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Why do people turn on their headlights while driving in broad daylight?

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<< Some of them are really annoying and too bright. >>



I agree. Misaligned headlights, ricer accessories and unnecessary use of fog lights really annoys me. Busted signal lights and such are dangerous too. Damaged mandatory lights should be enforced stricter then they are today. It should be illegal for people to drive around in a clunker that has been totalled like three times. One of a clunker I have seen had all indicator lights busted and hood held down with bungee cord. I have also seen an Accord with missing hood. There are too many non-roadworthy cars on the road. >>


buy me a new car and i'll happily agree.
 
People turn on their lights because it makes them more visible, even in daylight. Their lights being on catches your eye so you are less likely to hit them.
 
By God if you can't see a car without it's headlights on in broad daylight you shouldn't be on the damn road.


Well spoken Gonad....... -kd5-

 
By God if you can't see a car without it's headlights on in broad daylight you shouldn't be on the damn road.

LOL!!
 


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<< Anyway the saturn DRL isnt that bright.. compared to the main lamps. The DRL is supposed to be 30% of the full power of the main headlamps at low beam. >>

Ah...but the Saturn's are much brighter. 1) They use a lower voltage on the high beams that still end up being brighter than low beams. 2) Those high beams are set closer together and they appear brighter from that, too. Everytime a Saturn with those darn DRLs gets behind me, I have to flip the day/night switch on the rearview mirror. And, from the first site I linked above, the stats about reducing accidents seem to be from studies of countries in northern lattitudes where, according to the site, lighting is different. >>



Probably not. If you ever really look into this you'll notice that high beams are at the most 65 watts and the low beams are 55 watts. Even 50% of the high beams is still a lot less than your low beams and yes a family member has a Saturn and the DRL are not any brighter than the other GM cars that we own. The main way that high beams work is that they project well you guessed it, higher than regular driving beams to cover more of the road. BTW, they are really helpful in areas where you can be cut off from sunlight like in a heavily wooded area or mountain driving.
 


<< Probably not. If you ever really look into this you'll notice that high beams are at the most 65 watts and the low beams are 55 watts. Even 50% of the high beams is still a lot less than your low beams and yes a family member has a Saturn and the DRL are not any brighter than the other GM cars that we own. The main way that high beams work is that they project well you guessed it, higher than regular driving beams to cover more of the road. BTW, they are really helpful in areas where you can be cut off from sunlight like in a heavily wooded area or mountain driving. >>



Well, broad daylight on an open highway is far from a heavily wooded area.

Just take notice of the Saturns that you see over the next few days. You can't miss those beady little lights. They are FAR more annoying than any other make of car on the road. They are the primary car for which I have to flip my rearview mirror into night mode, during the day. Many makes of trucks I have to do the same thing but Saturns are the primary cars. Other GM cars, like the Grand Am, also are quite annoying with their DRLs.

More complaints about GM (can't agree with the last two points, there, though)

Read point #6

And, this one (although the prose reads a bit biased it does bring up a business decision made by GM, hence their aggressiveness toward mandating DRLS in the States) click here
 
fyi; daytime runnning lights here

i used to drive w/ might lights on all the time anyways; i drive a compact, in an area filled w/ idiot suvs; anything that gets me noticed better....
 


<< Really? How new? The headlights in broad daylight thing seems to have been a trend for the past couple years. And anyways even though the alternator is recharging the car battery constantly, won't it eventually drain the battery faster? Meaning you're going to have to replace it sooner? And why did GM decide to leave the headlights on? >>



5 years or so. It does make a vehicle more visible to other cars and it does not drain the battery as long as the car is running.
 
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