Should you be more alert when you're driving at night?
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Correct answer
A. Yes, because visibility at night is limited.
Explanation
In the photo, you are driving at night on a winding, unlit road - you can see only part of the roadway in the headlights and the lines on the asphalt. When driving at night you should be more alert, because visibility is limited - answer A.
At night you see only what your headlights light up - dipped headlights show the road for several dozen metres, and the eye is worse at telling apart shapes, colours and distances. A pedestrian in dark clothes becomes visible only from close up, and on top of that there is tiredness and sleepiness. Less traffic (answer B) does not mean less danger - drivers then drive faster, and animals and unlit pedestrians appear on the road. Main beam (answer C) helps, but you have to switch it off before every oncoming vehicle, and it does not light up the inside of a bend. Drive so that you can stop within the distance you can see, and in a tractor make sure your lights and reflectors work and are clean.
Legal basis: Art. 19 para. 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)