Western Australian Current Regulations

ROAD TRAFFIC (VEHICLES) REGULATIONS 2014 - REG 292

292 .         Changing headlights from high‑beam to low‑beam position for motor vehicles

        (1)         A motor vehicle built after 1934 that can travel at over 60 km/h must be fitted with —

            (a)         a dipping device enabling the driver in the normal driving position —

                  (i)         to change the headlights from the high‑beam position to the low‑beam position; or

                  (ii)         simultaneously to switch off a high‑beam headlight and switch on a low‑beam headlight;

                and

            (b)         for a vehicle built after June 1953 — a device to indicate to the driver that the headlights are in the high‑beam position.

        (2)         A headlight fitted to a motor vehicle not fitted with a dipping device mentioned in subregulation (1)(a) must operate in the low‑beam position.

        (3)         When a headlight fitted to a motor vehicle is switched to the low‑beam position, any other headlight on the vehicle must operate only in the low‑beam position or be off.