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View Poll Results: Headlights on in the daytime | |||
Yes | 66 | 45.83% | |
No | 78 | 54.17% | |
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05-12-2010, 11:04 AM | #61 | |||
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However I wear mine for the polarisation - just after rain on overcast days i'll have them on - because even though i won't be able to clearly read my dash (and hence i put my lights on) i will be able to see far clearer with my sunnies on than with them off because of the impressive glare cut they give. It makes me safe and cool all at the same time.
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05-12-2010, 11:13 AM | #62 | ||
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I travel highways with headlights on always. Cars in front seem to notice you more when you are coming up behind them in two laned roads and move over. Not always but moreso.
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05-12-2010, 12:22 PM | #63 | ||
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I voted yes. Mainly on highway runs and cloudy days. Sometimes just my parkers. I think it makes it easier for others to see me. I must admit though, that I don't have them on every time.
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05-12-2010, 12:56 PM | #64 | ||
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i voted no, only because I currently have a bright coloured car.
but when i had an ego coloured car i found people where turning in front me, or pulling out in front of me and I sensed they couldn't see (peripheraly speaking) me till the last minute. so i did an experiment, i started driving my ego coloured car with headlights/parkers on and I felt people could see me well in advance. I think it works and when I see a car with headlights/parkers on during the day it certainly gets my attention. though like the post above me, I didn't do it all the time. |
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05-12-2010, 01:53 PM | #65 | ||
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I have mercury silver ba,when its gray and overcast i have my parkers on,because silver cars are harder to see on overcast days.
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05-12-2010, 04:53 PM | #66 | |||
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parkers Don't light up enough in rain. But at least it's better then nothing. |
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05-12-2010, 06:16 PM | #67 | |||
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06-12-2010, 09:48 PM | #68 | ||
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After reading the posts on here, the many well worded responses and well thought out opinions and ideas, I found one thing quite interesting.
We basically have 3 groups here, the I don't have lights on it is your responsibility to look, the I have my lights on in rural/highway/bad conditions and the I have them on all the time groups. What I find interesting is the idea that lights are not required for increased visibility in built up areas but they are in rural areas. Why is that? Is that common opinion a result of road safety campaigns that have put up signs on some of our highways? The facts are you are statistically more likely to be involved in an crash in an urban area and one of the leading causes of crashes is a failure to give way. Therefore I do not think that it is unreasonable to suggest that you are statistically more likely to be involved in a crash as a result of not being seen in an urban environment than in a rural area. So why turn your lights on on the highway, but not on the backstreets of suburbia where you are much more likely to have someone pull out in front of you? Oh, and for all those that say "I have a bright coloured car, if you can't see it you should not drive". We have big vans with reflective fluro yellow and green candy striping all over them and will still have people pull out in front of us and then claim they did not see us. Added to that, I once had someone pull out in front of me in my citric acid XR8 because he did not see me (no I did not have lights on), I had a lady back into my bright yellow Mini because she did not see it. Interestingly I had no episodes of people pulling out in front of me (not really close calls anyway) in the lightning strike GT, perhaps that is because I knew it was a crap colour to see and I was more vigilant about having my lights on. I think an interesting thing to do is ask every respondent to the poll when the last time they were involved in a crash. I wonder if the head light crew have a longer time frame between crashes than the no headlight crew? I normally drive with my headlights on (I sometimes forget on the typhoon, the Mini are never off) and I have not had a crash in 16 years.
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06-12-2010, 10:02 PM | #69 | ||
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I remember when I was younger my father cursing at Volvos (DL240?) – “Another bloody Volvo driver with their lights on in the day!”
I think we found out later that’s just the way they were – daytime running lights in the 80’s. Those ingenious Swede’s. |
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06-12-2010, 10:06 PM | #70 | ||
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Ever since a friend of the family had his Red 1963 Cadillac written off becuase the lady in the pulsar 'didn't see it' i've laughed off the notion that bright coloured cars are always obvious to all people.
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06-12-2010, 11:41 PM | #71 | |||
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07-12-2010, 12:30 AM | #72 | |||
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My VE work car has the lights left "on". afaik commodore's have had an auto-off function on the headlights for years, instead of Ford's beeper system. Switch in the commo never gets touched. on when you start up, off when you get out... Ford should do that I reckon |
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07-12-2010, 12:38 AM | #73 | |||
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All our QG cars (Queensland Gov.) have their lights set to "AUTO" in the commodores, not sure about the rest of the makes and models but I always drive with them on, especially because it's not my car and I don't particularly want to waste tax payers money (yes there are considerate gov. workers out there ) |
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07-12-2010, 06:55 AM | #74 | ||
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And another thing I have noticed now ... and probably another reason to actually save globe costs over time ... is that emergency vehicles here in NSW (ambulances especially) are now running LED DRLs.
I actually find them more distinct than a lower Kelvin low beam coloured Halogen headlight ... makes it easier for the eye to spot. With the amount of boneheads in Sydney that swap lanes without care ... I'd hazard a guess that may be why the NSW Ambulance Service is running them. They may have had a spate of minor accidents where (even bright coloured/slab sided) ambulances have been involved in minor altercations due to careless (ie: blind) drivers.
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07-12-2010, 07:20 AM | #75 | |||
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I know the commodore and subaru vehicles do not have the headlights hard wired but both those have lights that switch off when the engine stops so I leave the switch on. Why can't Ford have that instead of a stupid beeper?
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07-12-2010, 07:35 AM | #76 | |||
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07-12-2010, 07:49 AM | #77 | |||
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My 04 Territory does not have auto lights .... BUT ... if i leave the lights in the on position and turn it off, get out, and arm the vehicle ... lights turn off. Not the same with my BFII ute though ... just the beeper ... although that has the Auto option ... and it will eventually turn off (when Auto is selected) after the car is armed (about 15 seconds later though).
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07-12-2010, 07:53 AM | #78 | |||
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07-12-2010, 08:02 AM | #79 | |||
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07-12-2010, 12:13 PM | #80 | |||
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07-12-2010, 12:17 PM | #81 | |||
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but covering the sensor with tape seems a little tacky and i hate having stuff on the dash reflecting back up at the windscreen. Ford have the "Lights On" feature available for FGs it cant be too hard to adapt for the BFs.. surely
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07-12-2010, 12:22 PM | #82 | ||
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They had the module for the BA/BF as well ... Telstra used it.
So it should be available.
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07-12-2010, 12:29 PM | #83 | |||
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07-12-2010, 05:03 PM | #85 | |||
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Lights, when used? on all the time, Date of Last accident? 22 November, 1988 (22 years) Scenario? New nissan Patrol rear ended my 1963 Mini "...didn't think yould stop for the light mate." Cheers James |
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07-12-2010, 05:15 PM | #86 | |||
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In the last 10 yrs I would have racked up at least 2.5 million klms (conservative estimate) and with the exception of wild life, 1 accident that was entirely my fault (rear ended someone) and 1 accident where I got rear ended I haven't had any other accidents in that time frame. I might also add that most of the klms I traveled were in urban areas and as I stated before my lights are always on regardless of what I am driving. |
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07-12-2010, 05:22 PM | #87 | ||
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headlights on always in rural areas as thats where I spend most of my time. When family and friends visit us out here I always remind them 'headlights on', its something I take very seriously as I genuinely think it makes you much more visible.
In SA they have roadsigns on some rural roads saying 'Headlights On, 24 hours'. I would like to see these signs on more rural roads around the country. |
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07-12-2010, 06:13 PM | #88 | |||
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As for using headlights vs having a crash, ive never had one, always used headlights
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07-12-2010, 06:32 PM | #89 | |||
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07-12-2010, 06:37 PM | #90 | |||
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I drive with headlights off during the day (except for heavy rain/fog). Never had an accident in 23 years driving. |
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