Headlight offence at daytime

[AoD_Lexandro]

Running lights are not "day lights" and do not provide any usable lighting during the day. You have to use low-beams, not running lights.

[Some newbie driver]

I know, but why, for example, the new Scania has led day lights then? The same as some other truck.

Those that you call "day lighs" are NOT dipped headlights.*

As far as I know, their purpose is only to cover the necessity (by law requirements on some countries) of a light active on the vehicle at any moment when driving. Since some years ago, all the new vehicles use LEDs as day lights because they are brighter, cheaper, less prone to fail, have less electrical consume and allow the designers to integrate them in "cool ways" on the vehicle body.

But the "lights off" fines are related to the dipped headlights turned off when their use is mandatory: tunnels, at night or when visibility will be low (heavy raining, fog, dust storm...). It doesn't matter that you have the daylighs on, you will be fined anyway (IRL as so in the game)

Regards

* I'm witting it well? Are they called "dipped lights"? I found it on an automatic translation, I don't know the word in English. In Spanish they are called "luces de cruce". They are the lights from the game activated by hitting 2 times the "lights cycle" button when starting at off position.

[xXCARL1992Xx]

they are called main beam or low beam light

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and DRL (Daytime Running Light) is not to illuminate the road in front of you (because they can illuminate anything so low power they are), they are just purely for visibility of the car (what is ridiculous in itself because you see the car in daylight anyway, so why using more light )

[Axel Slingerland]

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[Hiro]

they are called main beam or low beam light

Main beams are "high", dipped beams are "low".

and DRL (Daytime Running Light) is not to illuminate the road in front of you (because they can illuminate anything so low power they are), they are just purely for visibility of the car (what is ridiculous in itself because you see the car in daylight anyway, so why using more light )

They aren't just for visibility, they are for conspicuity.

[leemurdock]

This should be changed, there is NO Federal Motor Carrier regulation that requires daytime headlamp usage. After all this is a Simulator!

[supersobes]

Yes, you're correct, there is no FMCSR that requires the use of headlights in the daytime. But that only applies to the United States and to ATS. In ETS2, there are some European countries that require all vehicles to use their headlights at all times of the day.

[Reignman]

I just started playing ETS2 and I was getting the headlight fines often in the morning, between 7-8, when it seemed like it was more than light enough outside. That was when I was doing "quick jobs" with company owned trucks where the lights are off by default. I would never remember to turn them on in the morning because like I said, it's light enough outside lol. I've since bought my own truck and just leave the lights on all the time, which is what I do in ATS too so I had never noticed the problem until now. Those $120-280 fines are painful when you're trying to save up for your first truck.

[MrAbner]

But when you are driving company trucks with Quick Jobs, does not your employer pay all fines?

[Madkine]

No, you do. The company pays for fuel and maintenance.