Three reasons:

1. Clean air

2. Clean water

3. Better beer

How anyone can think that a little extra visibility on the road is a bad thing is beyond me.

 

Nay, DRL are not going to stop you from getting hit.

How many less GM's are in accidents since they added the DRL's? My guess is no less than before.

 

I run with mine on DRL most of the time but there are days where I feel I need to turn them on manually because the DRL does not activate fast enough. I do like the cool factor of driving with just my fogs and my parking lights on though.(must be an 80's thang or a southern Thang ?) I guess my truck must be different from all the others because my taillights are on with my DRL's ??

I say "yeah" to DRL's

 

When ever I see them I shake my head, its pointless. More so in Az where we get over 300+ days a year of pure sun shine. If you drive through this state and somehow cannot see a vehicle, you should not be behind the wheel to begin with.

 

that isn't DRL's

that is your Automatic headlights.



DRL's come on whenever the key is in the "RUN" position, and turn off when it's anywhere else. they are on 100% when driving.



your Auto Headlights have a sensor on the dash infront of the steering wheel. they take a few seconds (15-30 seconds on my 2006) to figure out it is too dark out, and cut on the lights

 

I live in Canada and I say they should be on a switch, I'd run them all the time but during hunting and getting home late at night it would be nice to turn them off

 

I am in the 'they shouldn't be a part of the vehicle but too many weetawds need them' realist camp.

Just 2 hours ago while driving a 35 foot, 40,000lb LIME GREEN firetruck Darwin Candidate of the day pulled his 'Burban and bass boat out with nowhere near enough time to get up to speed and then proceeded to drive 45 mph. He did decide that moving to the right was the better course of action but only after he forced me to slow to down and match his speed.

There are way too many other drivers like him out there that will not turn their lights on at dawn/dusk or in inclement weather and then they wonder why I'm out there scraping them out of their vehicle?!?

The whole DRL concept is faulted to begin with. Why is it only important to see the front of a vehicle? When it's dark or the weather's nasty someone like me or mtylerb would surely like to see the vehicle in front of us before we're attempting emergency evasive manuevers to try to avoid pancaking the family.

The way I see it, until there is a return to the philosophy of personal responsibilty/accountability there are too many folks that NEED to be looked after. We're stuck in a catch-22 of developing more perfect idiots because the idiots can't be taught...

 

Nay

 

My GMC had a way to manually shut the DRLs off if so desired. Though, my F-150 doesn't have DRLs, I'm sure Ford has done the same thing.

 

Nope. If the key is on the lights are on.

 

Well, that's stupid!

 

Yup, that's exactly what I want to see happen. The only way this is going to happen, though, is to remove the government's safety net and start forcing people to think for themselves. Yes, we'll weed out the stupid ones, but the intelligent and strong ones will survive and create a better place for everyone else. Yes, it sounds a cold, but if a person is too stupid to turn their headlights on when it's dark or in inclement weather, they deserve to be in an accident. I accept no responsibility for their irresponsibility.

I'm not just talking the talk, either. My headlights are off, during the day. I disabled the DRL's in my truck because I don't really care about the Canadian government's opinion and I've never been harassed by the 5-0 about it. As soon as it gets foggy, overcast or rainy, the headlights come on. As soon as the sun begins to disappear, the headlights come on. Full low beams and no "half assed" high beam glare. Those aren't exclusive, but you get the picture. I take responsibility for my own safety. I can't and won't rely on the governments or auto makers to do it for me.

 

I think DRLS are a good idea because there are times (dusk, rain, snow) where it's not dark enough for the automatic head lights or other drivers to turn on the head lights. It's a law in Minnesota that if it's raining your headlights need to be on, that doesn't mean everyone is smart enough.

 

Prime example yesterday driving in the rain in my 3500 Chevy work van that only has windows in the front. Water on my windows, water on my mirrors, and lots of road spray and rain on the freeway and a black car I could barely see in my mirror to change lanes because he didn't have ANY lights on. At least DRLs would have made him more visible. You may just chalk this up to stupid people. Most of our laws and regulations were written because of stupid people...your only as safe as the dumbest person around you.

 

Very well said. This applies to everything around us. Coffee cups say "caution hot" because of the lawsuits from dumb people that burned themselves. You know that shampoo bottles say "not to be taken internally" because somebody drank a bottle of it and then sued the company after he/she got sick.

I've said this once already but it's worth repeating. I just don't understand how anyone can say/believe that a little extra visibility on the road is a bad thing.