Answer. The rules prescribe when driving in conditions insufficient visibility use fog lights only together with a neighbor or high beam headlights
You can use fog lights in combination with low beam or high beam headlights:
Answer. You can use fog lights both in conditions of insufficient visibility (snowfall, rain, fog, twilight, when the visibility of the road is less than 300 m), and at night on unlit sections of roads together with low or high beam headlights.
When driving at night on unlit sections of roads, you can use fog lights:
Answer. The rules prohibit the use of fog lights on their own at night on unlit sections of roads. You can only use them in combination with dipped or main beam headlights.
What external lights should be on the vehicle?
Answer. Any of the listed devices have sufficient luminous flux to designate a vehicle in daytime and can be used by the driver when driving during daylight hours.
Fog lights and rear fog lights can be turned on at the same time:
Answer. Together, fog lights and rear fog lights can be turned on not only in fog, but also in other conditions of poor visibility (rain, snow), when the visibility of the road is less than 300 m. limited visibility fog lights are not used, as they will blind drivers following you.
What external lights should be on during daylight hours on motorcycles?
Answer. On motorcycles and mopeds, when driving during daylight hours, the dipped beam or fog lamp must be turned on. Thus, it is possible to distinguish small-sized vehicles in the flow of cars and trucks.
Can you use fog lights instead of low beam headlights during daylight hours?
Answer. In the daytime, the driver can use fog lights instead of low beam headlights to indicate the vehicle, except when driving in tunnels and in conditions of insufficient visibility.
Turning on which external lights will give you the best visibility of the road when driving at night during a heavy snowstorm?
Answer. When driving at night during heavy snowstorm high beam headlights will create glare and reduce visibility. In such conditions, it is advisable to use the inclusion of fog lights in conjunction with the dipped headlights.
Answer. The regulations prescribe when driving in conditions of insufficient visibility to use fog lamps only in conjunction with dipped or main beam headlights.
You can use fog lights in combination with low beam or high beam headlights:
Answer. You can use fog lights both in conditions of insufficient visibility (snowfall, rain, fog, twilight, when the visibility of the road is less than 300 m), and at night on unlit sections of roads together with low or high beam headlights.
When driving at night on unlit sections of roads, you can use fog lights:
Answer. The rules prohibit the use of fog lights on their own at night on unlit sections of roads. You can only use them in combination with dipped or main beam headlights.
What external lights should be on the vehicle?
Answer. Any of the listed devices have sufficient luminous flux to indicate the vehicle in the daytime and can be used by the driver when driving during daylight hours.
Fog lights and rear fog lights can be turned on at the same time:
Answer. Together, fog lights and rear fog lights can be turned on not only in fog, but also in other conditions of poor visibility (rain, snow), when the visibility of the road is less than 300 m. In conditions of limited visibility, fog lights are not used, as they will dazzle drivers following you.
What external lights should be on during daylight hours on motorcycles?
Answer. On motorcycles and mopeds, when driving during daylight hours, the dipped beam or fog lamp must be turned on. Thus, it is possible to distinguish small-sized vehicles in the flow of cars and trucks.
Can you use fog lights instead of low beam headlights during daylight hours?
Answer. In the daytime, the driver can use fog lights instead of low beam headlights to indicate the vehicle, except when driving in tunnels and in conditions of insufficient visibility.
Turning on which external lights will give you the best visibility of the road when driving at night during a heavy snowstorm?
Answer. When driving at night during a heavy snowstorm, high beam headlights will create glare and reduce visibility. In such conditions, it is advisable to use the inclusion of fog lights in conjunction with the dipped headlights.
How do you like this picture? In the left lane of the highway at a speed of 80 km / h in clear weather, a car drives and blinds other drivers with rear fog lights.
Annoys? And how! "Tikhokhodov" out of place on the Internet has already been discussed a hundred times, but the problem of turning on fog lights out of place should be considered more carefully ...
Recently, a reader contacted the editors of abw.by, in his letter - anger towards those who do not know how to use additional lighting devices:
"I appeal to you with a request to prepare a report on the problem of turning on the lights of your car by drivers. In particular, on the use of front and especially rear fog lamps in conditions of sufficient visibility. In Europe for this offense subject to a severe fine. In our country, very little attention is paid to this. It seems that drivers do not know when and why it is necessary to include additional lighting fixtures. But these actions can provoke an emergency due to a very bright red halo, which contributes to blinding the driver behind. I would also like to see the comments of the traffic police on this issue, since there are more and more motorists violating traffic rules. I really hope that you will not ignore this question. Thank you very much. Best regards, Dmitry".
Dmitry, they didn’t ignore it, the report was removed. But there is one caveat. Let's take a look at the rules traffic.
What does the law say?
1. Front fog lights
Let's start with the traffic rules. Let's start with the fog lights, which are located in front.
165. Fog lights on a vehicle may be used by the driver:
165.1. at night and (or) with insufficient visibility of the road, together with the dipped or main beam headlights;
165.2. instead of dipped headlights under the conditions provided for in paragraphs 166 and 167 of these Rules.
Everything is clear here: the front fog lights can be used at night and (or) when the visibility of the road is insufficient, together with the low or high beam headlights. They may be used in place of dipped-beam headlamps subject to the provisions of paragraphs 166 and 167.
166. In daylight hours days to indicate a moving vehicle, dipped headlights or daytime running lights must be switched on. running lights(if any):
166.1. on a motorcycle and a moped;
166.2. when moving to transport column;
166.3. on a route vehicle moving along a specially allocated lane towards traffic;
166.4. at organized transport groups of children;
166.5. during transportation dangerous goods, movement of heavy and (or) large vehicles;
166.6. when towing (on a towing vehicle);
166.7. while learning to drive a motor vehicle on the roads;
166.8. on mechanical vehicles when organizing their temporary movement along oncoming lane movement;
166.9. during the period of carrying out by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republican special complex measures to ensure road safety, providing for the movement of vehicles during daylight hours with the dipped headlights or daytime running lights (if any).
167. If the visibility of a vehicle on the road worsens, to indicate it while driving during daylight hours, dipped headlights or daytime running lights (if any) may be switched on.
As you can see, traffic rules this case often use the word "may". At the same time, the Rules also do not contain a direct ban on the use of fog lights during the day in clear weather. Using the principle "everything that is not prohibited by law is allowed", we come to the conclusion: it is possible to use fog lights in clear weather.
This approach is not always logical or justified by practice. For example, at night, fog lights with xenon installed freelance or simply unadjusted still blind oncoming drivers. Therefore, the issue of a ban on the use of fog lamps without conditions of insufficient visibility should be put on the agenda. In many European countries, front fog lamps can only be used in low visibility conditions. We have it anytime.
2. Rear fog lights
169. Rear fog lamps on vehicles may only be used when the visibility of the road is insufficient.
But with the rear fog lights, everything is clear: they can be used ONLY in conditions of insufficient visibility of the road.
2.30. insufficient visibility of the road - the visibility of the road in the direction of travel is less than 300 meters, due to weather (meteorological) conditions (rain, snow and other precipitation) and other factors that reduce the transparency of the atmosphere (dust, smoke, fog, smog).
3. How to do it and what will be the violation
So the front "tumanki" can be used at any time, but the rear only when the visibility of the road in the direction of travel is less than 300 meters.
Article 18.14 of the Code of Administrative Offenses. Failure to comply with the requirements of traffic control signals, violation of the rules for the carriage of passengers or other Rules of the road
3. Violation by the person driving the vehicle of the rules for driving on a motorway, using external lighting devices, towing the vehicle, as well as violating the rules for using an alarm and a sign emergency stop.
The fine for this violation is up to 2 b.v., or 360,000 rubles. And I would very much like to see more fines for paragraph 169, because my eyes already hurt to drive on our roads.
And how are they?
Take the foggiest country in Europe, Great Britain. Their traffic rules are called Highway Code and contain special item, in which it is written in black and white about the inclusion of fog lights and lights.
236. You MUST NOT use front or rear fog lights unless visibility is seriously reduced (see Rule 226) as they dazzle other road users and can obscure your brake lights. You MUST switch them off when visibility improves.
236. You MUST NOT include front and rear fog lights unless visibility is severely impaired (see rule 226), as they may dazzle other road users and obscure your brake lights. You MUST turn them off as soon as visibility improves.
The law clearly and clearly spelled out the prohibition of the use of both FRONT and REAR "foglights" in conditions of sufficient visibility. And MUST NOT is highlighted capital letters. The fine for improper use of lights is £1,000, or $1,500! A lot, right? Be careful with the inclusion of fog lights and lights on the roads of Foggy Albion.
Now let's see what in Britain is meant by insufficient visibility.
226. You MUST use headlights when visibility is seriously reduced, generally when you cannot see for more than 100 meters (328 feet). You may also use front or rear fog lights but you MUST switch them off when visibility improves
226. YOU MUST use headlights when visibility is severely restricted, typically when you cannot see more than 100 meters (328 feet). You can also use the front or rear fog lights, but MUST turn them off when visibility improves.
Insufficient visibility, according to the British, is not 300, but 100 meters. And really, why use fog lights with a little fog, as we like?
Belgium also has 100 meters. In Italy, for example, rear fog lamps are generally allowed to be used only if the visibility of the road is limited to 50 meters.
As you can see, the Highway Code on the issue of the use of fog lights and lanterns gives a more unambiguous and logical answer than our traffic rules. We hope that the legislator will pay attention to this.
"Check"
Next, we have a simple experiment according to the plan. The journalists stood on the bridge over the Moscow Ring Road, recorded 30 minutes on the clock and counted those who like to blind with rear "fogs" in clear weather. So, the situation: evening before dark.
Front "foglights" are used by all and sundry. However, we have not yet banned it. Just a statement of fact.
Enough on our roads and "one-eyed pirates" with one headlight.
Patriots observe traffic rules, fog lights do not blind anyone.
Although this is not related to the topic, but here is an example of a potential "engine". Keep your distance!
And here is the first fan to blind other road users.
Here is the second one.
Third on the left lane...
... and finally the fourth. In total, four cars passed with their rear fog lights on in half an hour. Not so much, given the high flux density.
We arrive at the same place after a while. It was already dark, the stream thinned out. How many included "tumanki" count for half an hour?
Ten! As many as ten drivers passed with their fog lights on, blinding other road users. At the same time, there was not a hint of rain, snow or fog that day ...
While the correspondent was driving home, he counted two more such drivers. And at some point they even rode side by side.
Is the work of the traffic police to prevent this type of violation planned? - we ask the head of the department of agitation and propaganda of the UGAI ATC of the Minsk Oblast Executive Committee Oleg Tyurin.
Drivers are recruited for misuse external lighting devices, but we are not conducting raids yet. In conditions of poor visibility, on the contrary, we strongly recommend the use of fog lights and lanterns.
Editorial Verdict
So, we urge drivers not to turn on their rear fog lights unnecessarily. If there is light fog on the road, this does not mean that you need to blind other road users. In clear weather, it is even more impossible to use fog lights. Be attentive to each other!
GAI, please pay attention to compliance with clause 169 of the SDA. Indeed, cars with rear fogs turned on in clear weather have recently become more common. And there is also a feeling that the traffic rules regarding the rules for using additional lighting devices should be brought to the European model. Or not worth it?
We turn on the main beam at night, with insufficient visibility and in tunnels. At the same time, the Rules allow the use of dipped beam in these cases.
We switch the far one to the near one in the following cases:
At an oncoming siding (150 meters before an oncoming car);
At an oncoming journey at a greater distance, if the driver of an oncoming car “blinked” your headlights;
In all cases where your distant one can blind oncoming drivers;
In built-up areas, if the road is lit.
You can use the high beam and when overtaking. Paragraph 19.11 of the SDA allows the driver to “blink” the distant ones to warn of overtaking.
dipped beam
controversial points
Let's look at typical cases when a traffic police inspector accuses a driver of violating the rules for using lighting devices.
The Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation provides for liability in the form of a warning or a fine of 500 rubles for such a violation (Article 12.20).
1. You see the traffic police crew in an ambush and warn other drivers by “blinking” the high beam. Such actions are not prohibited, since there is no direct prohibition on them in the traffic rules.
2. At night, at the entrance to the settlement on the illuminated road, you did not switch to the near one. For this, you will be reasonably held accountable, since the need to switch to the near one is established by clause 19.2 of the SDA. If the road is not lit, you can continue driving on the high beam.
3. During daylight hours, to indicate a vehicle on the road, you drive with front foglights and also drive through a tunnel. At the exit, an inspector stops you. The punishment will be just. After all, according to paragraph 19.4, fog lights can be used instead of the passing beam, while paragraph 19.1 speaks of the need to turn on the far or near when passing through the tunnel.
By the way, the situation is the same when driving with DRL. Entering the tunnel, you need to turn on the near or far. You can't drive through the tunnel with DRL.
4. If you do not switch from far to near at night when oncoming traffic, the punishment will be fair. Even if the passers-by do not ask you about it, clause 19.1 of the SDA speaks of the need to move to the nearest one at least 150 meters from the oncoming car.
5. During the day in the city you move with high beam headlights. In this case, there is no composition of the violation, since there is only one direct ban on the use of high beams in the settlement - it is dark and the road is illuminated.
6. Driving around the city at night with DRLs will result in a fine. In this case, the traffic rules clearly require you to turn on either the near one (if the road is lit), or the far one, if there is no lighting in the village.
7. If one headlight does not work on a car (it doesn’t matter if it’s low beam or high beam), you will be held liable under another article - part 1 of article 12.5 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (the punishment is the same - a warning or a fine of 500 rubles).
P.S. This, of course, is not all situations that occur on the road. If you have your own options, write in the comments, we will discuss.
A modern car is festooned with external lights like a Christmas tree with toys. And all this must be skillfully used. Those who think that it is up to the driver to turn on certain lights or not turn them on are mistaken. The nineteenth section of the Rules strictly regulates when and what needs to be included. To deal with all this, let's simulate a real trip.
So, we start moving during the day in clear weather.
Rules. Section 19. Clause 19.5. During daylight hours, on all moving vehicles, in order to identify them, they should includelow beam headlights or daytime running lights.
The rules divide the day into the following parts:
- Daylight hours.
- Evening twilight.
- Night time.
— Morning twilight.
Movement during daylight hours with a transparent atmosphere is the most comfortable and safe. However, even during daylight hours, for various reasons, drivers may not see each other, and an accident occurs, as they say, “in broad daylight”.
In order to ensure b O for greater safety The rules oblige all drivers to indicate their vehicle (not only at night, but also during the day!). At the same time, during the day, that is, during daylight hours, to designate their vehicle, drivers are required to turn on either dipped beam headlights or daytime running lights (if any).
Daytime running lights are a novelty that has recently become increasingly popular, because they have noticeable advantages:
- Better recognizable.
– Automatically turn on when the engine is started and turn off when the engine is turned off.
- Differ in economy, high reliability and durability.
– Extend service life conventional system lighting.
The rules singled out daytime running lights as a separate term and gave them the following definition:
Rules. Section 1. “Daytime running lights” are external lighting devices designed to improve the visibility of a moving vehicle frontduring daylight hours.
Please note - daytime running lights indicate the vehicle only in front!
And during daylight hours, this is absolutely correct.
During the day, the vehicle ahead is clearly visible to you (without any additional lighting). And at the same time, you can easily, without particularly straining, continuously monitor events from behind, thanks to the fact that the car driving behind has daytime running lights on.
Or due to the fact that the headlights of the dipped beam are on at the rear.
Or due to the fact that the rear fog lights are on.
Students. Excuse me, where are the fog lights? In paragraph 19.5 there are no fog lights! Paragraph 19.5 refers only to dipped-beam headlamps and daytime running lamps.
Teacher. Yes, you are absolutly right. Paragraph 19.5 does not really say anything about fog lights. But they are mentioned in paragraph 19.4.
instead of low beam headlights in accordance with clause 19.5 of the Rules.
Let's summarize:
During daylight hours, on all moving vehicles, for the purpose of their identification, the following must be included:
– or low beam headlights;
– or daytime running lights;
Or fog lights.
Have you forgotten yet? We move during the day in clear weather. But there's a tunnel ahead!
In tunnels on a moving vehicle low or high beam headlights must be on.
It doesn’t matter at all whether the tunnel is short or long, whether there is artificial lighting there or not.
In all cases, when moving in a tunnel, drivers must turn on exactlylights near or far light.
And rightly so - in any tunnel, lighting is always not enough. And then artificial lighting is not the sun and can go out at any moment. And then daytime running lights or fog lights will not help you much. Here you will need headlights (dipped beam or high beam).
There is such a problem in Tickets, and here you are often mistaken:
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In a tunnel with artificial lighting, the following must be included: 1. low beam headlights or parking lights. 2. Low beam headlights or daytime running lights. 3. Low or high beam headlights. Task comment Some of you are beginning to doubt - is it possible to turn on the main beam in the tunnel? I'll blind everyone!
Of course, if the traffic is dense (at least in the tunnel, at least not in the tunnel), drivers are required to switch to dipped beam.
But if there is no one to blind (at least in the tunnel, at least not in the tunnel), who will forbid you to turn on the high beam headlights. The rules meant exactly that. |
We left the tunnel, you can continue driving on the dipped headlights,
you can switch to fog lights, you can switch to daytime running lights.
But suddenly the sky was covered with black clouds, everything around darkened, and it began to rain.
Or, let's put it this way - there are no clouds, it's just evening, twilight, not yet night, but visibility has become insufficient .
Rules. Section 19. Clause 19.1. In conditions of insufficient visibility, regardless of the illumination of the road, a moving vehicle must turn on low or high beam headlights .
That is, the Rules do not make any difference between traffic in a tunnel and traffic in conditions of insufficient visibility. And, in general, it’s right - in both cases, the illumination is insufficient, and the requirement “dipped beam or high beam headlights must be turned on” is quite justified.
But, on the other hand, the conditions of insufficient visibility are not only a decrease in illumination, as, for example, at dusk. The conditions of insufficient visibility are also a temporary deterioration in the transparency of the atmosphere, as, for example, in fog - it is light, but nothing is visible! So, maybe it's time to turn on the fog lights and rear fog lights? Let's see what the Rules say about this:
Rules. Section 19. Clause 19.4. Fog lights can be used in conditions of insufficient visibility with low or high beam headlights .
Rules. Section 19. Clause 19.7. Rear fog lights can be applied only in low visibility conditions.
That is, in conditions of insufficient visibility, first of all, it is necessary to turn on the dipped or main beam headlights! If desired, fog lights can be added to them, and if necessary, you can also turn on the rear fog lights.
Here we have to make a small digression. Experience in a driving school tells me that not all students have a clear idea of which lights are located in front, which ones are in the back, how they work and, in general, how a headlight differs from a lantern.
The main purpose of headlights is to illuminate the road. And they are, of course, located in front and they white color. True, fog lights can also shine with yellow light (it is believed that yellow light clears fog better.
The main purpose of the lights is to designate the vehicle itself. And they are located at the back and are all red. The only exception is headlights. reversing and license plate lighting - they are white.
In addition, the car (motorcycle) also has side lights. The front side lights are white, the rear side lights are red.
It is extremely important for the driver to know exactly how the work of headlights and lanterns is coordinated. In particular, it must be understood that it is possible to turn on the parking lights without turning on the headlights. But it is impossible to turn on the headlights without turning on the parking lights!
That is, when we say that the driver turned on the parking lights, this means that two white lights are on in front, and two red lights are on in the back (but the headlights are not on).
If we say that the driver turned on the headlights (no matter which ones), this means that the headlights are on in front, and two red marker lights are on the back.
But back to "our sheep". So, in conditions of insufficient visibility, the driver must turn on the dipped or main beam headlights (and since the headlights are on, it means that red side lights will definitely be on the back).
But in heavy fog (snowfall, rain), the main beam of the headlights does not reach the roadbed!
This is where it's time to go to the middle and connect foglights. A flat and wide beam of fog lamps beats under a veil of fog, highlighting not only carriageway, but also the curb.
See how well the logo of the “autoschoolhouse” has become visible.
Just do not try to move on some foglights. Fog lights illuminate the road 5-10 meters from the car. Driving in conditions of insufficient visibility on foglights alone is dangerous and therefore prohibited by the Rules.
But there is another problem.
In conditions of insufficient visibility, the rear position lights already at a distance of 10 meters turn into inconspicuous dots, or even become invisible.
In this case, the rear fog lights will help out the driver. They burn incomparably brighter than side lights.
That is why the Rules allow the use of rear fog lightsonly in low visibility conditions!
If you turn them on in a transparent atmosphere, you will blind the drivers behind you.
There is one problem in the Tickets about the rear fog lights. It is frankly provocative, and you often make a mistake here:
Twilight faded into night. The dark time has come.
But the fog cleared. The atmosphere is absolutely transparent.
Rules. Section 19. Clause 19.1. IN dark time days on a moving vehicle, the dipped or main beam headlights must be turned on.
I emphasize! – if the Rules say: "In the dark time of the day" and they don’t add anything, which means that it’s a dark impenetrable night in the yard, but that’s all. No fog, rain, snowfall, etc.
Since we already moved with the onset of twilight with the dipped beam headlights on, then with the onset of the dark time of the day we don’t need to do anything. True, two points remained unclear. First, are fog lights allowed at night? And, secondly, in what cases can high beam headlights be used?
Rules. Section 19. Clause 19.4. Fog lights can be used at night on unlit sections of roads together with low beam or high beam.
As you can see, driving at night on foglights alone is strictly prohibited by the Rules (as well as in conditions of insufficient visibility). But you can add fog lights to the dipped or high beam headlights if the road is not lit.
Now about when you can use high beam and when not.
We already know that both low and high beams can be used, firstly, when driving in a tunnel, secondly, when driving during the day in conditions of insufficient visibility, and, thirdly, when driving at night, no matter what kind of visibility (sufficient or insufficient). It remains only to understand when you can use the low beam, and when the high beam.
Rules. Section 19. Clause 19.2. High beam headlights must be switched to low beam:
- in settlements, if the road is lit;
- at an oncoming pass at a distance of at least 150 meters from the vehicle, as well as at a greater distance, if the driver of the oncoming vehicle periodic switching headlights will show the need for this;
- in any other cases, to exclude the possibility of blinding drivers of both oncoming and passing vehicles.
Let's deal with each of these requirements separately.
1. High beam headlights must be switched to low- in settlements, if the road is lit.
Let us leave this requirement of the Rules without comment. Everything seems to be clear here anyway - we drive along city streets at night with low beams (unless, of course, they are lit).
But if we climb into a place where we can’t see a single light, then even in the city it is allowed to turn on the distant one.
2. at an oncoming siding at a distance of not less than 150 meters to the vehicle as well as with more if the driver of an oncoming vehicle indicates the need for this by periodically switching the headlights.
The main beam (if it is correctly adjusted) reaches the roadbed at a distance of 90 - 100 meters from the car. Rules have generously set a minimum distance between converging vehicles - 150 meters. By this time, the drivers of both vehicles are required to switch the high beam headlights to low beam, so as not to blind each other.
But it may happen that the headlights of one of the cars are not adjusted, and the main beam hits, as they say, “into the sky”. In this case, oncoming drivers from afar will ask (flashing their headlights) to switch to low beam. And the rules oblige the driver to do this , even if the distance between approaching vehicles is more than 150 meters.
3. High beam headlights must be switched to low beam -in any other cases to exclude the possibility of dazzling drivers, as oncoming as well as passing vehicles .
High beams can create problems not only for those who are driving towards, but also for those who are moving ahead in passing direction. No minimum distance has been established by the Rules for this situation, but a competent driver will always dip his headlights when approaching the vehicle in front.
And by the way! How should a driver behave when dazzled by headlights?
We have already discussed this situation in the seventh topic. Let's repeat it again. Night time.
road outside locality without artificial lighting. A car is driving towards you with the headlights on. Just imagine - you do not see the roadbed, you do not see the markings, you do not see the roadside. It's deadly!
The most correct now is to portray a forced stop. That is, you do not need to put up an emergency stop sign, just turn on the emergency light alarm and stop smoothly without changing lanes. I assure you, this is the most correct and safe solution. Moreover, the Rules require the same:
Rules. Section 19. Clause 19.2. Last paragraph. When blinded, the driver must turn on alarm and without changing lane, slow down and stop.
And finally, the most difficult conditions movement!
Not only is it night outside, there is also insufficient visibility!
In this case, the Rules did not come up with anything new, because all the possibilities of a modern vehicle have already been exhausted.
That's whyin low visibility conditions the procedure for using external lighting devices is the same at any time of the day. You can turn on the high beam, you can turn on the low beam, you can add fog lights, you can turn on the rear fog lights.
Another thing is that experienced drivers when driving in heavy fog, rain or snow, never use high beams. They know full well that in such conditions, the high beam is ineffective - it simply does not reach the road surface, and the driver sees nothing but fog, snow or rain.
In such conditions, the most correct thing is dipped beam plus fog lights. And, of course, the speed must be such that stopping way was less than the visibility distance.
A special case - towing!
When towing, two vehicles move as one at a close distance from each other. In this case, they should designate themselves as one whole.
Towing - in front, and he has includedlights, towed - at the back, and it has includedparking lights .
Rules. Section 19. Clause 19.1. At night and in conditions of insufficient visibility, regardless of road lighting, as well as in tunnels, a moving vehicle must turn on the following lighting devices:
- on all motor vehicles and mopeds - driving or dipped beam headlights, on bicycles - headlights or lanterns, on horse-drawn carts– lights (if any);
- on trailersand towed motor vehicles - parking lights.
The rules forbade the towed person to turn on the headlights even at night and even in conditions of insufficient visibility (only side lights!). And this has its own logic. After all, the towed one will also have an emergency flasher turned on:
Rules. Section 7. Clause 7.1. emergency light signaling must be turned on when towing (on a towed motor vehicle).
To designate your vehicle, this is quite enough, but it does not need to illuminate anything - a towing vehicle is driving ahead at a maximum of 6 meters.
There is one such problem in Tickets, and here you are often mistaken:
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What external lighting devices should be turned on at night and in conditions of insufficient visibility, regardless of road lighting, as well as in tunnels on towed vehicles? 1. Daytime Running Lights. 2. Parking lights. 3. Rear fog lights. |
