OT: Rant about cars and how stupid the world is with stupid people

From: Bryan Pope <bpope_at_wordstock.com>
Date: Tue Feb 19 13:38:50 2002

And thusly Sellam Ismail spake:
>
> On Tue, 19 Feb 2002, Chad Fernandez wrote:
>
> > Also, my truck has DRL's. I guess GM thinks I'm too stupid to turn the
> > lights on myself. Actually it's probably not GM, they are just
> > responding to the "safety" desires of the masses. The really stupid
> > thing is that the DRL's are just on the front. If I'm concerned that
> > people aren't going to see me, I want to have my rear lights on too!
> > Windowsitis, would be a good name for this kind of thing.
>
> Day-time running lights are a conspiracy by the headlight industry to sell
> more headlights.
>
> I can't think of anything more stupid at the moment. If you can't see a
> car in the daylight with or without it's headlights on, YOU SHOULD NOT BE
> ALLOWED TO DRIVE!!!
>

I can understand your point with since you are from California and every day
is bright and sunny. (Just watch L.A. Story) But in Canada, where daytime
running lights are mandatory, it is a very good thing. Think snowstorms.
If the person coming towards you doesn't have their lights on they will all
of a sudden appear in front of you. But if they have daytime running lights,
you would at least see two lights further in the distance. Now you have more
time to react (ie. maybe move from the centre of the road!!)

Cheers,

Bryan
Received on Tue Feb 19 2002 - 13:38:50 GMT