OT Point of Interest: Aircraft land and takeoff in the daytime with landing
lights switched on to avoid Bird strikes and engine bird injestion.
Jim Knox, 91 Dak 318 LA
---- Original Message -----
From: "Jason Bleazard" <dml@bleazard.net>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 9:13 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Daytime running lights not working !
>
> At 05:52 PM 1/15/2004, Jon wrote:
>
> > There
> > is certainly no arguing that a vehicle with its lights on is
> > more visible than one with the lights off (under most
> > circumstances). However, this is an advantage that should be
> > exploited carefully; not employed en-masse. If everyone has
> > their lights on, the advantage is lost.
>
> You do raise a couple of good points, but there's just one small hole in
> your logic. By turning your lights on, you aren't trying to be more
> visible than other vehicles. You're trying to be more visible than trees,
> embankments, garbage cans, or whatever other background visual clutter
> there might be. It also helps differentiate the vehicles that are driving
> from the ones that are parked along the side of the road.
>
> Personally, I find I do see all vehicles that have their lights on, no
> matter how many there are. However, I will grant that once 90% of
vehicles
> have DRLs, it does make it easier to miss vehicles that don't have any
> lights at all.
>
> I don't think there needs to be any law about it, but I don't personally
> have a problem with vehicles being equipped with DRLs. Just my own
opinion.
>
> --
> Jason Bleazard http://www.bleazard.net Burlington, Ontario
> his: '95 Dakota Sport 4x4, 3.9 V6, 5spd, Reg. Cab, white
> hers: '01 Dakota Sport 4x4, 4.7 V8, Auto, Quad Cab, black
>
>
>
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