Are you allowed in this situation to drive a vehicle with high-beam lights switched on?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the video, you are driving during the day, in good visibility, on a road among trees with a broken line on the roadway; in front of you there are signs, including a direction sign and a bus stop sign. In such conditions, you are not allowed to drive with main beam switched on. The answer is: no.
The Road Traffic Act requires you to use dipped headlights while driving in conditions of normal visibility, and from dawn to dusk it allows daytime running lights instead of them; you may switch on main beam only from dusk to dawn on unlit roads, and only when it will not dazzle others. During the day, main beam is of no use, and it may dazzle oncoming drivers. You drive with dipped headlights or daytime running lights, and you keep main beam for a dark, empty road.
Legal basis: Art. 51 para. 1, 2 and 3 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)