Date:         Thu, 17 Sep 1998 20:37:32 -0700
Reply-To:     Old Volks Home <jim@OLDVOLKSHOME.COM>
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From:         Old Volks Home <jim@OLDVOLKSHOME.COM>
Subject:      Re: If You're Against Mandatory Daytime Running Lights...
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At 01:39 PM 9/17/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Because they give no provable benefit and they are a pain in the neck!
>There is only a benefit when just a few vehicles have them, then they
>stick out. But once EVERY vehicle has them you are back to where you
>started, except everyone has headaches from the glare.
>When I am driving and I am blinded by a vehicle behind me with DRL's on,
>I have to hit the dim lever on my rearview mirror, thus reducing my
>vision for ALL vehicles behind me.
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I have yet to be "blinded" or get headaches from DRL's, as they don't
appear to be that bright or bother me in any fashion.  For someone to get
these symptoms must have extremely sensitive vision.  I generally wear
prescription sunglasses when driving during the daytime, so I must be
missing out on something.

However, I am bother by people who adamantly drive with mis-aligned
headlights or always with their high beams on.  It could just be me, but
F*rds seem to be the worst in both these catagories.  I can always tell
when a F*rd is approaching or is behind me by the way the headlights are,
I'm usually right 88% of the time (my apologies to the "Back to the Future
Vanagon" enthusiasts) and they are usually misaligned or on High Beam.

Not that anyone gives a Flyin' Fat Rat's Butt, but I like DRL's myself.


Jim Thompson
84 Westy 2.1 * 62 Sedan * 90 Fox Wagon
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