Topic: Vehicle lights and horn · Nº 826 / 839

Si estaciona en una travesía insuficientemente iluminada, ¿qué luces debe dejar encendidas?

If you park on an insufficiently lit travesía (stretch of road through a town), which lights must you leave on?

  • ALas de posición y las de corto alcance.The sidelights and dipped headlights.
  • BNinguna.None.
  • CLas de posición, pudiendo sustituirlas por las de estacionamiento si el vehículo está estacionado en línea.The sidelights, which may be replaced by the parking lights if the vehicle is parked parallel to the kerb.
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Correct answer

  • CLas de posición, pudiendo sustituirlas por las de estacionamiento si el vehículo está estacionado en línea.The sidelights, which may be replaced by the parking lights if the vehicle is parked parallel to the kerb.
Explanation

You must switch on the sidelights when stopping or parking on the carriageway or hard shoulder of an insufficiently lit travesía. The sidelights may be replaced by the parking lights, or by the two sidelights on the side facing the carriageway, when parked parallel to the kerb.

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