I also leave my lights on all the time. Following shutting off the
engine, the lights turn off automatically when I open the door (2003
Mitsu). Even if I left them in the high beam position, when the car
re-starts they turn on in low beam, probably the case with most newer
cars. If the automatics are re-illuminating in high beam, it's bad
design. Automatic dimming is also a possibility. Would it be great if
the human moron quotient weren't so high, and people just took such
things seriously? Of course, but such is not the case.

The idiots who tick me off even more than the high-beam-in-your-face
pinheads are the ones who drive at what they consider "dusk" and other
low-light conditions with their parking lights on. PARKING lights.
PARKING. Get it???

Dan

HLS wrote:
> "Steve" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>Frank wrote:
>>
>>>A simple switch that would turn the lights on with the wipers would
>>>help. It wouldn't be perfect, but at least most people in those
>>>vehicles wouldn't keep driving around in heavy rainstorms without
>>>lights.
>>>
>>
>>No, a simple connection between the driver's brain and reality is what
>>would help.
>>
>>Turning on headlamps with wipers would cause the same stupidity I see
>>already with ambient-light based automatic headlamps: the idiot driver
>>doesn't pay ANY attention to his headlamps, so when they come on at dusk
>>they often are on high-beam (last used the night before) and the idiot
>>keeps driving around blinding everyone while not even aware that his
>>lights are on.
>
>
> AMEN!!
>
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