Please fel free to take the vehicle selection lighting survey

or read the survey on the link below


http://www.mbcanada.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=6467

BJ

 

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You don't give up do you?

 

By searching your posts, I see that EVERY post you've ever made was about daytime running lights. Is that what you do for a living?

 

That's it, I'm getting a higher voltage alternator and 8 baja lights. I hope to follow some sqeemish little canadian down the road @ midnight. As a courtesy to my neighbor from the north I'll light his way as if it were a summertime day.

 

good morning! thanks for the comments

we are retired with 52 years of accident free driving, and have had rebuilding exerience in cars and vehicles up to major earth movers

and am licensed in mechanics, welding and vehicle inspection
with 25 years experience in fleet management employee training and safety and accident investigation

all vehicle operators in Canada and the U.S.A share the same
highways systems and in Canada we have not solved all the

bugs in the DRL implimentation across the spectrum and you folks are in the implimentation stages of DRL in 2005 and 2006

if we share information we can all getter better implimentation
outcomes

we share the highway systems and the need to respect the eyes of the oncoming motorists

and if the vehicles are equipped properly this will allow us
to share better systems and driver acceptance
and understanding of the implimentation of DRL and
some of the problems with configurations, that we have experienced in the north

We do not claim to have all the answers but we need comments
from many folks to make the thing work collectively
have a really nice day
BJ

 

you have some weird obsession with headlights. I would rather lights be too bright than have someone driving at night without lights so you can't see them.

 

Here's a comment to work things out, ****. We all get it, oncomming lights bother you. I must say though, at 52 years of drving your eyes aren't what they used to be, neither are your reaction times. I would suggest that it's safer for you and everyone else on the road if you were to no be allowed behind a wheel period. If vehicles lighting is your hoddy/obsession I humbly suggest that you find a new pet rock.

 

I got your survey for ya.....

 

You know RJ, my neighbor is Canadian and he's a really nice guy...guess he's NOT related to you!!

 

he said 52 yrs of driving... so he has to be closer to 65 if not a little older.


Guy, driving is a priviledge, not a right. If you cant see anymore, get off the road. If you cant read the signs anymore, get off the road. If your reaction time is slower than a 0.20 drunk, get off the road.

 

Thanks for the comments, We hold a license that allows driving of semi trailers and other large trucks and have for many years

And have recently passed all the medical, visual and road test requirements for the licence category

Thats what is required under laws

I am a senior and am proud to have achieved my years and accident free driving accomplishments

have a nice day
BJ

 

I must say he does take the flaming very well. Kinda hard to get ugly when he's so polite!

 

I must say I do respect what you are trying to do. However, I don’t think you are going to go anywhere with the intentions you have even if we all wanted to help. At least not with us as a group. Have you looked into other entities or organizations that may be able to help you try and achieve the goals you have?

Have you given any consideration to starting your own website based on vehicle lighting? If you did something like that with like minded individuals you would have a much better chance at success.

Good luck on your venture…

 

Thanks for the comments

this is really not rocket science stuff only basic common sense, many vehicles already have some of this equipment

Its just the added stuff that is now taking place we need to be concerned about.

The basic reccomendations are for DRL installations are too
either use the low beam at the reduced brillance

see link below

http://www.pacificinsight.com/

or

if additional lights are installed for DRL operations and the builder wants these to be used as fog lamps. there must be a illuminated on/off switch near the operators finger tips to allow operator control of the night time use of the fog lamps

so they can be shut off when the nights are clear and no fog
and to respect the eyes of the oncoming drivers to prevent accidental generation of road rage

or have the added DRL lamps automatically extinguish at night when the weather is clear

The use of fog lamps also is reccomended switch restricted to low beam operation but with the ability to have the operator choose
their use, to meet road and weather conditions and the eyes of the oncoming drivers

The other reccomendation is that if additional driving lamps are
built into the unit or installed on the unit that these be restricted to operate with high beam lamp operations

and an illuminated on/off switch be provided within easy reach for the operator to allow operator control of the added driving lamps

Basic vehicle designs operating at night normally have 2 headlamps operating
and park lamps, facing the front of the vehicle

the park lamps are required to depict the outter edge of the vehicle in the case on a headlamp burnout
and to prevent the vehicle from being mistaken for a motor cycle and winding up in a one side head on collision

if 4 headlamps are used on low beam having 2 of them extinguish
will be easier for approaching and oncoming drivers

especially on 2 lane roads

There is little need under normal night time driving situations on low beam
to have more than the normal headlamps lit and the park lamps
when facing the front of the vehicle

to promote vehicle sales there is a race to provide more and more lights on the front of vehicles.

if good quality sealed beams are used similar to the H 6054
used for many years we do not need to have the front of the vehicle look like XMAS TREE at night

and if fog and driving lamps are switch controlled by the drivers and head lamp alignments are proper, the oncoming drivers safety needs are met

we have been lobbying the D.O.T the NTSHA and transport canada and the local Police administration

to control the installation of after market fog lamps and driving lamps to ensure that proper illuminated on/off switching is installed within the easy reach of the operators fingertips for control the added lamps to meet road and weather conditions

and respect the eyes of the oncoming drivers you and I

Have a very nice day
BJ