Legal Regulation

Panning of headlights for the adaptive headlights is permitted within certain limits. An important point is that oncoming traffic is not to be dazzled by the headlights.

When the driver turns the steering wheel the vehicle moves on a circular track. The circular track is defined by movement of the wheels and the angle setting of the front wheels.

In order to avoid dazzling oncoming traffic, the break point of the headlight cut-off line must not lie on the left of the circular track within the distance of 100 times the headlight installation height.

The statement for the cut-off line refers to driving on the right. For driving on the left the statement for the cut-off line is mirror-symmetrical.

Fig 1: Identifying Break Point Cut-Off Line For F01/F02

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