Are you obliged to use low-beam lights in this situation?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the video you are driving in late dusk along an unlit road with a double solid line in the middle, and a lorry with its lights on is coming from the opposite direction. In such conditions you are obliged to drive on dipped headlights - even if you were using main beam earlier, you must switch to dipped headlights when a vehicle is approaching from the opposite direction. The answer is: yes.
The Road Traffic Act requires a driver to use dipped headlights when driving in conditions of normal visibility, and from dusk to dawn on unlit roads it allows main beam to be used instead of them or together with them, provided others are not dazzled; a driver using main beam is obliged to switch to dipped headlights when a vehicle is approaching from the opposite direction. A dazzled lorry driver drives blind towards you for several seconds, so you switch off main beam before their headlights start to dazzle you, and you do not switch it back on until you have passed each other.
Legal basis: Art. 51 para. 1 and para. 3 point 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)