David, thanks for setting the record straight.

On 12/11/08, David Marshall <mailinglist@fastforward.ca> wrote:
> OK volks... there is no such thing as a separate city light system on a
> vehicle - parking lights are the same as city lights and it is not legal
> to use them alone in a city anywhere in Europe now or any ECE complying
> country.
>
> Source:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_position_lamps#Front_position_lamps_.28parking_lamps.29
>
> Front
>
>
> Front
> position lamps (parking lamps)
>
> Nighttime standing-vehicle conspicuity to the front is provided by
> front position lamps, known as parking
> lamps or parking lights in North America,
> front sidelights in UK English, and in other regions as
> position lamps, standing lamps, or
> city lights. Despite the UK term, these are not the same
> as the sidemarker lights described below. The front position
> lamps may emit white or amber light in North America; elsewhere in the
> world they must emit only white light. The city light terminology
> for front position lamps comes from the now obsolete practice, formerly
> adhered to in cities like Moscow, London and Paris, of driving at night in
> built-up areas using these low-intensity
> lights rather than headlamps. It is now illegal in most countries to drive
> a vehicle with parking lamps illuminated, unless the headlamps are also
> illuminated. The UK briefly required Dim-Dip
> lights, described below, in an attempt to optimize the level of light
> used at night in built-up areas.
>
> David Marshall
> VW Adventure Driver and BMW Adventure Rider
>
> http://www.hasenwerk.ca
>
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