A rotary-type switch (100; 700) for controlling vehicle lighting, comprising: a stationary housing portion (110; 710) that includes a plurality of positions (112, 114, 116, 118; 718, 714, 716, 712) that respectively correspond to a plurality of operation modes (AUTO, TAIL, HEAD, OFF) of the rotary-type switch (100; 700); characterised by: a latch-type rotary dial (120; 720) that includes a selection indicator (130; 730) and surrounds the stationary housing portion (110; 710), the latch-type rotary dial (120; 720) being configured to selectively rotate relative to the stationary housing portion (110; 710) to align the selection indicator (130; 730) with one of the plurality of positions (112, 114, 116, 118; 718, 714, 716) for an operation mode selection, said one of the plurality of positions being an AUTO position (118, 718) corresponding to an AUTO function which is one of the plurality of operation modes (AUTO, TAIL, HEAD, OFF), wherein a controller is configured to control a position of the latch-type rotary dial (120; 720) corresponding to one of the plurality of operation modes (AUTO, TAIL, HEAD, OFF) of the rotary-type switch (100; 700) based on one of an OFF vehicular power state or an ON vehicular power state, wherein the AUTO position is an initial-operation position (118; 718) corresponding to the AUTO function which is a predetermined initial-operation mode (AUTO) of the plurality of operation modes (AUTO, TAIL, HEAD, OFF), and when the vehicular power state is switched from the ON vehicular power state to the OFF vehicular power state, regardless of the position of the selection indicator (130; 730) corresponding to the selected operation mode on the stationary housing portion (110; 710), the controller controls the latch-type rotary dial (120; 720) to automatically rotate to the AUTO position such that when the vehicular power state is switched to a ON, the AUTO function which is the predetermined initial-operation mode (AUTO) is actuated. a latch-type rotary dial (120; 720) that includes a selection indicator (130; 730) and surrounds the stationary housing portion (110; 710), the latch-type rotary dial (120; 720) being configured to selectively rotate relative to the stationary housing portion (110; 710) to align the selection indicator (130; 730) with one of the plurality of positions (112, 114, 116, 118; 718, 714, 716) for an operation mode selection, said one of the plurality of positions being an AUTO position (118, 718) corresponding to an AUTO function which is one of the plurality of operation modes (AUTO, TAIL, HEAD, OFF), wherein a controller is configured to control a position of the latch-type rotary dial (120; 720) corresponding to one of the plurality of operation modes (AUTO, TAIL, HEAD, OFF) of the rotary-type switch (100; 700) based on one of an OFF vehicular power state or an ON vehicular power state, wherein the AUTO position is an initial-operation position (118; 718) corresponding to the AUTO function which is a predetermined initial-operation mode (AUTO) of the plurality of operation modes (AUTO, TAIL, HEAD, OFF), and when the vehicular power state is switched from the ON vehicular power state to the OFF vehicular power state, regardless of the position of the selection indicator (130; 730) corresponding to the selected operation mode on the stationary housing portion (110; 710), the controller controls the latch-type rotary dial (120; 720) to automatically rotate to the AUTO position such that when the vehicular power state is switched to a ON, the AUTO function which is the predetermined initial-operation mode (AUTO) is actuated.