Will I Get Penalty Points for Accidentally Using High Beams?

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Accidentally using high beams will result in penalty points. If you are caught by traffic cameras accidentally using high beams, you will be fined accordingly and receive 1 penalty point. Driving at night without following the relevant regulations and improperly using high beams constitutes a violation of proper lighting usage. According to the "Regulations for the Implementation of the Road Traffic Safety Law of the People's Republic of China," the relevant provisions are as follows: 1. First Point: When meeting another vehicle at night, you must switch to low beams at a distance of at least 150 meters from the oncoming vehicle. On narrow bridges or when meeting non-motorized vehicles, you must also use low beams; otherwise, you may be penalized with 1 point, fined, or even detained. 2. Second Point: At night, in areas without streetlights, poor visibility conditions, or during fog, heavy rain, snow, or sandstorms, when driving closely behind another vehicle in the same direction, you must not use high beams. When passing sharp curves, slopes, arched bridges, crosswalks, or intersections without traffic signals, you should alternately flash your high and low beams as a signal.