krickster
Florida
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Hi, just curious, when do you use your driving/marker lights? Do you always use them at night, or just when you need to be seen? Thanks!
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brobox
Sunny SW. Florida
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Mine point everywhere but on the road, no matter what I have done to keep them pointing straight. Now I use them to flash truckers when it's clear to come back in my lane.
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T bone
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I use my DRL all time. If in a vehicle without DRL , I turn on regular lights.
MAKE SURE THEY SEE YOU, USE HORN, LIGHTS AND SIGNALS.
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DrScud
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Use them all of the time. I want to be seen
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itsalleasy
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My markers come on with the headlights, which I also use anytime I drive. If you mean regular low mounted driving lights, only if no one else is around, same as brights. Those can be blinding to have in mirrors if you are in a car or to have to drive into.
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Harvard
51.37N 114.42W
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Daytime Running Lights (DRLs) are mandatory in Canada. DRLs in Canada only turn on a front pair of non coloured lights. These are the lights, when we travel in the USA, that some of our American friends think that we have forgotten to shut off.
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bsinmich
Holland, MI
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DRL come on as soon as I start the motor. The marker lights do not come on unless I hit the headlights. I also have a DOT switch that will flash the marker lights on if they are off, or off if they are on. This is supposedly an aid when trucks pass. I think they are almost invisible in daylight and I haven't been out in the dark yet with the headlights needed since I got the MH. I don't recall having to drive any of my MHs in the dark more than 1 time. For us dark is sleep time.
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LVJ58
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For the most part I only use mine at night as the Lincoln Navigator headlights my coach builder used in our coach leaves much to be desired for illuminating the roadway.
Jim & Sherry Seward, FMCA #F342207
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kaydeejay
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Harvard wrote:Daytime Running Lights (DRLs) are mandatory in Canada. DRLs in Canada only turn on a front pair of non coloured lights. These are the lights, when we travel in the USA, that some of our American friends think that we have forgotten to shut off. All GM products have had DRLs from the mid 90s so I'm not sure how you would stand out as being different from thousands of other vehicles on the road.
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1999 Sunnybrook 27RKFS Fiver
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Harvard
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kaydeejay wrote:Harvard wrote:Daytime Running Lights (DRLs) are mandatory in Canada. DRLs in Canada only turn on a front pair of non coloured lights. These are the lights, when we travel in the USA, that some of our American friends think that we have forgotten to shut off. All GM products have had DRLs from the mid 90s so I'm not sure how you would stand out as being different from thousands of other vehicles on the road.
Our habitual routing is a Snowbird route on Highway 93 from North Western Montana, Idaho, Nevada and thru to Yuma (and back). On these routes, Nevada and North, you sometimes drive for an hour without meeting an oncoming car. But you are right about your observation if we were to be driving on an inter state divided highway in Eastern and Central USA.
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