In this situation, can you turn off the external lights of the car?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the video, you are waiting first in line at a closed level crossing with the half-barriers lowered, and a train is passing in front of you. In this situation, you are not allowed to switch off the vehicle's external lights. The answer is: no.
The Road Traffic Act requires you to use dipped headlights also during a halt caused by traffic conditions or traffic rules; it allows the external lights to be switched off only when the halt lasts more than a minute and there are other vehicles in the same lane both in front of and behind your vehicle. You are at the front of the queue and there is no one in front of you, so your lights show the position of your car to the level crossing staff and to vehicles approaching from behind. You leave them on until you move off.
Legal basis: Art. 51 para. 1 and 7 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)