The lighting system of a motor vehicle consists of lighting and signalling devices mounted or integrated to the front, sides and rear of the vehicle. The purpose of this system is to provide illumination for the driver to operate the vehicle safely after dark, to increase the visibility of the vehicle, and to display information about the vehicle's presence, position, size, direction of travel, and driver's intentions regarding direction and speed of travel. Forward illumination Forward illumination is provided by main- ("high") and dipped- ("low") beam headlamps, which may be augmented by auxiliary fog lamps, driving lamps, and/or cornering lamps. Headlamps Dipped beam (low beam, passing beam, meeting beam) Dipped-beam (low-beam, passing-beam, meeting-beam) headlamps provide a distribution of light designed to provide adequate forward and lateral illumination with limits on light directed towards the eyes of ot