Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 11:42:44 -0700
Reply-To: Craig Standley <cstand@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
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From: Craig Standley <cstand@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
Subject: Re: (long)Re: If You're Against Mandatory Daytime Running
Lights...
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so I don't see how this relates to DRLs. How about the 150 times a day
that someone sees your lights and doesn't pull out in front of you? You
wouldn't even notice that, but it happens constantly everyday. You are
only looking for negative eveidence, but missing the overwhelming positive
evidence.
Craig
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Craig Standley cstand@u.washington.edu
University of Washington http://weber.u.washington.edu/~cstand
Physics
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On Thu, 17 Sep 1998, Sudhir Desai wrote:
> > Why would you be against DRLs? Unless of course you are also opposed seat
> > belts, air bags, turn signals, brake lights, side impact beams, etc.
> the only things in this list that are useless are drl's and airbags
>
> IMHO, drl's are the worst safety feature anyone has come up with...
> some examples of this fact.
>
> i was driving a rental truck that had drl's..this truck was a Chevy K3500
> crew cab dually...essentially the biggest chevy u can get without going
> commercial.. and still, i almost got into 3 accidents which would not have
> been my fault..
> one of them, a old lady was coming out of a driveway, stopped, and ten
> came right out of the driveway going 10 miles an hour into my lane.. i
> literally stood on the brakes with both feet (the truck was an automatic
> so the brake pedal was wide enough to accomodate both of my feet)
>
>
> that wasnt the most obvious example of how drl's are totally unnecessary.
>
> the most obvious example was that my dad..who swears by drl's, who even
> goes as far as to turn on the lights of out jeep cherokee which doesnt
> have drl's ....... i was coming up the street and my dad backed out of the
> driveway right infront of me. i was going 5mph by now cause i knew he
> coudnt see me, so nothing happened, but it just goes to show that drl's do
> absolutely NOTHING, and when i say nothing i mean nothing, nada, rien,
> zilch, nicht, etc.., etc...
>
> sorry bout the sermon, but i believe it was necessary.
> laters people,
>
> Sudhir H. Desai 1984 VW Vanagon 3.4 liter Chevy V-6
> cdes@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu 1996 Subaru Outback 2.2 liter flat-4
> sudhir_desai@geocities.com 1997 Jeep Cherokee 4.0 liter I-6
> ICQ# 17014903 & 8255956
> http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/1889
>
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