Headlights vs DRL in safety zone
This is really a two pronged post, I just bought a replacement for our 1995 towed and we took the new towed on a day trip about 120 miles North of Los Angeles. I am not fully functional on the locati...
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I just went out and checked my DRL, on my vehicle the low beams come on and I believe at full power. It's bright daylight out right now but the reflection of the lights on my neighbor's car do not change when I switch from DRL to headlights. That is with exception of the tail lights which only come on with the headlights.
I thought that the CHP officer was pretty reasonable, most of them are more concerned with speeding drivers, drivers making unsafe lane changes and turns and those that are driving erratically, possibly due to being und the influence. For those of you that are thinking only about the letter of the law and being guilty or not, any LEO can follow you for a mile and find reasonable cause to stop you. Maybe the aforementioned problems seem more important than how far in advance of making a turn you signal for the turn or a lane change or maybe you didn't really have adequate space when you signaled and made your turn or lane change.
As far a seeing a judge in our county, forget it, they don't even have traffic court most days. I don't want to go into the politics of why, just knowing we're on the left coast should answer that question.
I do agree that on foggy days or in areas where there is dappled sunlight, tail lights are needed, but this was broad daylight and the real need is for oncoming traffic being able to see you. Only a few idiots normally drive that streach at anywhere near the speed limit.
I keep my headlight switch in the AUTO position most of the time, yesterday the headlights came on while we were in the fog between Ventura and Santa Barbara, I would not have used them in the light fog we encourtered but Suzuki is pretty safety concious.
Original point still evident, She who must be obeyed is also always right.
I thought that the CHP officer was pretty reasonable, most of them are more concerned with speeding drivers, drivers making unsafe lane changes and turns and those that are driving erratically, possibly due to being und the influence. For those of you that are thinking only about the letter of the law and being guilty or not, any LEO can follow you for a mile and find reasonable cause to stop you. Maybe the aforementioned problems seem more important than how far in advance of making a turn you signal for the turn or a lane change or maybe you didn't really have adequate space when you signaled and made your turn or lane change.
As far a seeing a judge in our county, forget it, they don't even have traffic court most days. I don't want to go into the politics of why, just knowing we're on the left coast should answer that question.
I do agree that on foggy days or in areas where there is dappled sunlight, tail lights are needed, but this was broad daylight and the real need is for oncoming traffic being able to see you. Only a few idiots normally drive that streach at anywhere near the speed limit.
I keep my headlight switch in the AUTO position most of the time, yesterday the headlights came on while we were in the fog between Ventura and Santa Barbara, I would not have used them in the light fog we encourtered but Suzuki is pretty safety concious.
Original point still evident, She who must be obeyed is also always right.
