Re: Daytime Running Lights(Cdn)

[Alexei M Voloshin <Alexei.M.Voloshin-1@tc.umn.edu>]

What I don't understand is this: are you trying to say that you will not 
be able to see a car on a clear day without its headlights on in time to 
stop?? You shouldn't be driving then.

Alex

On Fri, 10 Jan 1997, Pat James wrote:

> Re: running lights   
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> Just wait till they save your life six times from bad drivers trying
> to pass on highways with rolling hills. I spent four years at 140k/kms
> on the road with no running lights and seven years at 160k/kms with
> running lights. Our head-on avoidance moves were almost eliminated.
> 
> annoying - good !! That's the whole idea,eh ?
> wastes energy - at U.S gas prices, a moot point.
> and does not make your car considerably safer! - Yeh , right....
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> Paul Bunyk wrote:
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> > > No, it is not difficult to add daytime running lights. Don't do it... very
> > > annoying, wastes energy, and does not make your car considerably safer!
> > >
> > > Alex
> > >
> > > On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, Mitchel Freedman wrote:
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> > > > Can anyone tell me if they have ever added DAYTIMNE RUNNING LIGHTS option
> > > > to US cars (that do not already have said option...). Was it difficult ?
> > > > Cost ?
> > > >
> > > > TIA, Mitch
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> > > > A4 BonT in production
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> > Yeah, I agree with you in general, but if you do not know, here, in US
> > (at least in NY state) insurance companies give discounts for cars with
> > *factory enabled* daytime lights (like Saabs and new Volvos --- I heard
> > it is a law in Sweden).
> > 
> > Paul
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> -- 
>  Patrick James
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> 
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