To each his own. I'm in favour of more safety, and not believing that the original concept of lighting must be the final answer. I have never been bothered by oncoming DLR's during the day. If they have blinded or distracted motorists its because those cars were using their headlights at full power, not DRLs. Unless dark DRL car drivers don't use their full lighting.
I want to see and be seen on the road and it is far easier the way my Ford Mustang is, with DRLs, at half power. Yes the tail lights don't come on, and a good thing too if you've just pulled off a fog-shrouded, or snow-blown motorway to wait it out. You can still keep your engine running without letting others following think you are on the road and still moving.
By all means, disenters should follow their primal instincts and do a disconnect. Just lay off the silly flash of the lights, how can my feeble globes really penetrate your dark blinders?
Personally, I believe DRLs have a favorable impact relative to safety. Many places require the use of headlights in specific areas. PA absolutely does in active work zones.
As my Alpine does not have them, I made a "reminder circuit" to sound when my lights are off and the ignition on. It also sounds when the lights are on and the ignition off. Getting power from the instrument panel lights and an ignition-switched circuit, the entire system cost less than $30.00.
It may shorten the life of the bulbs but as compared to the cost of other maintenance items, replacement bulbs are downright cheap.
Or, BKD148,,, When someone posts facts, Facts based on PERSONAL observation, The kind that in a court would be caused Testimony (in this case the fact that DRL system does NOT activate the dash lights and trick the driver into thinking his lights are on when they are not)
You resort to name calling
I guess we win. Thank you
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wa8yxm wrote: Or, BKD148,,, When someone posts facts, Facts based on PERSONAL observation, The kind that in a court would be caused Testimony (in this case the fact that DRL system does NOT activate the dash lights and trick the driver into thinking his lights are on when they are not)
You resort to name calling
I guess we win. Thank you
OK, here's some more facts. The Suzuki Aerio has a digital dash that has very little difference in dash lighting between DRL and full lights on. The DRLs using reduced power still light up the road at night well enough that it is hard to tell the difference (in the city). Some BMW's also have ambient dash lighting that works independent of the running lights. Both cars could be a hazard if you didn't know it's lighting quirks.
Speculation. When watching a stream of headlights pass you by it would be easy to ignore the lone vehicle traveling without. At any time of day.
Observation. Driving to work a few hours after sunrise I am more likely to get cut-off if I don't have my headlights on. Possibly caused by morning inattention aggravated by the "stream of headlights" theory.
An emergency vehicle is noticeable because of it's color, flashing lights and siren. If it was black, no lights and silent, nobody would see it. The same thing happens when you have 90% of the traffic using DRLs and the remaining 10% traveling incognito. DRLs work if you have everybody using them or a very few. Once people expect them it makes it more dangerous for people traveling without. If only a few have DRLs then you have an excellent opportunity to form a biased statistic, as more people are obviously going to notice and avoid the brighter vehicle, just like they would an ambulance.
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My previous post was a little extreme but where does the line get drawn. Will we next expect the auto manufacturer to put vehicle avoidance systems on all cars and trucks to protect us from ourselves and drive the cost of a vehicle up even more. I am a retired truck driver and in 25 years of professional driving NEVER had an accident and I only turned my lights on at night or in bad weather. My point is we need to go back to common sense and drive defensively, stop, look left, look right and then look left again, then proceed. It's not hard, don't be in a hurry,take your driving seriously!
OK, here's some more facts. The Suzuki Aerio has a digital dash that has very little difference in dash lighting between DRL and full lights on. T
I do agree that is interesting, However what does a Suzuki Aerio have to do with a GM system on a motor home?
The posters above are ragging on GM, not Suzuki and strangely not Canadian Fords, or any other make, Just GM Till you.
Since the DRL systems GM uses operate on the headlights, and the Dash Lights, are connected to the TAIL LIGHT circuit.... I don't know why or how the DRL's would activate the Dash Lights on a GM. I do have two indicators on my dash that indicate the DRLs are active, but no way woudl anyone confuse those with the dash lights (that's on the motor home, no indicators on the towed, which even though it is an after market system, also operates on the headlights)
Just in case anyone is still wondering, I did eventually locate the "DRL" module. It was hidden inside, at the back end, of the circuit breaker panel enclosure which is located at the front of the motorhome, directly behind the grill. Turns out the module was defective.
What a happy ending!!!!!!
It a simple simon thing to do to turn the headlights on once the vehicle is started. Then you also get the benefit of tail lights on if there's fog or poorer visibility back there.
Not worth spending a penny on unless y0u have to meet some regulatory requirement at an inspection.
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