A drive across Toronto and back
 

One lane of road blocked
"No Standing" does not apply:
His car is German.

In the street is fine --
Shift to "Park" and walk away;
This is Chinatown.

No left signals flash.
Guess intent; she's on her cel.
Woah! Turned right instead!

No bright amber flash;
Turn signals are for those who
Drive domestic cars.

He's a taxicab;
Urgent to get to the next
Red light before me.

Self-absorbed driver:
Oblivious to blinding
Glare from her high beams

He drives a tow truck--
You have to stop for red lights,
But on them he goes.

Daylight running lamps:
Not the same as nighttime beams.
Headlamps on at dusk!

Yellow light, then red
Six cars turn across traffic
Red means "no more wait"


--Toronto driver haiku poet (that's me)
Copyright =A9 2005 Daniel J. Stern A.R.R.

Daniel J. Stern wrote:

> Daylight running lamps:
> Not the same as nighttime beams.

Really?

There are 100% identical on my V40.

> Headlamps on at dusk!

Dipped (ECE) headlamps remain on, and are raised to full beam as
appropriate.

<GD&R>

On Tue, 19 Jul 2005, Robert Briggs wrote:

> > Daylight running lamps:
> > Not the same as nighttime beams.

> Really?

Really. We're talking about most cars in Canada here, and while some
Volvos do indeed have fulltime
low-beams-and-all-parkers-and-markers-and-tails DRL systems, Volvos make
up a tiny percentage of the on-road fleet in Canada.

Daniel J. Stern wrote:
> Robert Briggs wrote:
>
> > > Daylight running lamps:
> > > Not the same as nighttime beams.
>
> > Really?
>
> Really. We're talking about most cars in Canada here, and ...
> Volvos make up a tiny percentage of the on-road fleet in Canada.

I appreciate that ... hence my explicit "(ECE)" and "<GD&R>", both of
which you snipped.

<GD&RVVF>