When parking on the road in this situation, are you obliged to switch on the position lights or parking lights?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the photo, at dusk, on an unlit road outside a built-up area, a car is standing at the right edge of the roadway; if you park your car there, you must switch on the sidelights (position lights) or parking lights. The answer is: yes.
The Road Traffic Act states that the driver of a power-driven vehicle, in conditions of insufficient visibility, during stopping not caused by traffic conditions and during parking, must use the front and rear sidelights or the parking lights; all lights may be switched off only in a lit place or off the roadway and the shoulder. Dusk already means insufficient visibility, and a dark car on an unlit road is invisible to approaching drivers. You switch on the sidelights or the parking lights on the roadway side.
Legal basis: Art. 52 para. 1 and 2 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)