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Re: the TRUTH about Daytime Running Lights !!!!!!
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Subject: Re: the TRUTH about Daytime Running Lights !!!!!!
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From: ebin@morgoth.sfu.ca (Eric Bin)
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Date: 27 Sep 1995 17:47:02 GMT
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Newsgroups: rec.autos.driving
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Organization: Simon Fraser University
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References: <445c9j$idd@pioneer.nevada.edu> <elbert-chang-2509950930250001@fwk098045.res-hall.nwu.edu> <449p4b$fbi@news.iag.net>
firebug@iag.net (firebug) writes:
>In article <elbert-chang-2509950930250001@fwk098045.res-hall.nwu.edu>,
>Elbert Chang <elbert-chang@nwu.edu> wrote:
>>In article <445c9j$idd@pioneer.nevada.edu>, tajon@nevada.edu (MICHAEL
>>TAJON) 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.
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>>I wouldn't go that far. If you're in a traffic jam (the "crowded room"),
>>granted, DRL's aren't going to do too much, but you should know that there
>>is someone lurking nearby anyway.
>Normal traffic is all that is needed. Not even a crowded room, just a
>reasonably full room.
(stuff deleted)
>You all seem to focus on only one situation where you claim it is
>advantageous, and ignore the ones where normal headlights should be used
>(like rain) or where DRLs are dangerous. Two cars do not often pass on the
>same road at high speeds in the middle of nowhere, anyway. I don't
>understand the Canadian logic that since it MIGHT be a good thing 1/1000 of
>the time that it must be a good thing 100% of the time.
I can't see how DRL are dangerous since I've been using them for the
past three odd years. People keep claiming that they are blindingly
bright which leads them to be distracting while others say that DRL
causes them to get locked onto those lights while they're driving. I
don't see many people who use DRL complaining about them, the only
ones who complain are the ones who have never used them. With regard
to those who find DRL blindingly bright you must either not see the
sun much or your city has a major smog problem. Living in Vancouver,
I deal with bad drivers everyday, drivers who not only turn on their
low beams during the day but their high beams too, although I find it
to be a nuisance, even with both lights on they are DEFINATELY not
blindingly bright. And for those who can only focus on the light when
it is present I suggest you find a hiding place before deer hunting
season starts because we might mistake you for an awestruck animal.
Eric Bin
ebin@sfu.ca
"Bad drivers don't realize they're bad."