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Originally Posted by ninjala
This morning (about 5：45 am, still dark) I was riding in Downtown LA surface street. A motorcycle police officer in front of me asked me to turn off the high beam. He is the same officer who gave me the ticket for illegal changing lane on Exit Lane Only about two weeks ago.
I have been using high beam at night for 10 years. This is the first time I get warning for illegal using high beam.
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Was he sitting, moving in your same direction, or coming at you?
The only time it should be an issue is if he was coming directly at you. You should be able to turn the high beam on any time there isn't oncoming traffic.
I'll add that at night I don't use them when following a vehicle that's even reasonably close or on the Interstate with oncoming traffic.
In-town, at night, at city speeds, you shouldn't really need them at all.