Date:         Fri, 8 May 1998 09:35:37 -0700
Reply-To:     Kelly Bauman <bauman@ICAN.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Kelly Bauman <bauman@ICAN.NET>
Subject:      Re: Daytime running lights for US Vanagons
Comments: To: David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>, Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
In-Reply-To:  <3.0.3.32.19980507221339.0068d53c@mail.abccom.bc.ca>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

At 22:13 07-05-98 -0700, David Marshall wrote:
>Most people here want to disable the DTRLs!  The simplest way would be to
>hook up a relay that is triggered when you turn on the van.

David's statistic of "Most people here" must refer to the couple of
thousand residents of his small rural logging community.  Most people in
the rest of the province of British Columbia welcome automatic daytime
running lights for their proven safety advantages.  In the '80s, before
daytime running lights were mandatory on Canadian vehicles, there were an
overwhelming number of BC residents who drove with their headlights on
during the day, especially in the gray, rainy days of winter.  The downside
to the "manual" version of daytime running lights is ocassionally
forgetting to turn off the lights with the vehicle ignition.  DOH!

Kelly Bauman
Delta, BC
'91 Westy