Driving lights in Poland

Cześć everybody,

I am Dutch and a living in Warsaw. Recently I was driving to Holland and on the A2 highway the police stopped me. I am driving a newBMW 5-serie and it is equipped with so called "Angel eyes". A that moment I was using them. The police gave a ticket of PLN 100 because it was not allowed. I had to use full lights! In Warsaw no police man ever gave me a ticket for sing the Angel eyes. And what about all the new models of Audi and Mercedes?

Can somebody tell me the exact rules i Poland regarding driving lights during daytime?

Thnk you in advance!

does it really matter?
just buy a hummer h2 and run the cops over next time...


meetpoland/traffic-regulations.html

Traffic Regulations in Poland

it seems the police answered your question.

headlights on at all times whilst the vehicle is in motion.

Not headlights, but dipped headlights.

(one of the most idiotic things about Polish law, that one)

agreed

Great how people driving a BMW (or Mercedes) seem to think traffic regulations are made for everybody else, but it does not apply to them? I think it has to be universal. In my native Belgium they behave the same :)

There seems to be some confusion over the speed limit of 50 kmh or 60 kmh in built up areas, can anyone clear this up? I believe it has domething to do with time scales.

5oo-23oo --> 50 kmh
23oo-5oo --> 60 kmh

It's quite a nice law - and an utter contrast to the lunatic lights law :(

I don,t know what the figures are for Poland , but i know that when they made headlights compulsary for motocycles in the USA the accident rate went right down....for the first year , then went back up to the previous rate once people got used to them and began not to notice them as much.....

It doesn't matter what car someone is driving, regulations are there for everybody. That is why I ask this question on this forum. Apperently the police themselves in Poland are not thinking in the same way, or al teast not acting in the same way! These kind of daylight driving lights are LED's and therefore better for the environment.

Great how people who are NOT driving a BMW, Audi or Mercedes, always have to start their comment like the way you just did. m I tasting a bit of jealousy?

i think maybe you're thinking about RAMming them with a Dodge? ;)


you know, i do that here on two lane highways all the time.. i think it should be a law here, imho.


there is his answer, most likely.


what are those?


i like it.. i also wish they'd do that here in the states... but nooooo.. in MT, no speed limit during daylight but something stupidly slow at night..

in WI they have seasonal speed limits.. faster 3/4 of the year and slower in the winter... i kind of like that too..


now many bikes have pulsating head lights.. the rear lights are still way too small though..


that has nothing to do with anything.. the laws are about SAFETY... can you believe it? ;) :D

said nutjob.. lol

Dear PolishNutJob,

Mr. or Mrs. Sobieski is a Belgian.

Why using any lights when you can


PROBLEM SOLVED

Also known as low beam headlights - they're the ones that you use for ordinary driving in the evening in the city.

Mr Sobieski is driving a VW Touran and feels quite comfortable with that one :)

Oooo come on, who are you kidding? Well, let's put it this way: maybe they aren't jealous (but I seem to remember a lot of threads about stealing women, etc ... :-S), but they grudge eachother the light in their eyes.

thanks.. called head lights or driving lights in the USA.. and the hi beams for the brights..

Mr. Sobieski, are you sure about this? I was driving at least 5 VW's in the past. From Golf to Passat, and I have to admit that the quality was very good. But compared to BMW...., tsja I cannot deny the difference in quality and driving pleasure! I am sorry! But please be happy with your Touran, it is a good car.

Im in favour of the lights law even if it does mean i have to change light bulbs more often, if it saves one life a year (which im sure it does) its worth it right?

And I've heard that it uses about 10% more fuel as well. The new LED-daylights don't. There are big differences per car (the more the car consumes, the less the extra fuel consumption), but I still think the law should go along with modern techniques. It's like the light laws for cyclists, isn't it? The police shouldn't be bothered with what kind of light, but only with the fact that the cyclist has light.

It's about safety, it's about being visible to other people ... so nagging people with using LED-lighting on modern cars, is simply stupid and doesn't reflect the meaning behind the law. These police officers are just frustrated little twurts who want to assert their power. They are too stupid to even talk about.

^^ maybe it's in the law.. maybe LED doesn't count as light.. maybe it's too white..

Some of my friends with custom Harleys have only a led lamp on the front of their bikes....not heard about any of them being hastled by the cops over it though...?

Mind you , many of them can be heard long before they are seen...!