Vehicle lighting selection survey Please feel free to complete this vehicle selection survey and add or remove comments as you see fit


Selecting a vehicle for night time driving, and a unit that will allow the owner/ Driver to be able to respect the eyes on the oncoming motorists

Questions that are answered in the 5 point rating area should
provide an area of discussions, of margins of vehicle safety standards

you do the math
think a lot about question # 6 when doing the survey)

1, Is the vehicle equipped with daytime running lamps? yes---- 5 no---

2, do the Daytime running lamps operate in the low beam circuit? yes---5 no--

3, do the daytime running lamps operate
at aprox 60% reduced brillance? yes---5 no---

4, do the Daytime running lamps extinguish
with park brake applied ? yes-----5 no--

5, If the answer to # 2 and # 3 are no, are there 2 additional lamps
installed to operate the Daytime running lamp function ? yes----5 no--

6, Do the 2 additional Daytime running lamps
extinguish at night time? yes--5 no--

7, are there fog lamps supplied on the unit? yes---5 no--

8, is there a illuminated on/off switch supplied so the fog lamps can be shut off
when the weather is clear and to respect the eyes of oncomong drivers?
yes-- 5 no---

9, can the fog lamps operate alone with the park lamps,
tail lamps and marker ? yes--5 no---- ( advantage in heavy fog)

10, Can the fog lamps operate with low beam operations? yes---5 no---

11, are the fog lamps switch restricted so that they cannot operate on
high beam lamp operations ? yes-----5 no--

12, Are additional driving lamps supplied on unit? yes----- no--

13, is there an illuminated on/off switch supplied so these can be shut off ?
yes----5 no--

14, are the driving lamps switch restricted to operate solely
with high beam lamps ? yes----5 no--

15 are the driving lamps switch restricted so they cannot
operate on low beam yes---5 no---

16, are there more than 2 parking lamps supplied on the unit? yes---- no---

17, operate in the low beam circuit? yes---5 no--

3, do the daytime running lamps operate
at aprox 60% reduced brillance? yes---5 no---

4, do the Daytime running lamps extinguish
with park brake applied ? yes-----5 no--

5, If the answer to # 2 and # 3 are no, are there 2 additional lamps
installed to operate the Daytime running lamp function ? yes----5 no--

6, Do the 2 additional Daytime running lamps
extinguish at night time? yes--5 no--

7, are there fog lamps supplied on the unit? yes---5 no--

8, is there a illuminated on/off switch supplied so the fog lamps can be shut off
when the weather is clear and to respect the eyes of oncomong drivers?
yes-- 5 no---

9, can the fog lamps operate alone with the park lamps,
tail lamps and marker ? yes--5 no---- ( advantage in heavy fog)

10, Can the fog lamps operate with low beam operations? yes---5 no---

11, are the fog lamps switch restricted so that they cannot operate on
high beam lamp operations ? yes-----5 no--

12, Are additional driving lamps supplied on unit? yes----- no--

13, is there an illuminated on/off switch supplied so these can be shut off ?
yes----5 no--

14, are the driving lamps switch restricted to operate solely
with high beam lamps ? yes----5 no--

15 are the driving lamps switch restricted so they cannot
operate on low beam yes---5 no---

16, are there more than 2 parking lamps supplied on the unit? yes---- no---

17, if more than 2 park lamps are supplied,

are the 2 additional park lamps
equipped with park lamps bulbs that do not exceed the
national standard of 2 candlepower per lamp ? yes----5 -no--

Total score ------- -----
BJ

 

Damn, that’s a lot of questions on daytime running lights. I am glad my Lightning doesn’t have any daytime running lights. It does have some nice fog lights which can only be used with low beam and not high beam.

When my lights are turned on I usually run the fogs as well since it helps to provide more light on my path which equates to a bit more safety for me while not really affecting oncoming traffic.

The only issue I would have with oncoming vehicles and lights are the morons that always run with their high beams on and/or the morons that can’t seem to have their head lights adjusted correctly. That is when I wish I had some 10,000,000 candlepower lights to permanently blind the idiot in the oncoming car, thus no one else would ever have to deal with them. Of course when you went to blind them you have to be strategic. In other words you don’t hit the candlepower lights until they are just about even with your front bumper. It would be like a major Rock concert light show, they would not be able to see and would most likely end up in the ditch on the side of the road, so sad, too bad…

 

Of course they would think they were at a Rock concert because just as they were being blinded while passing me they would hear AC/DC Highway to Hell cranked way up on my stereo…

I would also love to install some 10,000,000 candlepower lights in the back of the truck for other morons who love to run their high beams right behind you, and thus permanently blind them as well…

Since mounting 10,000,000 candlepower lights anywhere on my Lightning would look stupid I have come up with a few methods to deal with such morons as follows:

Idiots in oncoming vehicles that don’t turn their high beams off I simply swerve into their lane numerous times to freak them out, its fun for me and I am sure scary for them.

 

For the idiots that love to run high beams behind me I simply slam on the brakes until they are about 10 feet from my truck and then smash the peddle to the floor, again this is a blast for me (love that supercharge whine ) and I am sure puts the other driver behind me in a really pissy mood since they slam their brakes on for dear life, have very limited vision due to the massive smoke cloud of burnt rubber, and then have absolutely no chance of ever catching up with me, gotta love the supercharger power to make people pissy.

 

Many thanks for the comments much apreciated

From all indications DRL will be arriving in the U.S.A in 2005 and 2006

Encourage people to start asking questions in the survey

Of the Rule makers with the D.O.T and the NTSHA

To ensure they know of some of the problems we are experiencing with the experimentation

Of DRL in Canada and the Failure of establishing one standard

for vehicle builders to follow.

Have a very nice weekend

BJ

 

Thats awesome haha...What I do, if there isn't anyone behind them (mainly on non-highway roads), I slow down and do about 10 under the speedlimit. If it's not on a double yellow and the try to pass you, just speed up so that they can't get over in front of you and they're forced to get behind you again...Works everytime. I wanna get some foglights mounted on my toolbox when I get it so I can flash them very shortly just to let them know they're pissing me off...

SP

 

Its been written that during 2005 and 2006 most of the vehicles delivered to the U.S.A will meet the requirements set by the NTSHA and The D.O.T for Daytime running lamps as was set into laws in Canada

All the best and we hope that the implimentation will be monitored for constants of standards

BJ

 

Lets keep our fingers crossed that Transport Canada

and The NTSHA have been talking about the needs for lighting standards to be harmonized across north america

Transport canada contact below

marcin G\orzkowoski
E-mail Address(es):
gorzkom@tc.gc.ca

NTSHA contact below


Vaniderstine, Richard <NHTSA>
E-mail Address(es):
Richard.Vaniderstine@nhtsa.dot.gov

have a nice week

BJ

 

LUCKY....I wanna do that too.