Are you allowed to use the headlights in this situation?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the video you are driving through a lit tunnel; a car is driving in front of you, and other vehicles are coming from the opposite direction. You are not allowed to use main beam. The answer is: no.
The Road Traffic Act allows you to use main beam from dusk to dawn only on unlit roads, provided it does not dazzle other drivers or pedestrians walking in a column, and requires you to switch to dipped headlights when a vehicle is approaching from the opposite direction and when approaching a vehicle in front, if its driver could be dazzled. In the tunnel, none of the conditions is met: the road is lit by lamps, there is a car in front of you whose driver would get a beam of light in their mirrors, and vehicles are coming from the opposite direction whose drivers would be dazzled. So you drive with dipped headlights. Main beam is useful on an empty, dark road outside town; in a tunnel, in town and near other vehicles, using it is not only prohibited but also dangerous, because a dazzled driver cannot see anything for a few seconds, and in a tunnel there is nowhere to escape.
Legal basis: Art. 51 para. 1 and 3 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)