>Also, What about the driver who has low power DRL's but forgets to turn
the full
>lights on at night. Dangerous. If that same driver had no DRL;s it
would be much
>more obvious that his lights were off and that he should turn them on.
>
These are the same as the folks who already forget to turn the
headlights on at night, but probably actually slightly less dangerous,
because they are at least putting out some sort of light.

On cars with DRLs, the dashboard lighting does not come on with the
DRLs.  So it would be quite easy to tell if your headlights were not on.
It's just like a regular car in that respect.  You have to turn your
parking lights/headlights on to get that interior illumination.
So people who forget would still forget, and people who don't forget
would still not forget.

Sean Bartnik
Fairfax, Virginia
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'81 Vanagon L Westfalia
'74 Karmann Ghia convertible
http://www.type2.com/bartnik/tech.htm

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