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 at dusk along a road outside town with a double solid line in the middle, and a lorry with its lights on is approaching from the opposite direction. You are obliged to use dipped headlights - they are mandatory while driving, and when a vehicle is approaching from the opposite direction you must not use main beam. The answer is: yes.
The Road Traffic Act requires a driver to use dipped headlights when driving in normal visibility; daytime running lights may be used instead of them only from dawn to dusk, and main beam from dusk to dawn on unlit roads, with the obligation to switch to dipped headlights when a vehicle is approaching from the opposite direction. At dusk daytime running lights are no longer enough - they are too weak to light up the road, and in many cars the rear lights do not come on together with them, so you are invisible from behind. When it is getting dark, you switch on dipped headlights manually, without relying on the automatic system, and check that the rear lights are also on.
Legal basis: Art. 51 para. 1, 2 and para. 3 point 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)