To dazzle or not to dazzle, that is the question

To dazzle or not to dazzle, that is the question

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gothatway

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Sunday 12th August 2018
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Imagine this junction on a nasty dark wet night ..
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.2971211,-2.82857...
I am staying on the A38, with no traffic in front of me on the A38 (in either direction). I really want to have main beam on to get adequate vision around the bend and down the steep hill. However, let's say there is traffic waiting to turn right from the A371 towards me. If I'm on main beam I'll be dazzling them - discourteous - but if I dip then I compromise my own vision - dangerous.
What to do ?

gothatway

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Monday 13th August 2018
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Ahbefive said:
You don't use full beam on oncoming traffic whether they are stationary or not or even just if they are pulling out of a side road.

Surely not a serious question?
So even if a car is waiting to emerge from a side road and you have no visibility ahead ? Maybe the better way of expressing the question would be if a car is approaching from the left fork, still some way away. Following your advice would mean both cars crawling as even their dipped beams would still be shining straight at each other.

Ahbefive said:
Quoted just in case..
In case of what ?