>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!!!
The original intent of them was to make sure people had headlights on at
dusk, dawn, and in poor weather. But many cars have had the light sensors
skipped out of designs to save money, meaning the lights stay on all the
time instead (and naturally, that money saver is turned into a "feature"
so they can charge more for the car).
For anyone that routinely deals with cutting wrecked cars off of
people... many of these seemingly "conspiracy" safety changes are
actually a welcome addition to the standard automobile.
Yes... it is true... you need to be pretty stupid to not turn your lights
on when it starts to get dark out... but there are an amazing number of
stupid people on the road... and stupid people aren't the lives we are
trying to save, it is lives of the smart ones the stupid people take.
Much like drunk driving laws... we don't give a rats ass about saving the
drunks... we get sick of moping the sober people off the highway, and
watching the drunks walk away.
-chris
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