Wear sunglasses

 

DRL, Auto Lamps, Fog Lamps, & Driving lights are 4 different options available as OEM or aftermarket.

If someone says fog lamps then they bought the low powered short range option for poor visiability driving conditions.

If someone says driving lights they bought the 55W driving light option for night time driving.

If they bought driving light/fog lights they got both.

If they got DRL they have headlights when the ignition is on.

If they have Auto lamps DRL is standard plus headlights & tail lamps will turn on automatically when light is less than a predetermined amount. Then off again when there is suffecient external light.

If they got AD, another OEM option that automatically dims your highs when light from oncoming traffic is detected.

HID is only recently becoming available on our vehicles but has been offered on high end luxary cars for several years. The point is there is always room for improvement on everything.

I can remember 15 years ago or so my father complaining about Halogen lamps and how he felt like they blinded him. So he was going to get a set to blind them back. LOL Now Halogen is the lowest grade available and nobody has a problem with them!

Even if mine had OEM HID instead of halogen "which I replaced with Kryptonite and soon HID" I would still want something better. But either something better than HID has not been developed yet, or it has not been released to us yet.

However I am unsure about Lexus 30 degree rotation headlight system...Just wait until they get stuck to the left and then will be pointed right into the opposite lane at oncoming traffic...LOL I know when this trickles down to our common vehicles some of us will not care to take it to be fixed and will drive them that way.

 

Many thanks for the comments much apreciated

its nice to hear from similar mind sets

have a really nice week

BJ

 

PSS MAG would you please comment on the listed survey
comments from vision person would be apreciated

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

Questions that are answered in the 5 point rating area
provide an area of discussions, of % of vehicle lighting safety standards you do the math
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( 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 answers to # 2 and # 3 is 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 lamps? (advantage in heavy fog) yes------5 no---------

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 operation yes-----5 no-----

12, Is there a drop out feature in the fog lamp operation so that
when fog lamps are selected on low beam
and then driver selects high beam the fog lamps will not operate when low beam is selected again ( unless )
the illuminated fog lamp switch is manually activated ( stops default to on ) yes----5 No-------

13, Are additional driving lamps supplied on unit? ( personal choice) yes----- no------

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

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

16, are there more than 2 parking lamps supplied on the front of 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 -----yes-- --------no-

Have a nice weekend and have a safe drive

BJ

 

For some reason when I read his posts, I picture actor Eugene Levy (from the American Pie series) at the other end.

 

We note you are into electronics

any thoughts on the parts and schematic for the drop out feature

listed in the survey

Keep in mind there will a feed back from the DRL if it is operated in the low beam circuit

Love apple, cheery, lemon and pumpkin pie but need ice cream
on all except the lemon, a slice of cheese is nice on the apple
if its home made

Cheers

BJ

 

Well Im not a (vision person "optomistrist"). But looking at it I don't know what the purpose of the survey could be used for. Other than determining how different vehicles are wired.

That's an easy answer...with a switched power and a ground...LOL J/K

 

Many thanks for the comments, There is a need for people to be involved in having input into the vehicles that we spend millions of dollars on during our lifetimes

In canada there was little thought at the federal level into the application of DRL and how the builders would apply DRL and fog lamps in the mix

we wish you folks good luck with the implimentation in your areas of the world and hope that there will be some learning from the errors that were experienced in our area

Have a really nice weekend

BJ

 

Jeez... This whole post was like a car wreck, and I couldn't look away- I wanted too, but I couldn't... Now I have a headache.

 

Thanks for dropping by, Comments are apreciated

Good luck on getting over the headache, Hope its not a migrane
those are tough to get beyond

Hows the weather back east??

We want to travel across Canada one day

Cheers and best wishes

BJ