Since 2016, Brazilian drivers are familiar with driving their cars using their headlights at all times, even during the day. However, the Brazilian Traffic Code (CTB) underwent numerous changes last year, so in some situations the use of the lighthouse is no longer necessary. Keep reading and learn more about updating the mandatory headlights on single lanes.
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Law 14.071/2020 was responsible for these changes in the CTB and one of them was about the use of headlights. Cars that have daytime driving lights (DRL) are not required to turn on low beams on highways since the law came into force in 2021.
Cars that are not equipped with a daytime running light must continue to be driven with the headlight on even during the day. This goes for simple highways that are outside urban limits. Otherwise, the driver may be penalized.
The lawyer and member of the Thematic Chamber of Legal Effort of Contran (National Traffic Council), Fabrício Vieira, clears up some doubts about this.
He explains that it is possible to identify the types of track through simple observations. On the dual carriageway there will always be a physical engineering element that separates the posts. With this, the cars on one side of the lane will not be able to be, at some point, in the lane on the side, such as overtaking, for example.
In single lanes, however, there is no physical element that makes the division between the two lanes. In these situations, while the yellow line indicates an opposite flow, the white line indicates that the traffic follows only one direction.
When the line has continuity, it means that the driver is prohibited from overtaking.
If the driver without DRL does not turn on the headlights, even during the day while driving his vehicle on these single lanes, he may be penalized. In addition, the use of headlights remains mandatory on these tracks during the night.
Article 250 in the CTB provides for an average offense in National driving license (CNH) for those who fail to comply with the rule. The driver can pay a fine of R$130.26 and still lose three points on the license. Drivers who do not turn on their low beams on both lanes during the night and those who turn on their high beams will suffer the same penalty, as the use of high beams is also prohibited.
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