High beam

Important

Remember that your ability to see the road properly in low lighting conditions is important not just for your own safety, but for other road users and pedestrians too.

The high beam is more powerful and has a longer reach of illumination than the passing beam. To use the high beam, you must first select the automatic or passing beam primary lighting mode.

You can choose between manual and automatic high beam. However, automatic high beam is only available in the automatic lights mode^[1] and only activates in low lighting conditions.

Automatic high beam

When enabled, the automatic high beam automatically adapts the beam pattern to surrounding traffic to avoid dazzling other road users.

Note

The automatic high beam only activates at speeds over approximately 20 km/h (12 mph) and in low light.

Adaptive motorway light

The adaptive motorway light is part of the automatic high beam system. If you are driving at high speeds on the motorway, the adaptive motorway light adapts the beam pattern on the passenger’s side of the road to surrounding traffic. The high beam on the driver's side automatically switches to passing beam if any traffic is detected.

Important

Make sure that the car cameras are well-maintained and kept clean. If the cameras’ views are obscured by dirt, they will not be able to obtain enough information to properly direct the car’s lighting responses.