Are you allowed to use high beam lights in this situation?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the video you are driving at night on an unlit road behind a car whose red rear lights you can see ahead of you; the roadway is divided by a double solid line. You are not allowed to use main beam (high beam) - you would dazzle the driver in front of you. The answer is: no.
The Road Traffic Act allows you to use main beam from dusk to dawn on unlit roads, provided it does not dazzle other drivers or pedestrians walking in a column, and requires you to switch to dipped headlights (low beam) when approaching a vehicle in front, if its driver may be dazzled. Main beam reflected in the mirrors of the car in front of you dazzles just like headlights from the opposite direction. So you drive on dipped headlights, keeping your distance, and switch to main beam only when the car in front of you has moved far away or disappeared round a bend.
Legal basis: Art. 51 para. 3 point 2 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)