Can you use daytime lights while driving after dusk on a well-lit road?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the video, you are driving at night along a wide city street that is well lit by street lamps, next to an articulated bus, among other cars. After dusk, you are not allowed to use daytime running lights, even on a well-lit road. The answer is: no.
The Road Traffic Act requires you to use dipped headlights while driving, and it allows you to use daytime running lights instead only in the period from dawn to dusk, in normal visibility. Street lighting does not matter here. In most cars, daytime running lights do not switch on the rear lamps, so after dusk you are invisible from behind, and at the front you light up the road poorly. When it gets dark, you switch to dipped headlights - in many cars a sensor does this, but the driver is always responsible.
Legal basis: Art. 51 para. 1 and 2 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)