“No, I can see just fine, it doesn’t matter thay my car is the color of a wet road, I don’t need headlights”.
Was this picture taken as the driver? While driving? …what appears to be a school bus?
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Having worked on these school buses it’s possible that this is a special needs school bus. The bus monitor may have been the one taking pictures. I’ve taken photos before, especially when there are aggressive drivers, or safety hazards on the road to report to non emergency and emergency services.
Person being unsafe with camera use while driving complains about others being unsafe while driving.
Passenger seats are a thing
Person violating dot rules and just risked their commercial license.
https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/driver-safety/distracted-driving/mobile-phone-restrictions-fact-sheet
Why don’t auto manufactures legally have to make them linked to turning on wiper blades? I’ve never understood this?
why don’t your politicians pass a law that makes them mandatory to be turned on at all times?
it has been like that in the EU for fuck knows how long.
whether it’s raining, snowing or sun shining, you turn on your lights.
newer cars (read almost 10 years old by now) have special front leds that are always on as that meets regulation.
personally I have an almost 10 year old car and it automatically switched between he daylight running lights and the normal headlights
older cars simply have to have their headlights turned on all the time.
I’ve always wondered this. Why are the on just when it’s raining? Why not all the time? What is the justification for operating a car on the road without lights on?
In Slovakia and AFAIK nearby countries you will get pulled over and ticketed if you don’t have your headlights on at all times
saving a few bucks on the bulbs I guess. No real reason not to have them, owning a car is already expensive, the added cost from headlight bulbs being replaced more frequently is a rounding error.
Really the main reason is gonna be that that’s how things are done and so there is no political will to change it.
I think I’ve had to change bulb once every ten years and I live somewhere they’re turned on during the day. It’s probably the cheapest part of car ownership.
The corolla I had 20 years ago had auto lights. It was not a fancy trim. Literally the base model with a standard transmission. I don’t get why other manufacturers are so far behind.
why don’t your politicians pass a law
I’m gonna stop you right there chief. We don’t pass useful laws here. We only pass laws on congress dress code and play speaker of the house shuffle. Maybe you were thinking of some other country.
Let’s not act as if this is a good solution. Constantly running your headlights fucks them up. Plenty of cars on the EU roads with one headlight not shining, really dim ones etc. And the LEDs you mention do fuckall since they aren’t even close to the required intensity, they are lit up to satisfy the law and nothing else.
I rarely ever see a car with defect headlights here in austria and didn’t have to change mine once over the past 200k kilometers.
Also LEDs not only run with significantly higher efficiency (meaning they shine brighter, on less power); they also have a much longer lifespan. They use up less space and they are more resistant to damage from vibration than its two competing technologies. They are the superior lighting source in most every aspect. You were thinking of halogen lamps, which are the old standard that is currently being removed.
And yet I see those all the time in Poland, where a lot of people have older cars.
No, I am talking about daylight LED’s, the one that turn on when you start the engine. Most of the ones that are on cars I see are just a glorified LED strip. They simply exist so you don’t have to use the main ones. And again, they do fuckall. They’re just there so the cops don’t ticket you.
And the LEDs you mention do fuckall since they aren’t even close to the required intensit
In the U.S., this isn’t currently a requirement. But data suggests that maybe it should be. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) found that daytime headlights use reduced daytime crashes from light trucks and vans by 5.7%.
Daytime running lights are mandatory in Canada, unfortunately your politicians are unable to pass useful legislation if it can’t be played for votes
Don’t use your phone to take pictures while driving.
As a Canadian, we have auto daytime running lights on all the time but then people think they don’t need to turn the actual headlights on which are brighter and turn the rear taillights on so they are still invisible from behind.
For the life of me, I can’t figure out the thought process behind DRLs.
Let’s create a separate set of headlights that are always on for safety and visibility… They won’t be quite as bright as actual headlights, but they are bright enough that you might think you have your headlights on. Oh, and no tail lights for some reason!
Even my 2013 with headlights that turn off automatically when they are in the ON and the car is shut off, still insists I’m supposed to use the AUTO mode which only activates in low light.
Nothing about about it makes any logical or safety sense. There is zero reason whatsoever that the standard for 30 years hasn’t been for all standard lights to be on whenever the engine is running, with the specific option to turn them off if desired.
Headlights are designed to illuminate the road in front of you. DRLs are designed to be seen by others.
Headlights deliberately avoid sending light up or sideways towards the eyes of other drivers, so they often aren’t very visible during the day. DRLs send light in all directions and are bright points or strips of light, so they stand out more without blinding other drivers.
If your DRLs aren’t very good, that’s a different problem. Older ones with incandescent bulbs weren’t. They do have a purpose that headlights aren’t great at, though.
Yeah many modern vehicles do this really well. My car has a bright LED strip that runs over each headlight. Those are my DRLs. They don’t get in anyone’s eyes, they don’t reflect off glass, but they are very clear to see when driving during the day. At night, I have headlights. They do an excellent job at illuminating the road, but they can also shine in people’s eyes going over an incline, reflect in people’s mirrors, etc
Folks need to realize that having headlights on in the rain isn’t meant to help you see, but to help others see you.
This goes for signals too. Don’t turn it on when you’re already turning
Signals??? You mean the turn reminder? Because i use it to remind people i already started turning a second ago.
It’s my constitutional right to do whatever I like. -Republican coal rollers.
Yeah, they used that argument when seat belts became legally required and when they banned drinking alcohol while driving.
I wish I was joking but you can look up the news clips on YouTube…
I fucking hate shit like this. Also, possibly even more, if you’re going to drive a car, fucking maintain it. I have been behind a shitbox rattletrap that lost its rear passenger wheel that I was thankfully far enough away from it to be able to avoid it before it hit my car
Not sure if it’s your truck or not but rain x can go a long way for your visibility. Also agree with headlights being on.
Yeah: they should have their lights on, but treat those windows, boss
