I second that.
The last left turn before you get to my house is in a bit of a valley.
In the summer you have to look through the tall grass at the side of the
road to see if there are cars coming (because you're basically looking
up). DRLs make it far easier to spot oncoming traffic. Probably saved me
from more than a few embarrassing driving mistakes.
I do agree that motorcycles and bicycles seem to be invisible to a vast
majority of drivers. From motorcyclist friends I have I would say that
DRLs do not help. Some drivers just can't conceive of anything smaller
than them on the road.
Rob S.
droo wrote:
>
> On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 22:52:23 +0000 (UTC), <jon@dakota-truck.net> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>> - The theory isn't quite sound. Here is what I mean... 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. Consider a law that says everyone
>> has to wear orange shirts because it makes them more visible. All you
>> get is a sea of orange! Similarly, all DRLs give you is a sea of
>> light. It only adds to the confusion, its a lot of noise without an
>> improvement in signal. There are certain vehicles which use
>> headlights all the time such as motorcycles, school busses, emergency
>> vehicles, etc. These vehicles now just dissapear into the mass, and
>> any advantage they might have had is lost. Its as if everyone was
>> driving with their lights off. As a biker, DRLs make the highways
>> less safe for me, and I don't like that. With the idiot drivers out
>> there, I need all the help I can get when I'm not surrounded by 2 tons
>> of steel!
>
>
> The idea isn't to make you stand out from other vehicles. It is to make
> you stand out from the background.
>
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