Topic: Vehicle lights and horn · Nº 682 / 839
Ud. circula, fuera de poblado, con las luces de largo alcance o carretera encendidas. Si transitan peatones a los que puede deslumbrar, ¿qué debe hacer?
You are driving outside a built-up area with your main beam on. If there are pedestrians walking whom you might dazzle, what must you do?
- AMantener las luces de carretera y reducir la velocidad.Keep the main beam on and slow down.
- BNada, la prohibición de deslumbrar se refiere a los conductores de otros vehículos, no a los peatones.Nothing; the ban on dazzling refers to the drivers of other vehicles, not to pedestrians.
- CCambiar a las luces de corto alcance o cruce.Switch to dipped headlights.
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Correct answer
- CCambiar a las luces de corto alcance o cruce.Switch to dipped headlights.
Explanation
Under Article 101 of the General Traffic Regulations, outside built-up areas you must use dipped headlights whenever you might dazzle other road users, and pedestrians are road users too. So you must switch to dipped headlights.
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