Cavey
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Registered: 11th Nov 02
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Been seeing a lot of cars with their lights on all day, in brilliant sunshine, any reason for this?
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Butler
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Registered: 2nd Jun 05
Location: London
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Ive done it before, by mistake though wihout thinking when I get in the car. I also put my lights on in a tunnel the other day and forgot to turn them off.
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Butler
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Registered: 2nd Jun 05
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Could also be that they are all volvos
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chr15barn3s
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Location: Farnborough
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A lot of cars now come with day time lights as its law from next year.
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BYRON
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I have auto lights and its rare if they are actually off unless I notice my dash lights are on and switch them off.
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richc
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Registered: 24th Mar 07
Location: Ilkeston
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I do it sometimes on the motorway, to get the point across of; MOVE OUT OF THE WAY 
But a few cars now have day time lights
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Cavey
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This was round Mickleover, a little village in Derby.
I was thinking it was auto lights, but still didn't really seem to make sense.
Wtf are Daytime lights for?
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scottyp1989
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quote:
Originally posted by Cavey
This was round Mickleover, a little village in Derby.
I was thinking it was auto lights, but still didn't really seem to make sense.
Wtf are Daytime lights for?
says it in the name really
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Cavey
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Why do you need lights on during the day though?
Was more my points
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nathy_87
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Wouldn't anything to do with Motorcyclist would it? These daylights are really bright.
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Kevxx
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quote:
Originally posted by Cavey
Why do you need lights on during the day though?
Was more my points
its not for your benefit, i believe it makes you more visible to others.
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Nath
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
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Volvos and Saabs have it because sometimes in Sweden its dark nearly 24hrs a day.
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AndyKent
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quote:
Originally posted by BYRON
I have auto lights and its rare if they are actually off unless I notice my dash lights are on and switch them off.
Same. Car put its light on at 6pm when I drove out of the sunshine and into a forest on the way home. Turned them off when I drove out the other side.
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Benn
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Any thing 59 on wards has front "driving lights" on all the time now. New law.
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chrex
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yea i do it as it increases the likelihood that the huge number of blind retards on the road will see you before pulling out in front of you.
Same theory as a motorcyclist.
I find it makes a huge difference.
[Edited on 22-06-2010 by chrex]
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Daveskater
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I've seen a few people with their dipped beam headlights and front fog lights on in the middle of the day in summer before, I mean what's the point? I can understand having lights on to be seen by all the blind idiots, but fog lights too is going a bit far imo.
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sand-eel
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I think new cars have day time driving lights, but you can still switch them off.
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Daveskater
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DLR's annoy me. They're too bright. [/old man]
Numberwang!
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I like you Dave, you are a man of men
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Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
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deano87
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Nearly every new BMW, Audi, VW, Porsche, Vauxhall have the daytime running lights or LED's. Tad annoying.
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Robin
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I have my dipped beam on all the time.
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oceansoul
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quote:
Originally posted by Nath
Volvos and Saabs have it because sometimes in Sweden its dark nearly 24hrs a day.
In pretty much all Scandinavia its a requirement to have DRL (or lights on during the day if driving a car from outside Scandinavia) due to the dark days during the winter months.
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