HLS wrote:
> "Daniel J. Stern" > wrote in message
> .umich.edu...
>
>>On Thu, 10 Mar 2005, Backbone wrote:
>>
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>>>>A couple of weeks ago my low beams would not work. The DRL and high
>>>
>>>Question. what is a DRL?
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>>Daytime Running Lights.
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>
> You and I ran afoul of each other on a previous post regarding DRL's, and I
> suspect that the semantics may have been part of the issue.
>
> The automatic lighting systems I am used to activate low beam headlights,
> sidelights, and tail lights, day or night. I refer to these as DRL's.
>
> Does DRL mean something different to you, Daniel?

DRL has a completely different and standardized definition. It refers to
white lights, mounted on the front of the car, that operate whenever the
headlights and other lights are OFF. When the headlights and marker
lights come on, the DRLs go OFF.