In this situation, should you change high-beam lights to low-beam lights?

In the video, you are driving at night on a winding, unlit road outside a town, marked with U-3 guide boards on the bends, and in the distance you can see the headlights of a car coming from the opposite direction. In this situation, you are obliged to switch from main beam (high beam) to dipped headlights. The answer is: yes.

The Road Traffic Act requires a driver who is using main beam to switch to dipped headlights when a vehicle is approaching from the opposite direction; if one of the drivers has switched off main beam, the other is obliged to do the same. On a winding road, cars appear suddenly from around a bend, so you switch your lights as soon as you notice a glow from the opposite direction, and not only when the other driver starts flashing their lights.

Legal basis: Art. 51 para. 3 point 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)