Dorsetmike
Member
Are they really such a good idea? EU legislation has seen fit to enforce their fitting to new cars since 2011, probably at the instigation of the motor trade and LED makers. Saab and Volvo have had them for years.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daytime_running_lamp
In many cases they appear to look like nothing other than illuminated bling, it's become a styling gimmick; in addition many of them are so bright and stupidly positioned that the turn indicators are less visible, which to my mind is probably more dangerous than not having DRL, a few I believe do dim when indicators are operating.
If they must have them then further legislation should enforce maximum size, intensity and position. It occurs to me that a real advantage would be to enforce use of bi-coloured white/amber LEDs and they could then serve a dual purpose as DRL and turn indicators without the problem of the DRL masking indicators.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daytime_running_lamp
In many cases they appear to look like nothing other than illuminated bling, it's become a styling gimmick; in addition many of them are so bright and stupidly positioned that the turn indicators are less visible, which to my mind is probably more dangerous than not having DRL, a few I believe do dim when indicators are operating.
If they must have them then further legislation should enforce maximum size, intensity and position. It occurs to me that a real advantage would be to enforce use of bi-coloured white/amber LEDs and they could then serve a dual purpose as DRL and turn indicators without the problem of the DRL masking indicators.