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Daytime Running lamp

grumpygygrumpygy Member Posts: 48,464 ✭✭✭
edited October 2018 in General Discussion
Who here hates them so much they will pull the fuse so they do not come on.

Guy thinks they make him look stupid for having his lights on during the day.

PS not me. But a Co-Worker.

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  • asphalt cowboyasphalt cowboy Member Posts: 8,904 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If it tells you anything, I turn my headlights on every time I start the engine to go somewhere.
  • grumpygygrumpygy Member Posts: 48,464 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by asphalt cowboy
    If it tells you anything, I turn my headlights on every time I start the engine to go somewhere.


    Mine is in the Auto position so that if I turn on the wipers the lights come on or if it gets too dark as in heavy cloud cover they come on.

    If I do not feel that is enough I turn on the fog lights which turn on my head lights.

    Main reason I leave it in auto is I would never turn the lights off when I parked.[:I]
  • Ricci WrightRicci Wright Member Posts: 8,259 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Mine are always on when I am driving. We have a holes here that like to drive at night with no lights. I almost had a head on with a minivan a while back as I was starting to pass a car on a two lane road when I happened to make out the outline of the van and ducked back in just in time.
    I have driven all over the country and I really believe the very worst drivers are right here in the Wilmington, N.C. area.
  • grumpygygrumpygy Member Posts: 48,464 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Ricci Wright
    Mine are always on when I am driving. We have a holes here that like to drive at night with no lights. I almost had a head on with a minivan a while back as I was starting to pass a car on a two lane road when I happened to make out the outline of the van and ducked back in just in time.
    I have driven all over the country and I really believe the very worst drivers are right here in the Wilmington, N.C. area.


    I've been near you in Jacksonville. The real worst is in New Orleans.
  • wiplashwiplash Member Posts: 7,145 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    But they all seem to end up here in Vegas!
    There is no such thing as Liberal Men, only Liberal Women with Penises.'
  • droptopdroptop Member Posts: 8,363 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Don't have running lamps but would not pull the fuse.
  • grumpygygrumpygy Member Posts: 48,464 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Was just thinking I drove for a long time in my truck with one burned out. Did not know it. But that truck has to be in gear and running for them to be on. So its kind of hard to check them.

    I just happened to pull up in front of a store that had a glass front and I saw that one was out.
  • Irish 8802Irish 8802 Member Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My truck has a switch to turn off...
    I always turn mine off on a bright sunny day..

    YMMV!!
  • Riomouse911Riomouse911 Member Posts: 3,492 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I turn my headlights on every time I am towing one of my trailers, for some reason it keeps people from pulling in front of me.

    I like running lights on cars because when I'm out in the desert on a two lane highway it's a lot easier to see approaching vehicles.

    The lights aren't for your use like headlights, they're on for your safety. They're on so others will more easily see you and know you're there. If your buddy understood this, that fuse would be back in in a heartbeat.
  • asphalt cowboyasphalt cowboy Member Posts: 8,904 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Riomouse911
    The lights aren't for your use like headlights, they're on for your safety. They're on so others will more easily see you and know you're there. If your buddy understood this, that fuse would be back in in a heartbeat.


    Eggzackry
    My * retentive attitude towards wanting to be seen stems from an unknowable number of miles riding motorcycles. Since my '79 Jeep doesn't have daytime anything lights, I turn the headlights on.
  • grumpygygrumpygy Member Posts: 48,464 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by asphalt cowboy
    quote:Originally posted by Riomouse911
    The lights aren't for your use like headlights, they're on for your safety. They're on so others will more easily see you and know you're there. If your buddy understood this, that fuse would be back in in a heartbeat.


    Eggzackry
    My * retentive attitude towards wanting to be seen stems from an unknowable number of miles riding motorcycles. Since my '79 Jeep doesn't have daytime anything lights, I turn the headlights on.


    Not sure how many times I have come out to a dead battery on my Jeep 94.

    You should see the Lights on my Harley, the only way they will not see me is if their eyes are closed. And you are right it carries over to what else I drive. Just put all LED Bulbs in my truck and LED Headlight in the car.

    Also working on fog lights for the truck. Hoping it helps in Oregon in the winter and wet the Lines on the road disappear. But with the fog lights on the car I can see them again.
  • Ditch-RunnerDitch-Runner Member Posts: 25,002 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    [:I][:I] I have a 98 chevy pick up ( bought it many years ago ) the first thing I did was disable the day light headlights small relay under the dash to unplug
    now every thing else we drive has them I just do not think about it at all just get in and drive
    originally I hated the government deciding I need them along with seat belts and etc etc ....... they try to control too much of my life now
  • mjrfd99mjrfd99 Member Posts: 4,553 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    When the road is full of numbnuts I have my lights on
    Yep ALL the time. Just like the M/C's

    I believe:
    http://www.thedrive.com/motorcycles/20371/motorcycles-should-have-three-headlights-for-improved-visibility
  • asphalt cowboyasphalt cowboy Member Posts: 8,904 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by grumpygy
    quote:Originally posted by asphalt cowboy
    quote:Originally posted by Riomouse911
    The lights aren't for your use like headlights, they're on for your safety. They're on so others will more easily see you and know you're there. If your buddy understood this, that fuse would be back in in a heartbeat.


    Eggzackry
    My * retentive attitude towards wanting to be seen stems from an unknowable number of miles riding motorcycles. Since my '79 Jeep doesn't have daytime anything lights, I turn the headlights on.


    Not sure how many times I have come out to a dead battery on my Jeep 94.

    You should see the Lights on my Harley, the only way they will not see me is if their eyes are closed. And you are right it carries over to what else I drive. Just put all LED Bulbs in my truck and LED Headlight in the car.

    Also working on fog lights for the truck. Hoping it helps in Oregon in the winter and wet the Lines on the road disappear. But with the fog lights on the car I can see them again.



    Same way with my V Star. I went with the H4 R3 bulb from ADVmonster instead of a Trucklight or Daymaker assembly and my passing lamps are the 4 1/2" Sunpie assembly.
    I plan on using the same on the Jeep with headlight housings I found on Amazon. No more often than I use it though, the Jeep can wait on other priorities.
  • SperrySperry Member Posts: 5,006 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I let them run on Auto, which is 100% all of the time. Unless I'm on a daytime highway drive, with no incoming traffic. Then it is as easy as turning a knob. The lights will automatically revert to Auto the next time the vehicle is started.

    DRL reduces accidents in light trucks, like mine.

    The analysis determined that DRLs offer no statistically significant reduction in the frequency or severity of the collisions studied, except for a reduction in light trucks' and vans' involvement in two-vehicle crashes by a statistically significant 5.7%. - wiki
  • grumpygygrumpygy Member Posts: 48,464 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by asphalt cowboy
    quote:Originally posted by grumpygy
    quote:Originally posted by asphalt cowboy
    quote:Originally posted by Riomouse911
    The lights aren't for your use like headlights, they're on for your safety. They're on so others will more easily see you and know you're there. If your buddy understood this, that fuse would be back in in a heartbeat.


    Eggzackry
    My * retentive attitude towards wanting to be seen stems from an unknowable number of miles riding motorcycles. Since my '79 Jeep doesn't have daytime anything lights, I turn the headlights on.


    Not sure how many times I have come out to a dead battery on my Jeep 94.

    You should see the Lights on my Harley, the only way they will not see me is if their eyes are closed. And you are right it carries over to what else I drive. Just put all LED Bulbs in my truck and LED Headlight in the car.

    Also working on fog lights for the truck. Hoping it helps in Oregon in the winter and wet the Lines on the road disappear. But with the fog lights on the car I can see them again.



    Same way with my V Star. I went with the H4 R3 bulb from ADVmonster instead of a Trucklight or Daymaker assembly and my passing lamps are the 4 1/2" Sunpie assembly.
    I plan on using the same on the Jeep with headlight housings I found on Amazon. No more often than I use it though, the Jeep can wait on other priorities.


    I have LED Head and Spot lamps on the Harley. Plus my Led turn and Brake are extra bright. Brake gives 5 fast flashes when I hit the brake and I finally found front you can see when I have the Spot lamps on which is all the time.

    For the Jeep look at getting a Euro bulb housing made by Hella. Really lights the night up.
  • armilitearmilite Member Posts: 35,489 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Mine are set to auto when ever the Exploder decides to turn them on.
  • remingtonoaksremingtonoaks Member Posts: 26,245 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Just tell your buddy that if he dies in a collision because somebody didn't see him because he disabled the daylight running lamps, you're not going to take off work to go to the funeral. Why should it cost you a day's wages just because he's stupid
  • MobuckMobuck Member Posts: 13,979 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Here's my side of the rant: Drivers have become so used to seeing DRL that they don't "see" oncoming vehicles that don't have the lights.
    Let's face the fact that a dark gray car on a weathered paved highway is a wee bit difficult to pick out which is part of the logic behind DRL. Unfortunately, DRL are only a crutch that drivers have become dependent on.
    I disabled the DRL on my farm pickup but not my work pickup. If there is an accident and the other driver or witness testifies that my DRL weren't working, that could be construed as negligence.
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