What Lights Should Be Used When Overtaking a Vehicle at Night?
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When overtaking a vehicle at night, you should first turn on the left turn signal, then alternately use the high and low beams, and finally turn on the right turn signal to return to the original lane. The overtaking vehicle should ensure there is sufficient safe distance before passing the vehicle on the left. After maintaining a necessary safe distance from the overtaken vehicle, the right turn signal should be activated to move back to the original lane. Here are additional regulations on the use of vehicle lights in China: 1. When making a left turn, changing lanes to the left, preparing to overtake, leaving a parking spot, or making a U-turn, the left turn signal should be activated in advance. 2. When making a right turn, changing lanes to the right, returning to the original lane after overtaking, or parking by the roadside, the right turn signal should be activated in advance. 3. When driving at night in areas without streetlights, poor lighting conditions, or in low visibility situations such as fog, rain, snow, dust, or hail, the headlights, position lights, and rear lights should be turned on. However, high beams should not be used when driving close to the vehicle in front in the same direction. During foggy conditions, fog lights and hazard warning flashers should be activated.
