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Re: daytime running lights [saabnet.com]
Posted by Stephen G Carrellas - http://saabnet.com/tsn/forms (more from Stephen G Carrellas - http://saabnet.com/tsn/forms) on Tue, 7 Sep 2004 20:28:14
In Reply to: daytime running lights [saabnet.com], David - http://saabnet.com/tsn/forms/e.php3?em=310, Thu, 26 Aug 2004 11:04:32
Jim's comment about having driver control of all lights is right on and is a key part of the NMA position on DRLs. When I had the DRLs turned off on my last two Saabs, I was able to get the headlight switch operate like my two Saabs before these. For my 9-5, in addition to pulling the fuse as instructed in the owner's manual, the service folks had to use the Tech 2 so the headlights wouldn't come on in the 'parking light' position.
I also noted that Jim is from Canada where DRLs are mandated and you don't have the legal option to shut them off.
To follow up on another of Jim's points, using lights during daylight hours is important when the conditions warrant (e.g., rain, fog, dawn/dusk, etc.) and there is a much clearer benefit to doing so. Having them on during bright daylight is a different issue that was the intent of the discussion in my last post.
To Tom's points questioning the accuracy of NMA's reference and innuendo about NMA's providing of information, they are mostly off base. Having been the NJ coordinator for NMA for the last 16 years, I remember when the HLDI reference came out and did some confirming of my recollections.
The study we referenced was reported in the HLDI Bulletin Volume 15, Number 1, Dec 1997. It was found that personal injury claims were somewhat higher after DRLs were introduced. This information was provided in a bulletin and the study may not have been publicly available at the time its findings were reported. The insurance industry has a long-standing habit of reporting findings but not providing the details of the supposed study that provided the findings. Plus, in that time frame, the web was not pervasive with links for studies so there is a pretty good reason why NMA couldn't provide a reference.
If HLDI has a more recent reporting of findings or an actual updated study showing DRLs have a statistically significant benefit, I'd like to know the reference and review the findings.
Also, the NMA isn't the only one opposing the mandatory implementation of DRLs. There are several other organizations and you should see the comments to the NHTSA docket on this issue from organizations and citizens alike.
Anyone who wants to do research on this issue has the internet at their disposal. The hard part is trying to digest what it all really means. I've lived through some of the battles and have the background and context for this issue and can still say there is not yet a sound scientific basis for mandating DRLs in the U.S. If drivers want to make a conscious choice to turn lights on during the day, that is their choice to make.
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Posts in this Thread:
- daytime running lights [saabnet.com], David - http://saabnet.com/tsn/forms/e.php3?em=310, Thu, 26 Aug 2004 11:04:32
- Re: Daytime Running Lights [saabnet.com], Tom Reingold - http://saabnet.com/tsn/forms/e.php3, Thu, 9 Sep 2004 15:05:33
- Re: Daytime Running Lights [saabnet.com], Stephen Goldberger - http://saabnet.com/tsn/forms/, Thu, 9 Sep 2004 15:01:10
- Re: Daytime Running Lights [saabnet.com], Richard Gould - http://saabnet.com/tsn/forms/e.php, Wed, 8 Sep 2004 23:08:50
- Re: daytime running lights [saabnet.com], Stephen G Carrellas - http://saabnet.com/tsn/forms, Tue, 7 Sep 2004 20:28:14
- Re: daytime running lights [saabnet.com], Mike Hayden - http://saabnet.com/tsn/forms/e.php3?, Tue, 7 Sep 2004 20:24:11
- Re: daytime running lights [saabnet.com], jesse_cotterman - http://saabnet.com/tsn/forms/e.p, Tue, 7 Sep 2004 20:17:53
- Re: daytime running lights [saabnet.com], W. Drew - http://saabnet.com/tsn/forms/e.php3?em=1, Tue, 7 Sep 2004 14:05:54
- Re: daytime running lights [saabnet.com], Robert Wheaton - http://saabnet.com/tsn/forms/e.ph, Wed, 1 Sep 2004 04:05:26
- Re: daytime running lights [saabnet.com], Stephen G Carrellas - http://saabnet.com/tsn/forms, Wed, 1 Sep 2004 04:05:23
- Re: daytime running lights [saabnet.com], Tom Reingold - http://saabnet.com/tsn/forms/e.php3, Wed, 1 Sep 2004 04:05:23
- Re: daytime running lights [saabnet.com], Richard Gould - http://saabnet.com/tsn/forms/e.php, Fri, 27 Aug 2004 02:12:06
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