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Re: The fallacy of DRLs



jniron@rfmw.org (Jason Niron) wrote:
*>So for the
*>Canadian fools who say we have never seen DRLs in the US, we're perfectly
*>familiar with people having headlights on in the daytime.
*>
*>To the left, I have to see that there are no cars coming for about 500 feet.
*>To the right, I have to see about the same distance - but I also have to
*>know which lane the cars I am seeing are in. With the headlights on, besides
*>making it more difficult to judge the distance of the cars, it is also more
*>difficult to judge the lane position of the cars. I simply do not make the
*>turn until I am sure there will be no traffic coming. But I've seen people
*>obviously misjudge it, and end up having to accelerate in the turn lane -
*>often causing a near collision. (I'm sure there will eventually be a head-on
*>between two people doing the same thing in opposite directions).

Oh, IMHO, that's exactly what DRL is designed for: to encourage your
low key solution and discourage the NORMAL driving habbit with intelligence
like figuring out distance and speed. I worked for Canadian company
before, thus seen and heard from my Canadian collegue that their road
are small and some part of the contry they use STOP sign intensively.
You know, safety is the most important thing when it come to transportation.
Traffic flow and capacity is a relatively unimportant issue as compared
to safety.




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