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Daytime Running Lights = stupidity?
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I agree that they do help in the rain when some noob decides they don't need any kind of lights on. Lost track of the number of silver cars i have accidentally pulled out on when changing lanes on a motorway when very wet, lots of spray etc... "thats right, you flash your lights... now twist the switch that keeps them on... go on, you've recognised your car has lights... no..? never mind... oh look, now ive let you past that person further down didnt see you either..."
However i look out the window of my office and it is incredibly bright today, not a cloud in the sky, surely the automatic headlights that people mentioned are a better piece of technology? ive seen a few audi's recently with only DRL's on at night? my old automatic headlights on my old 307 would come on when dark, obviously, or when the auto windscreen wipers were active, but wouldnt illuminate the dash if it wasnt dark enough...
Unfortunately there's nothing to stop people from turning off the automatic lights function if they just think the LED's look coolest on their own."Life is what you make of it, whoever got anywhere without some passion and ambition?0 -
Even in Wales, even in the worst torrential drizzle of the valleys, it's unlikely to drop visibility that low, and fog lights are still more likely to dazzle rather than help.
Doesn't stop all the idiots on the M4 switching them on at the slightest drop of water from someone's screenwash. You'd think people around here would know how to drive in the wet, but they don't.
I also think most people don't realise how short a distance is of one hundred meters. It is, typically, twice the distance between a pair of street lamps.The greater danger, for most of us, lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark0 -
It always amuses me watching people in broad daylight switch their lights on for the twenty seconds it takes to get through the illuminated Brynglas tunnels in Newport then knock them off again once they're through.
That is because they are required to do so, also many cars these days have automatic headlamps.The greater danger, for most of us, lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark0 -
I honestly doubt that they do. Of the 30 odd million cars on the road, given the relatively new introduction of such technology, I'd imagine less than one percent have automatic headlights.
I think you may be exaggerating to be honest. Renault, Citroen, Toyota, Nissan and Peugeot have been including them on even quite basic models for some time now.The greater danger, for most of us, lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark0 -
I think that most drivers don't have a clue about distances - both in relation to fog lights and in relation to braking distances.I also think most people don't realise how short a distance is of one hundred meters. It is, typically, twice the distance between a pair of street lamps.
Even when there are signs encouraging drivers to keep two chevrons apart, I see them nose to tail, especially in lane three. Even in pouring rain.0 -
I think that most drivers don't have a clue about distances - both in relation to fog lights and in relation to braking distances.
Even when there are signs encouraging drivers to keep two chevrons apart, I see them nose to tail, especially in lane three. Even in pouring rain.
BMW's by any chance?0 -
It always amuses me watching people in broad daylight switch their lights on for the twenty seconds it takes to get through the illuminated Brynglas tunnels in Newport then knock them off again once they're through.
Of course no driver in their right mind would turn on their side/dipped beam when entering a tunnel(Illuminated or not)so that they were still able to clearly see their instrument cluster now would they?;)(assuming they did not come on automatically)
Like I say driving/riding requires common sense,and some degree of thought!:D
I europe especially around the Alps where there are alot of tunnels of varying lengths there are signs actually telling you to switch on lights.
Here is another one for you.
Would you use your head lights in broad daylight?
I would.
With a low sun directly behind me!0 -
poland has had compulsory lights for years and they still have the worst road stats in the EU.Target Savings by end 2009: 20,000
current savings: 20,500 (target hit yippee!)
Debts: 8000 (student loan so doesnt count)
new target savings by Feb 2010: 30,0000
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