Are you allowed to use low-beam lights and front fog lights at the same time during these weather conditions?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the photo you are driving in fog along a suburban road; visibility is only several dozen metres, and a car with its lights on is appearing from the opposite direction. In such conditions you are allowed to use dipped headlights and front fog lights at the same time. The answer is: yes.
The Road Traffic Act requires the driver of a power-driven vehicle, in conditions of reduced visibility caused by fog, precipitation or other causes, to switch on dipped headlights or front fog lights, or both at the same time, and outside built-up areas in fog to give short horn signals when overtaking or passing a stationary vehicle or obstacle. Front fog lights shine low and wide, lighting the edge of the roadway under the layer of fog, while dipped headlights give range - together they work best. When the fog clears, you switch off the fog lights, because in normal conditions you may use them only from dusk to dawn on a winding road marked with signs.
Legal basis: Art. 30 para. 1 point 1 letter a and Art. 51 para. 5 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)