Abstract: A lighting control apparatus for a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle having an electrical power supply, an ignition switch, lights, a lighting control switch for illuminating the lights, a wiper device, and a wiper control switch for actuating the wiper device, the lighting control apparatus automatically illuminating the lights whenever the wiper device is actuated, the lighting control apparatus including a photosensitive element electrically connected in series between the electrical power supply and the lights, the photosensitive element being illuminated by ambient light, the photosensitive element having a first substantially conductive state whenever the intensity of the ambient light is below a first threshold value, the photosensitive element additionally having a second substantially nonconductive state whenever the intensity of the ambient light exceeds a second threshold value, a shutter member movable between a first position substantially shielding the photosensitive element from the ambient ligh