> >Vanagons sold in Canada did have DRL's and when used during the winter in such >far northern areas were of course a great safety assist. "Far northern areas"?? It's obvious your knowledge of Canada is lacking. Contrary to what some people think, Canada (as do the northern United States) don't have eleven months of winter with twenty-three hours of darkness every day. DRL perform a valuable function all year round, winter and summer. > >But most of us live and drive in areas more equatorial and have no such >problems.
Most of the United States lies between the 35th and 49th latitudes...hardly "equatorial".
>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.
Dashboard illumination does not function when DRL are operational so if it's too dark to see your dash gauges you turn on your regular headlights. |
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