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Re: daytime running lights [saabnet.com]
Posted by saab (more from saab) on Tue, 7 Sep 2004 20:16:09
In Reply to: daytime running lights [saabnet.com], saab, Thu, 26 Aug 2004 11:02:47
Message from jesse_cotterman - http://saabnet.com/tsn/forms/e.php3?em=317
Subject: Re: daytime running lights ================= acouple of points are missing about DRL's.
The first is that obscuring directionals is a moot point, as American drivers by and large, do not use their signals, wether it be for turns, lane changes, or other maneuvers. One of the few times you will see an active turn signal is when a driver has a breakdown, and leaves his hazards on by the side of road as to ensure a dead battery when he/she returns several hours later.
I agree with another post that bright lights are much more of a visibility problem than DRL's. Especially when people on a 4-lane freeway fail to dim lights for oncoming traffic - because that extra 5010 feet of median dims the lights adequately of course!
Also, while I agree that DRL's could serve to obscure visibility of pedestrians, bicyclists, and non-DRL drivers, it also prevents the morons out there from driving at night with no headlights - or better yet, those that drive at dusk with just parking lights on (because it looks cooler or something).
As a motorcyclist, I constantly deal with issues of visibility to other motorists, have witnessed first hand how a headlight can improve your visibility and prevent people from turning left in front of you, etc.
While I do wish to turn off my DRL's occasionally - such as the previously mentioned snow scenario - I have to think that they do some good.
As an industrial designer, I am well aware of the 'poeple-proof it' theory of product developement. Of course, if driver education and licensing policies were a little stricter, maybe we could keep some of the people off the road who feel that driving is secondary task, rather than a task requiring your primary and undivided attention - therefor reducing the necessity for DRL's and other idiot proof safety devices. But that's an entirely different topic....
jesse_c
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Posts in this Thread:
- daytime running lights [saabnet.com], saab, Thu, 26 Aug 2004 11:02:47
- Re: Daytime Running Lights [saabnet.com], saab, Thu, 9 Sep 2004 15:03:50
- Re: Daytime Running Lights [saabnet.com], saab, Thu, 9 Sep 2004 14:59:25
- Re: Daytime Running Lights [saabnet.com], saab, Wed, 8 Sep 2004 23:07:06
- Re: daytime running lights [saabnet.com], saab, Tue, 7 Sep 2004 20:26:36
- Re: daytime running lights [saabnet.com], saab, Tue, 7 Sep 2004 20:22:28
- Re: daytime running lights [saabnet.com], saab, Tue, 7 Sep 2004 20:16:09
- Re: daytime running lights [saabnet.com], saab, Tue, 7 Sep 2004 14:04:10
- Re: daytime running lights [saabnet.com], saab, Wed, 1 Sep 2004 04:05:22
- Re: daytime running lights [saabnet.com], saab, Wed, 1 Sep 2004 04:05:22
- Re: daytime running lights [saabnet.com], saab, Fri, 27 Aug 2004 02:10:22
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