After passing the vehicle in this situation, are you allowed to change the low beam lights into high beam lights?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the video, you are driving at night on an unlit road outside a built-up area; you pass sign D-43, and a car is coming from the opposite direction; after you have passed it, the road in front of you is empty. After passing this vehicle, you are allowed to switch from dipped headlights to main beam. The answer is: yes.
The Road Traffic Act states that from dusk to dawn on unlit roads, the driver may use main beam instead of or together with dipped headlights, provided that this does not dazzle other drivers or pedestrians walking in a column, and when a vehicle approaches from the opposite direction, the driver is obliged to switch to dipped headlights. When the oncoming vehicle has passed you and nobody is driving in front of you, you will no longer dazzle anyone. You switch on main beam to see further, and switch back as soon as the lights of another car appear.
Legal basis: Art. 51 para. 3 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)