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Re: the TRUTH about Daytime Running Lights !!!!!!



MICHAEL TAJON (tajon@nevada.edu) wrote:
: The purpose of DRL's is to be noticed, correct?  Very similar to 
: shouting.  If one person in a crowded room is shouting, that person gets 
: noticed, and usually everyone else listens.  Now, if everyone in the 
: crowded room is shouting, nobody can hear what is being said.  

: DRL's are so effective because not everyone has/uses them, so people 
: 'listen.' If everyone has DRL's, everyone is shouting "notice me!"  And 
: everyone is left saying to themselves, "Notice who?"  I wonder who it was 
: that said, "He who sees everything, sees nothing..."

Very good point, Mike. This seems to be often overlooked in discussions
about DRLs.

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