Question 6535
If you are driving at night at 80 km/h on an insufficiently lit road outside a built-up area, when must you use your high beams?
- Always, except when you could blind other road users.
- Only when the low beams have an irreparable malfunction.
- At all times, even if other vehicles are traveling in the opposite direction.
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Correct answer: Always, except when you could blind other road users.
At night, on a poorly lit road outside a built-up area at 80 km/h, you must use high beams at all times unless they could blind someone with glare. If a car approaches, you must switch to low beams and not switch back to high beams until you have passed each other. High beams are not reserved for when low beams fail. In the image, the road is empty and your headlights illuminate it far ahead.