What are the differences between the various lights on a car?
The basic lights found on the outside of a car are: 1. The headlights: these are up front, and illuminate the road ahead. They generally have 2 settings when they are “on”. The first is “low beam” or “dipped”, meaning they are putting out a lower intensity of light. The second is “high beam”, where they are putting out more light, and also cast light further down the road. You control whether the lights are on “low/dipped” or on “high” from inside the car. Of course, when they are “off”, they do not put out any light (unless they also work as Daytime Running Lights). On some late-model cars, the headlights are also used for Daytime Running Lights (DRL), which is typically the high-beam setting, but at only 70-85% power. Some cars use other lights for the DRL. 2. Side lights/marker lights/park lights: these lights are at the side of the car and near the front and back corners. They are lit when either the “park lights” are activated, or when the headlights are on. Sometimes they are als
