At 13:00 18-09-98 -0400, James Wagner wrote: >What about the color a car has been painted? Before making expensive and >energy wasting attempts to solve the problem of low visibility........ The claims in this debate are getting very humourous. How much do you figure this technology costs? DRLs use existing ignition and headlight switches, existing headlights and existing wiring. I don't know the particulars but I am guessing there is an extra component or two of extra electrical hardware that makes an ordinary vehicle into a DRL vehicle. When applied to every vehicle produced, how much do you figure this adds to the cost? I would bet we are talking a dollar or two. The outrageous expense argument is right up there with the glare argument and the "until everyone drives perfectly..." argument in being utterly ridiculous. As for painting all cars white, I am just going to leave this one alone.:-) Kelly Bauman Delta, BC '91 Westy |
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