Lighting an automobile allows you to display information about the vehicle such as where it is on the road, the size, and the direction of travel and intended travel.
Brake lights illuminate when a driver applies their foot to the brake pedal in order to alert drivers behind them they are slowing down or coming to a stop.
The headlights are lamps that are located at the front of the car.
Almost all of the leading car lighting companies have joined together and founded Light Sight Safety. Light Sight Safety commits itself to bring new lighting advancements to the vehicle lighting market. Through this effort they hope to reduce the number of fatalities and to lower power consumption, and air pollution.
In 1991 the Xenon-Lights were introduced. The Xenon-Lights system provides 200% more light than the conventional halogen headlamps which aids in being able to illuminate the road ahead in a brighter and more effective manner.
Fog lights provide a wider beam pattern than normal headlights and are mounted lower in order to illuminate below the normal line of sight. This minimizes reflected light and enables you to better see in adverse conditions. Fog lights are located on or below the front car bumper.
Signal lights are the brake, park, and turn signals that are used in order to warn other drivers when your car is slowing down, stopping, or turning.
Dipped beams are low beam, passing beam, or meeting beams that emit light used to provide forward and sideways illumination with limits on light shinning in the eyes of other drivers. This type of lighting should be used when traveling towards other drivers.
Main beam is high beam, driving beam, or full beam and this type of headlight provides a bright light that should only be used when you are alone on the road. This type of lighting will produce a glare and blind other drivers.
Some countries allow or even require automobiles to be equipped with daytime running lamps.