About Lighting when stopped: which statement is correct?
- If your sidelights are enough to stand still, they're also enough to drive away with, as long as you take it easy.
- As soon as you unhitch your trailer or caravan and leave it standing separately, the lighting duty when stopped no longer applies — it only applies to the coupled combination.
- If you are stationary on the carriageway outside the built-up area at night, side lights are only advisable, not mandatory.
- ✓ Inside a built-up area, sidelights when stopped somewhere dangerous or a nuisance are 'advisable, but not required.'.
Correct answer: Inside a built-up area, sidelights when stopped somewhere dangerous or a nuisance are 'advisable, but not required.'.
Explanation
Inside a built-up area, sidelights when stopped somewhere dangerous or a nuisance are 'advisable, but not required.' The hard requirement only applies outside the built-up area and on a lay-by/hard shoulder along an expressway or motorway
Why learners get this wrong
- The text explicitly warns: with only your sidelights (and rear light) on, you may not drive. Sidelights are exclusively for standing still; for driving you need dipped beam (or full beam)
- The requirement explicitly applies 'also to any trailer or caravan,' and 'it does not matter whether it is attached to your car or unhitched.' Being unhitched changes nothing about that
- Outside the built-up area, sidelights when stopped are a hard duty, not just advice
Topic: Lighting when stopped
Read the rule: Core: Lighting when stopped