When riding a moped in rain that reduces visibility, is it necessary to have the lights on?

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The General Traffic Regulations (Article 106(1)) require the use of lighting when weather conditions significantly reduce visibility, such as fog, heavy rain or snowfall, and they do so at any hour of the day or night (Article 99(1): position lights, plus the low beam or high beam according to Article 106(2)). On a moped, water on the helmet visor or goggles makes vision even harder, so turning on the lights is key to seeing the road and for other users to see us. Limiting the obligation to night is a mistake, because rain that reduces visibility requires the lights by day too. And claiming that in rain it is never necessary to turn them on by day contradicts that rule: the requirement depends on visibility being significantly reduced.

When riding a moped in rain that reduces visibility, is it necessary to have the lights on?

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