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Re: The fallacy of DRLs



In article <42km7l$p12@bcarh8ab.bnr.ca>, protmp1@bnr.ca (Isaac Wong) wrote:

-> marty_bose@bdt.com (Marty Bose) writes:
->|> In article <42kf5k$i9q@bcarh8ab.bnr.ca>, protmp1@bnr.ca (Isaac Wong) wrote:
->|> ->DRLs are supposed to be reduced-brightness low beams. They should
not cause
->|> ->unnecessary distractions.
->|> 
->|> That's interesting; all of the new small Chevy trucks that I've seen with
->|> DRL's seem to be reduced brightness high beams.  Very annoying, since they
->|> are usually aimed high enough to be in your eyes.
->
->That's probably their headlights are improperly aimed. Or maybe they have
->a high ground clearance, and you are sitting low in your passenger car.
->You might feel that they are using highbeams, but they actually might not.

I don't think so; the inboard bulbs are lit.  When driving at night the
outer bulbs are low beam, the inner ones are high beam.

Marty

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