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Topic: Vehicle lights and horn · Nº 217 / 839

¿Está permitido utilizar el alumbrado de largo alcance, en vía interurbana insuficientemente iluminada, al cruzarse con un peatón?

Is it allowed to use the main beam on an insufficiently lit interurban road when passing a pedestrian coming the other way?

  • ASí.Yes.
  • BSí, si el peatón circula por el arcén.Yes, if the pedestrian is walking on the hard shoulder.
  • CNo, se debe sustituir por el alumbrado de corto alcance, para no deslumbrarle.No, you must switch to the dipped headlights so as not to dazzle them.
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Correct answer

  • CNo, se debe sustituir por el alumbrado de corto alcance, para no deslumbrarle.No, you must switch to the dipped headlights so as not to dazzle them.
Explanation

The main beam must be replaced by the dipped headlights as soon as it could dazzle other road users, and pedestrians are road users too, whether they are on the carriageway or on the hard shoulder (Article 102.1 of the General Traffic Regulations).

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