Thanks. What is the purpose of such a parking light (besides the odd and obvious)?
Quote from: Arthur Dent on August 13, 2019, 03:55:30 pmThanks. What is the purpose of such a parking light (besides the odd and obvious)?Ummm, to be visible on the street when you park or stop your car. After all, in most residental areas, cars are left on street parking and no one wants to come back to a car that's been smashed into. This varies place to place, but in Germany we don't use street lights very much (our autobahn is completely unlit) and many places switch them off after midnight , and it states in the code of the road, that the owner has to make his/her car visible if it obstructs the roadway. Similar when stopped at a level crossing, we are supposed to switch off the motor and main beams, so the parking lights assure that other cars know you're there.You can see the official text from the StVO (Strassenverkersordnung) here : https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stvo_2013/__17.html . You laugh, but this is a recurring possible question on the driving test.
Isn't this the first position on the light switch, between OFF and full headlights?
On my 911, you merely clicked the turn signal up/down for whatever side you wanted the parking lights on.