Are you allowed in this situation to use daytime running lights instead of low beam lights?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the video you are driving in the daytime, with good visibility, along a wide street with two lanes in your direction, next to a pavement on which pedestrians are walking and a cyclist is riding. In these conditions you are allowed to use daytime running lights instead of dipped headlights. The answer is: yes.
The Road Traffic Act requires you to use dipped headlights while driving in conditions of normal visibility, but from dawn to dusk, in normal visibility, it allows daytime running lights instead. Daytime running lights are easy for others to see on a sunny day and use less energy, but they do not light up the road - that is why they are enough only when visibility is good. However, you remember that in most cars they do not switch on the rear lights - when it starts to rain or the light becomes poor, you switch to dipped headlights.
Legal basis: Art. 51 para. 1 and 2 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)