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Question 3768

The parking light must be used...

  1. when parking on poorly lit road sections through built-up areas (travesías).
  2. when stopped while double-parked.
  3. when stopped on urban roads with sufficient or insufficient lighting.
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Correct answer: when parking on poorly lit road sections through built-up areas (travesías).

The parking light marks a parked car and serves the same purpose as the position lights. At night, if you parallel park on a poorly lit road section through a built-up area (travesía), you must leave the position lights on, and you may use the parking light instead. On a street that is not such a road section, no lights are needed if the streetlights let others see you in time. In the image, the parked car has only the lights on the side facing the roadway turned on.

Reglamento General de Circulación (Real Decreto 1428/2003), texto consolidado