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Headlight lower beam. (low beam, passing beam, dipped beam) Lights up the road just in front of your vehicle. Use: in urban areas with lit streets. when following or approaching oncoming vehicles. Headlight upper beam. (high beam, driving beam, main beam) Lights up a longer distance, allowing you to see far down a dark road. Use: in rural areas.
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Makes your vehicle more visible to drivers behind you in...
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Makes your vehicle more visible to drivers behind you in fog, as they are brighter than tail lights. Use only if driving in fog, rain or snow as it can be confused with stop lights and distract other drivers. Marking lights. Activates front position lights, rear position lights (tail lights), side marker lights and licence plate lights.
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(5) Auxiliary driving lamps on a motor vehicle must be used only at the same time the headlamp high beams are used. (6) Fog lamps on a motor vehicle must be used only at the same time the low beams on the headlamps are used. (7) Despite subsection (6), fog lamps may be used without headlamps if the weather and road conditions make the use
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- Overdriving Your Headlights
- Glare
- Fog
- Rain
- Flooded Roads
- Skids
- Snow
- Whiteouts
- Ice
- Snow Plows
You are overdriving your headlights when you go so fast that your stopping distance is farther than you can see with your headlights. This is a dangerous thing to do, because you may not give yourself enough room to make a safe stop. Reflective road signs can mislead you as well, making you believe you can see farther than you really can. This may ...
Glare is dazzling light that makes it hard for you to see and be aware what others around you are doing. It can be a problem on both sunny and overcast days, depending on the angle of the sun’s rays and your surroundings. Glare can also be a problem at night when you face bright headlights or see them reflected in your rear view mirror. When meetin...
Fog is a thin layer of cloud resting on the ground. Fog can reduce visibility for drivers, resulting in difficult driving conditions. The best thing to do is to avoid driving in fog. Check weather forecasts and if there is a fog warning, delay your trip until it clears. If that is not possible or you get caught driving in fog, there are a number of...
Rain makes road surfaces slippery, especially as the first drops fall. With more rain, tires make less contact with the road. If there is too much water or if you are going too fast, your tires may ride on top of the water, like water skis. This is called hydroplaning. When this happens, control becomes very difficult. Make sure you have good tires...
Avoid driving on flooded roads, water may prevent your brakes from working. If you must drive through a flooded stretch of road, test your brakes afterward to dry them out. Test your brakes when it is safe to do so by stopping quickly and firmly at 50 km/h. Make sure the vehicle stops in a straight line, without pulling to one side. The brake pedal...
A skid may happen when one or more tires lose their grip with the road’s surface. Skids most often happen on a slippery surface, such as a road that is wet, icy or covered with snow, gravel or some other loose material. Most skids result from driving too fast for road conditions. Hard braking and overly aggressive turning or accelerating can cause ...
Snow may be hard-packed and slippery as ice; rutted, full of hard tracks and gullies; or smooth and soft. Look ahead and anticipate what you must do based on the conditions. Slow down on rutted, snowy roads. Avoid sudden steering, braking or accelerating that could cause a skid. Do not use cruise control during times of snow and other inclement wea...
Blowing snow may create whiteouts where snow completely blocks your view of the road. When blowing snow is forecast, drive only if necessary and with extreme caution.
As temperatures drop below freezing, wet roads become icy. Sections of road in shaded areas or on bridges and overpasses freeze first. It is important to look ahead, slow down and anticipate ice. If the road ahead looks like black and shiny asphalt, be suspicious. It may be covered by a thin layer of ice known as black ice. Generally, asphalt in th...
Snow-removal vehicles on public roadways are equipped with flashing blue lights that can be seen from 150 metres. Flashing blue lights warn you of wide and slow-moving vehicles: some snow plows have a wing that extends as far as three metres to the right of the vehicle. On freeways, several snow plows may be staggered across the road, clearing all ...
Mar 21, 2018 · (20) For the purposes of paragraph (19)(a), the ambient light outside a vehicle shall be measured on a horizontal surface, with a cosine corrected sensor at the same height as the mounting position of the ambient light sensor on the vehicle. Fog Lamps and Forward Auxiliary Road Illumination Lamps — Aiming Adjustment Mechanism
Aug 8, 2022 · Three green or amber lights at the front of the vehicle (public vehicles must use amber lights) Three red lights at the rear of the vehicle. These lights must be placed in a horizontal line near the top of the vehicle in such a way as to be: Not less than 150 mm apart. Not more than 310 mm apart. The identification lights must be visible within ...
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Feb 27, 2016 · Many manufacturers are in support of the general requirements related to improving visibility when fog lamps are used, eliminating the optional use of front fog lamps as daytime running lights, and improving the visibility of vehicles during low ambient light conditions by the automatic activation of night-time lights or other optional means.
