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### Lights

- during **daylight** hours the purpose of your vehicle's lights is to **be seen** more than actually seeing yourself!
- passenger cars - registered after February 7th 2011 - must be fitted with daytime running lights (drl's)
- These drl's may only be used during daytime and not in combination with other front lights.
- you must use dipped beam headlights during dull daytime weather, poor visibility, at night and in tunnels.

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### Required and optional lighting

Required lighting that has to be present and functioning at the front:

- 2 daytime running lights (new cars only).

- 2 white or yellow coloured front side lights.

- 2 white or yellow coloured dipped beam headlights.

- 2 white or yellow coloured main beam headlights (also referred to as full beam headlights).

- 2 white or orange coloured front indicator lights.
Hazard warning lights (these will operate at the front and rear)

Required lighting that has to be present and functioning at the rear:

- 2 red rear lights.

- 2 red or orange coloured rear brake lights.

- 1 centrally mounted red rear brake light.
Brake lights may only be lit when operating the foot brake pedal.

- 2 red or orange coloured rear indicator lights.

- 1 red coloured rear fog lamp.

- 1 white coloured reversing light; 
May only be lit when the reverse gear is engaged.

- White rear registration plate lighting that does not beam 
rearwards.

- 2 red rear fitted retroreflectors.

**all lamps, including lenses and reflectors, must be in working order, even in daylight hours.**

### The use of lights

#### Sidelights

used as a collective word for the:

- Front sidelights, generally 2 lamps.
- Rear lights, two or more lamps (also referred to as tail lights).
- Rear registration plate lighting, one or two lamps.

#### Sidelights when driving

When using your **_main beam headlights, dipped beam headlights, front sidelights or fog lights_**

- ensure that your rear lights and rear registration plate are lit.

#### Sidelights when stopped or parked

- On the carriageway of a road outside the built-up area.
- On parking bays or lanes, hard shoulders and emergency areas when alongside motorroads (autowegen) and motorways (autosnelwegen).

### Headlights

#### Dipped beam headlights

- During dull daytime weather seriously reducing visibility, poor visibility in general, at night and in tunnels you must use your dipped beam headlights

#### Main beam headlights

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## **Page 1/7**

### Lights

- during **daylight** hours the purpose of your vehicle's lights is to **be seen** more than actually seeing yourself!
- passenger cars - registered after February 7th 2011 - must be fitted with daytime running lights (drl's)
- These drl's may only be used during daytime and not in combination with other front lights.
- you must use dipped beam headlights during dull daytime weather, poor visibility, at night and in tunnels.

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### Required and optional lighting

Required lighting that has to be present and functioning at the front:

- 2 daytime running lights (new cars only).

- 2 white or yellow coloured front side lights.

- 2 white or yellow coloured dipped beam headlights.

- 2 white or yellow coloured main beam headlights (also referred to as full beam headlights).

- 2 white or orange coloured front indicator lights.
Hazard warning lights (these will operate at the front and rear)

Required lighting that has to be present and functioning at the rear:

- 2 red rear lights.

- 2 red or orange coloured rear brake lights.

- 1 centrally mounted red rear brake light.
Brake lights may only be lit when operating the foot brake pedal.

- 2 red or orange coloured rear indicator lights.

- 1 red coloured rear fog lamp.

- 1 white coloured reversing light; 
May only be lit when the reverse gear is engaged.

- White rear registration plate lighting that does not beam 
rearwards.

- 2 red rear fitted retroreflectors.

**all lamps, including lenses and reflectors, must be in working order, even in daylight hours.**

### The use of lights

#### Sidelights

used as a collective word for the:

- Front sidelights, generally 2 lamps.
- Rear lights, two or more lamps (also referred to as tail lights).
- Rear registration plate lighting, one or two lamps.

#### Sidelights when driving

When using your **_main beam headlights, dipped beam headlights, front sidelights or fog lights_**

- ensure that your rear lights and rear registration plate are lit.

#### Sidelights when stopped or parked

- On the carriageway of a road outside the built-up area.
- On parking bays or lanes, hard shoulders and emergency areas when alongside motorroads (autowegen) and motorways (autosnelwegen).

### Headlights

#### Dipped beam headlights

- During dull daytime weather seriously reducing visibility, poor visibility in general, at night and in tunnels you must use your dipped beam headlights

#### Main beam headlights

use full beam headlights instead of  dipped beam headlights except:

- During daytime.
- When meeting oncoming road users, including pedestrians.
- When following another vehicle at a short distance, including pedal cyclists and moped riders.

When driving at night and being dazzled by the main beam headlights

- set your interior mirror to the anti-dazzle mode.

blue warning light on the dashboard warns that you have your main beam headlights lit

### Important

- main beam headlights are only allowed at night

### Fog lights

#### Front fog lights (optional)

Front fog lights may be used when visibility is seriously reduced (generally to less than 200 meters) due to:

- rain
- fog
- snowfall

You are allowed to use your front fog lights, either with or without using your dipped beam headlights

When using front fog lights, you **must** also always use the dipped beam headlights and the main beam headlights only when permitted.

You **may** also switch your dipped beam headlights off and then just drive with the front fog lights **together** with the front sidelights, the rear lights and the rear registration plate lighting

### Rear Fog lights (one is required/a second is optional)


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