Question 5024
If your vehicle’s high-beam headlights fail and you are forced to drive on a road outside a built-up area with your low beams, what must you do?
- Drive 10 km/h below the maximum permitted speed.
- Stop the vehicle immediately and leave the fog lights on.
- Drive at a speed that allows you to stop the vehicle within the illuminated area.
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Correct answer: Drive at a speed that allows you to stop the vehicle within the illuminated area.
If a malfunction you can't repair on the road leaves you with only low beams, which don't shine as far ahead, you must slow down until you can stop within the illuminated area. There's no fixed reduction of 10 km/h, and you don't have to stop or turn on the fog lights.