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Rear and front fog light symbol6/23/2023 If you’re in any doubt as to whether it’s more appropriate to use sidelights or headlights, use the latter – it’s better to see and be seen than to take a chance on lights which might be too dim. They come on at the same time as the rear lights, so can be used in they shouldn’t be used at night because they are very dim and don’t cast a beam forward in front of the car, meaning you won’t be able to see where you’re going. Some newer cars use the daytime running lights as side lights, by dimming them when you turn the sidelights on. Not all headlamp switches will be laid out this way, but the symbols will mostly look the same.įitted to all cars as standard, these take the form of small bulbs, often within the main headlamp bowl or sometimes in a separate section of the headlamp unit. Here’s a rough guide to your headlamp switch. Some cars may have an automatic full-beam function, which detects when the road is clear and turns the full beams on and off for you. Some cars will also be fitted with front fog lamps which, if fitted, will usually have a switch next to or near that of the rear fog lights.Īll cars will also have full-beam headlights, which must only be used if there is no other traffic on the road ahead of you, and are activated using the indicator stalk. If your car is fitted with automatic headlamps, this is how to activate them – more on which later. Some headlight switches also feature an extra position, marked ‘Auto’ or featuring a headlamp symbol overlaid with the letter ‘A’. The vast majority of headlight switches in modern cars are mounted either on the dashboard, to the right-hand side of the steering wheel, or on the end of the indicator stalk.Įvery headlight switch will include positions for sidelights and headlights, and there’ll also be a button or switch to turn on your rear fog lights, which is usually located nearby. If you haven’t got a dipped-beam telltale – and, as we’ve just explained, you probably haven’t – then the only sure-fire way to check which headlights you have turned on is to check the switch itself. Now that full-time dashboard lights are becoming commonplace, more manufacturers should be including dipped-beam telltales – but sadly, few do so, which is leaving many drivers baffled. But not all do, which means the only way to reliably tell whether your lights are turned on or not is to check the position of the switch. Some cars feature a sidelight warning light, to show you when your sidelights are turned on, while others feature warning lights for both sidelights and headlights. In fact, the only way to tell in the above images is the slightly brighter beam from the headlights Like many modern cars, this one features dashboard lights that come on when you turn on the ignition.Īs a result, the dashboard lights are no longer a sure-fire way of working out out whether the headlights are turned on. Note that in both images, the dashboard lights are lit. In the lower image, the car's dipped-beam headlights are turned on. In the top one, the headlights are turned off, meaning the car’s DRLs are active.
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