Headlights on during the day... another stupid fad

[Trumpton]

I think I'm correct in saying that in all Scandinavian countries it is compulsory to have dipped headlights on throughout the day.

[Androm]

I've driven in South America and they don't put their lights on until it's pitch black. Maybe if we did the same some people would drive better?


As Europe and "television without frontiers"...no chance the government with veto that part.

[andytaylor]

You should always take note of the weather and light conditions when deciding if your lights should be on or not.

Volvos have had "daytime running lights" since 1975. It's a safety feature.

What infuriates me most is those people who don't know when they have their fog lights on, or put them on at the slightest hint of fog.

grrrrrrr.

[dimi]

In fairnes isnt it dark in the scandanavian countries for at least half the year..... probably why they need the headlights!

[Mysteryman]

"What infuriates me most is those people who don't know when they have their fog lights on, or put them on at the slightest hint of fog."

Agreed, or worse use sot lights at night as well as/instead of dipped headlights on well lit roads.

[Trumpton]

dimi wrote:

> In fairnes isnt it dark in the scandanavian countries for at
> least half the year..... probably why they need the headlights!

Good call.

[dimi]

Ta much

[Bob Singleton]

Mysteryman wrote:

> I'd rather have people driving with correctly dipped headlights
> on in bright sunshine than put up with the morons who drive in
> heavy rain or other types of poor visibility without any lights
> at all. If this new fad spreads it might mean more vehicles
> have their lights on when they should be on.
>
> In aviation pilots talk of "see and be seen" - the roads are
> much more crowded and kill many times more people every year
> than the airways so "see and be seen" is not a bad thing for
> drivers to adopt.
>
> In some US States it is the law to switch lights on as soon as
> you switch on your wipers.


As a former driving instructor I have to agree 100% with what you've said. It's frightening the number of people who don't switch their dipped headlights on in poor visibility.

Other bugbears are fog lights on when there is no fog and those who drive in the middle lane when there's no-one in the inside lane.

I also hate black cabs in London... they pull out or stop without signalling and do U-turns without looking.