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Daytime running lights waste gasoline
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> I would like to see a change or ban on those too white, too bright, > blinding discharge headlights. I'd rather see a ban on high-beam DRLs. While I think they're silly and wasteful, I have no real problem with DRLs that use the turn signals or a dedicated set of lamps (GMC trucks from recent years for example). But DRLs that run the high beams at a reduced output are more offensive than a whole array of HID headlamps. The whole point of not using high-beams in traffic is that they direct an image of the filament RIGHT INTO ONCOMING DRIVERS' EYES! That is just as true and irritating if the filmanent is at 75% intensity as it is whtn the filament is at full intensity. A turn signal, low beam, or dedicated light gives a completely different type of signal image at the oncoming drivers' eyes. Its recognizable, but not blinding. For that matter, HID lamps have gotten so much better in the past 5 years, both in color rendering (they're not blue anymore) and beam control, that I'll bet you don't even notice about 2/3 of the ones you see as being any different. |
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Daytime running lights waste gasoline
When GM first made DRLs standard, they had an accessory kit to put them
on recent production year vehicles. They put out a poster of how much difference seeing a vehicle's placement with and without DRLs made. The location for the picture appeared to be on a bridge in the Florida Keys on a partly cloudy day. The difference was significant. Later, I went to a swap meet in southern OK. On a long stretch of road on a sunny day, I could see a GM car (with DRLs) for well over a mile before we met on the two lane road. Otherwise, the car blended into the background--especially depending on the color or the car! DRLs are the equalizing factor that makes all colors of vehicles significantly visible in the day time. Until I started noticing that, I had the "WHY?" orientation too. An observed issue with the "lights" is that many of them seem to be installed incorrectly OR in a vehicle not designed for them. OR aimed correctly! I'm getting used to the blue-tint bulbs, but do dislike some of their beam patterns. On a normal vehicle, they aren't too bad, but on a lowered vehicle that hits the bump stops each time an imperfection on the road is encountered, causing the vehicle to bounce on the tires, those lights' beams THEN do bad things to oncoming traffic as the allegedly properly aimed headlight tilts upward and puts you squarely in the higher intensity part of the beam pattern for a split second, looking like bright flash that you then try to see where it's coming from. Looking for the source of that flash can cause an accident itself! As for police investigation of minor accidents, if I was in a minor accident, I'd at least want some documentation to take to my insurance company to file a claim rather than a piece of paper with a name and address scribbled on it of the person who damaged my vehicle. In some cases, the police officer will just coordinate the exchange of information, plus serve as a witness that something did happen, and not write a ticket unless some significant indiscretion caused the accident. I consider this to be a valid use of municipal resources. Not quite as time consuming as directing traffic or serving as back-up on a traffic violation, but still desireable to happen. Regards, C-BODY |
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Daytime running lights waste gasoline
The reason that high beams were used for DRLs was because those bulbs
see less use than the low beams (which are the primary headlight). In the "next redesign" of most of the vehicles which used the low-intensity high beams for the DRLs, the DRLs either were moved to the turn signals or a separate bulb was incorporated into the headlight module (taking a common turn signal bulb rather than an expensive headlight bulb). C-BODY |
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Daytime running lights waste gasoline
Would that be the "no fault" insurance orientation?
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