Topic: Vehicle lights and horn · Nº 216 / 839
¿En qué circunstancias podremos circular con el alumbrado de largo alcance?
In which circumstances can we drive with main beam?
- ADentro de poblado en vías insuficientemente iluminadas.Inside built-up areas, on poorly lit roads.
- BFuera de poblado en vías insuficientemente iluminadas.Outside built-up areas, on poorly lit roads.
- CEn travesías insuficientemente iluminadas.On poorly lit travesías (stretches of road through a town).
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- BFuera de poblado en vías insuficientemente iluminadas.Outside built-up areas, on poorly lit roads.
Vehicles fitted with main beam must use it when driving at more than 40 km/h: - between sunset and sunrise, on poorly lit roads outside built-up areas; - at any time of day, in poorly lit tunnels, underpasses and stretches of road covered by the 'Tunnel' sign. However, dipped headlights must be used by: - vehicles that do not have main beam; - vehicles driving with main beam that could dazzle other road users. When driving at no more than 40 km/h, you can use dipped headlights or main beam. It is prohibited to use main beam when the vehicle is stopped, parked or in a built-up area. Both the answer about roads inside built-up areas and the one about travesías refer to urban roads, where main beam is prohibited.
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