It is ten o'clock in the morning on the A28 near Zwolle and there is dense fog. Your driving instructor says: 'In this fog you drive with dipped beam, not with full beam.' Is that true?

Explanation

False — you think more light gives more visibility in fog. In the daytime you use dipped beam in dense fog, and full beam is not allowed in the daytime. So the instructor is right. (VekaBest p.205 (Hoofdstuk 13 §13.1 Voertuigeisen — Verlichting); VekaBest p.191 (Hoofdstuk 11 §11.3, cross-chapter cite voor mistachterlicht))

Why learners get this wrong

• Wrong: you think more light gives more visibility in fog. In the daytime you use dipped beam in dense fog, and full beam is not allowed in the daytime. So the instructor is right.

Topic: Required lighting and the MOT (APK)

Read the rule: Core: Required lighting and the MOT (APK)

Sections

• Challenge: Required lighting and the MOT (APK)
• The model: Required lighting and the MOT (APK)
• Core: Required lighting and the MOT (APK)
• Why it matters: Required lighting and the MOT (APK)
• Active recall: Required lighting and the MOT (APK)
• Teach back: Required lighting and the MOT (APK)
• Memory hook: Required lighting and the MOT (APK)

Terms

• Dipped headlights in poor visibility (RVV art. 32)
• Verlichting apk bestuurder ook aansprakelijk
• Verlichting brandblusser ehbo niet verplicht
• Verlichting grootlicht verbod tegenkomer volger
• Verlichting mistachterlicht 50m niet bij regen
• Mandatory lights front and rear

Related questions

• A night drive over the Afsluitdijk in heavy
• Below how many metres of visibility
• Your car's APK (MOT) expired three weeks ago

Related topics

• Speed: two principles without their own number (see h04 for the maxima)
• Priority: the concept of a 'priority vehicle' (see h03 for the priority-to-the-right rule)
• Alcohol behind the wheel: the limit and the glass