- You may not drive on a public road (even in the daytime) if any of your vehicle's lights aren't working or properly secured.
- Unless otherwise stated, all lights have to be able to be seen 150m away.
Headlights: dipped beams
- These must be on at the following times:
- between sunset and sunrise (including rear lights and number plate lights)
- or where visibility is not clear for 150m ahead (for example in rain, fog, dust, dim light).
- Use dipped beams in urban areas or dense traffic.
- Your dipped beams slant down, and they may not hit the road more than 45m ahead.
- They should allow you to see a car or person 45m ahead of you.
Headlights: main beams
- Be aware that your brights can temporarily blind other drivers.
- Use them outside urban areas and when there is no oncoming traffic.
- Switch them off when you are directly behind someone.
- They should allow you to see a car or person 100m ahead of you.
Parking lights
- If there is only one parking lamp on your car it should be on the right.
- Parking lights must be used when you're parked:
- outside a demarcated parking area in an urban area
- more than 12m from a streetlight in a public road.
- Parking lights cannot be used for driving.
Adjustable spotlights
These may only be used by the following people (when they're on duty):
- Medical personnel
- Police
- Traffic control personnel
- Fire personnel
- Doctors or vets
- Breakdown trucks/electricity supply vehicles
Brake lights (stop lamps)
- Your brake lights have to be brighter than your rear lamps.
- They must be able to be seen in normal sunlight from 30m away.
Indicators
- No vehicle may be used on a public road if it doesn't have working direction indicators visible from both front and back on both sides.
- They must be able to be seen in normal sunlight from 30m away.
Emergency warning lights
- Your emergency warning lights are actually your direction indicators, all flashing at the same time.
- You may only use them when:
- Your vehicle is stationary
- You are towing or being towed
- In emergency situation when your car is in motion, to warn other road users.
- They have to be working for the car to be roadworthy.
- Be aware that when they are on you can't signal direction, so use hand signals when turning, for example when you are being towed.
Rear reflectors
All cars on public roads must have two red reflectors on the back.
Lights on animal drawn vehicles
- All animal drawn vehicles must have white lights on both sides of the front and red lights at both sides of the back.
- If a person is leading an animal drawn vehicle, the person has to stand at the head of the first animal with a white light.