Originally Posted by
Randombiker9
Quick question what's the required time by law to have lights because it's the law to have them and dawn/dusk and night but doesn't say what time. But I start college at 9 and finish college 4.30pm latest. So will get home 5.30pm latest. (depends which way I go) or is it just best to leave on at all times or does this dazzle other road users?
Those are the times that you are required to have them. Those times will change every day, and with your location. If you want to know exact times, a site like this will tell you:
https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/, or even just typing "What time is dusk" into Google.
In general, though, I go by if I would turn on the lights on my car, I need lights on my bike. Use common sense, a police officer isn't splitting hairs over it being 8:37 and you not having lights when dawn is 8:39.
EDIT: [MENTION=464609]rachel120[/MENTION] below brings up a good point. If you aren't familiar with driving and don't know when you would turn on lights, use other car's taillights as a guide (taillights don't generally run all the time, like many forward pointing running lights do). If the majority of them around you are on, you should have lights on.