which is why headlight alignment is checked at the technical inspection.
Legal basis: Annex No. 6 to the Regulation on the technical conditions of vehicles and the scope of their necessary equipment; Art. 51 para. 1 and 2 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)