Key Insights

A vehicle immobilised on the hard shoulder at night must keep its sidelights (position lights) on.

Motorcycles may optionally fit both front and rear fog lights, but neither is mandatory.

Dipped headlights must always be on when driving in a reversible lane, day or night.

Switch from high beam to low beam whenever you might dazzle anyone, including pedestrians.

When driving with only low beams, adjust speed so you can stop within the illuminated area.

Front fog lights are permitted on narrow, bendy roads marked with the dangerous bends sign.

Whenever visibility is significantly reduced, using the appropriate lighting system is mandatory.

Switch high beams to low beams as soon as you might dazzle any road user.

Below 40 km/h, low-beam headlights are allowed on insufficiently lit roads, with high beams optional when not dazzling.

Motorcycles must keep dipped headlights on at all times on any road.

On insufficiently lit through-roads, use sidelights together with dipped headlights.

Front fog lights are not mandatory; sidelights and dipped headlights suffice if the vehicle has no fog lights.

Priority vehicles on emergency calls must use both flashing lights and audible signals simultaneously.

High-beam headlights are completely prohibited within built-up areas.

Use the parking light when parking on insufficiently lit through-roads at night or in low visibility.

In light snowfall, only the front fog lights are appropriate; rear fog lights require heavy snowfall.

The rear fog light is mandatory in dense fog, very heavy rain, heavy snowfall, or dense smoke or dust.

In sufficiently lit tunnels, use position lights together with dipped (low-beam) headlights.

Switching on the rear fog light in very heavy rain is correct and mandatory.

The lighting system serves both to see the road and to be seen by other drivers.

Replace high beams with low beams whenever there's any possibility of dazzling other road users.

In thick fog, combining low beams with fog lights is correct.

Sidelights indicate the vehicle's position on the carriageway and its width.

Fog lights are not permitted in light rain; they require conditions of significantly reduced visibility.

Vehicle lights must be checked frequently to ensure proper adjustment, operation, and condition.

High beams are prohibited whenever they could dazzle other road users.

High beams must be used at over 40 km/h on insufficiently lit interurban roads when not dazzling others.

Only the rear fog light is mandatory in dense fog; the front one remains optional.

By day, dipped headlights are mandatory in lanes adjacent to contraflow lanes.

In built-up areas, brief alternating flashes of high beam are allowed to prevent accidents.

On sufficiently lit through-roads at night, use sidelights together with dipped headlights.

Clearance lights are mandatory for vehicles wider than 2.10 metres.

The right indicator signals any lateral movement to the right, including lane changes and stops.

On insufficiently lit interurban roads, switch to dipped headlights whenever you might dazzle others.

In heavy fog, use fog lights together with the dipped headlights.

Position lights alone are never enough; they must always be combined with another driving light.

Fog lights may not be used on through-roads under normal visibility conditions.

All motorcycles, with or without sidecar, may optionally be fitted with a front fog light.

After sunset, even still in daylight, switch on the dipped (low-beam) headlights.

Without front fog lights, use dipped headlights whenever fog or weather significantly reduces visibility.

A road is insufficiently lit if a plate isn't readable at 10 m or a dark vehicle visible at 50 m.

Special vehicles required to use the V-2 amber light must use it both day and night on public roads.

Motorcycles must keep dipped (low-beam) headlights on during the day on any road.

Position lights must always be on whenever any other driving light is in use.

Motorcycles may optionally be equipped with a hazard warning (emergency) signal.

Front fog lights may only be used in fog, heavy rain, snow, or similar low-visibility conditions.

Red lights at the rear of the vehicle ahead indicate that it is braking.

High beams are mandatory above 40 km/h on insufficiently lit interurban roads when not dazzling others.

Overtaking at pedestrian crossings is forbidden unless done slowly enough to stop for any pedestrian.

Overtaking is allowed at roundabouts, an exception to the intersection prohibition.