HEADLIGHTS ON when its nasty out...

[Pete6114]

When they introduced day time running lights, it was for a **** good reason, and now all of a sudden they aren't required anymore. Cant imagine why, since they DO work, even on a sunny day, never mind a snowy day....and i suspect that people that dont use their head lights, are the same one that dont use signal lights either, which is plain ignorant and careless.

 

[GManBart]

Drove home from work today and it was pretty nasty, 4-5F and gusts of wind. When the gusts died down, you could see for most of a mile. When they kicked up (which they would do suddenly) you had a hard time seeing the car in front of you.
Probably 1/3 of the cars I saw had no headlights on. It was hard enough to see the car in front of you when the wind kicked up if they had their headlights on. Without them, it was virtually impossible.

PLEASE, turn your headlights on when its nasty out. Its not just so you can see, but so that you can be seen by others.

Aaron Z

Amen! Even people with daytime running lights need to put their lights on because that is the only way to get the taillights on. I've seen folks in white cars/trucks, driving in near whiteout conditions without their headlights on....just DRLs and you could barely see them when approaching from behind. Of course, they usually tend to be the idiots driving too fast, or too slow in the same situation.

 

[k0ua]

I would in favor of a system where the running lights (front and rear) come on when the key is on and it only turns the headlights on when it gets dark, we have Yukon that has DRLs that come on in the daytime, but that doesn't turn on the taillights.
As for their worries about cars without running lights being more likely to get hit or pulled out in front of, that's the problem of the driver of the car. It is (in my mind) a proven fact that when you have at least your running lights on, you are more visible. If I can make myself more visible to other cars lessening my risk for an accident, why not?
My insurance company feels that having DRLs makes a car safer, they have shown that in that they offer a discount for cars which have them. That discount is enough to (IMO) offset the miniscule extra gas used to generate the electricity needed to power my lights in the daytime.

Aaron Z

+1.. This sums it up nicely.

 

[pat32rf]

Here in Ontario DRLs have been law since 1989, but my first set went onto my grill in 1964. Needless to say I'm sold on them and had quite a chuckle reading those links posted by the group against them. I still don't understand why we don't have constant tail lights.
What many people here in Canada don' realize is that when you use your parking brake, the runners shut off...
Even though we have had mandatory DRLs since 1989, it is normal for 5-10% of oncoming vehicles to be dark...and these are vehicles that must have a safety check each time they get sold.

 

[Looking4new]

The DRL controller in my Jeep is toast and will remain that way until I sell it. I don't have a problem turning on the headlights and shutting them off when I shut the engine off.

 

[Agvg]

The reason behind having only one rear fog light is simple, to make it easyer to see the braking lights.

 

[Looking4new]

The reason behind having only one rear fog light is simple, to make it easyer to see the braking lights.

That makes sense.

 

[cqaigy2]

3930dave:
I understand where you are coming from. Idiots that will pull out in front of a motorcycle are the very same idiots that will pull out in front of a truck, the only good thing about the whole situation is that the truck will flatten them. The old excuse of 'I looked and didn't see it'. They didn't look, they only glanced. The split second that it took to glance instead of actually look is the difference between life and death for someone.

What? Your not to pull out in front of a motorcycle? They have those nice cushy front tires on them that act like a bumpers so they just bounce off and leave smug on the door. Easy to buff out.

 

[Looking4new]

What? Your not to pull out in front of a motorcycle? They have those nice cushy front tires on them that act like a bumpers so they just bounce off and leave smug on the door. Easy to buff out.

I trust you are joking?

 

[timswi]

This is something I noticed (me bad) a year or so ago..DRL's used to be everywhere and I never minded them..Now It's rare to see them. When you have a light colored car approaching in the sun without DRL's, they disappear, with them they don't..Just sayin.

I really don't see the harm of having the lights on all the time..Who exactly is hurt by that is my question and there hasn't been a good answer from others queries.