Is it prohibited during the day to give warning signal with the main beam headlights, if this may cause blinding to other drivers?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the photo you are driving during the day along a street in a town, and a dark car with its lights on is coming from the opposite direction; there are signs D-1 and D-6 by the road, and further on there is a pedestrian crossing. During the day, warning others with main beam is prohibited if it may dazzle other drivers. The answer is: yes.
The Road Traffic Act allows a driver to use the horn or a light signal when it is necessary to warn of danger, but it prohibits the misuse of these signals and warning others with main beam in conditions in which it may dazzle other drivers. A short flash of main beam from far away during the day usually does not dazzle anyone, but used from close up, on a wet road or against the sun, it dazzles the oncoming driver just as much as at night - and a dazzled driver cannot see the road or the pedestrians on the crossing for a moment. So you use a light signal only when you are really warning of danger, briefly and from a distance that will not dazzle, and not to greet a friend or to force others to give way to you.
Legal basis: Art. 29 para. 1 and para. 2 point 1 and 3 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)