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I have never ever been a promoter of using headlights at daytime.
Sweden was the first nation in the world to introduce this eccentricity. This was in 1977 and I still remember it as a strange thing to see all the cars using lights in broad daylight.
Although Finland already had this law in 1972 but only in the wintertime.
Norway followed in 1986 and Denmark in 1990. After the fall of the wall, many former communist regimes also started to use lights at day.
What are the negative aspects?
*Energy consuming
*Risk of dazing especially if the road is wet, because the dipped headlights are reflected by the water.
*Tiring for the eyes
*Turn signals are less seen if headlights are on.
*It would be easier to spot motorcycles if only they were priviliged to use daytime lights.
*Rear lights will also be in use although without necessity.
*So if DRL is supposed to be an advantage why did Austria cancel their rules about DRL?
I have seen that DRL are used in countries where it's not compulsory. This is
mostly in Germany and Holland.
When I last visited NL I would estimate the use of DRL to about 20-30% of cars. In Germany this is less common maybe 10-15% of cars, higher use on the motorways. In Italy also as in NL within cities although not compulsary.
In Italy where it's compulsory on rural road, still use is definately not 100% as in Sweden. Italians tend to disobey trafficrules.
In France I saw few cars using DRL, also french motorists tend to switch on their headlights late in the evening.
In Russia (as always) its a mess. Many newer luxury cars uses DRL all the time, probably to show that they're more important than others. "Get out of the way attitude" At the same time old zhiguli-cars use headlights only when it's pitch dark. In town parklights will do, quite common to see cars at night with no lights at all.
Solution: No compulsory DRL-law but All new cars should be equipped with small LED-lights as the type newer Audi-cars use. Those lights are less disturbing and less energy consuming, still they mark a car in motion which could be an advantage if the vehicle is not seen in daylight because of shadows from surounding trees for exemple.
Question: People in countries with no DRL-rules. If you buy a new Audi do you disconnect the DRL-LED-lights or do these cars come to your country with LED's that dont automatically light up when you start the car?
Sweden was the first nation in the world to introduce this eccentricity. This was in 1977 and I still remember it as a strange thing to see all the cars using lights in broad daylight.
Although Finland already had this law in 1972 but only in the wintertime.
Norway followed in 1986 and Denmark in 1990. After the fall of the wall, many former communist regimes also started to use lights at day.
What are the negative aspects?
*Energy consuming
*Risk of dazing especially if the road is wet, because the dipped headlights are reflected by the water.
*Tiring for the eyes
*Turn signals are less seen if headlights are on.
*It would be easier to spot motorcycles if only they were priviliged to use daytime lights.
*Rear lights will also be in use although without necessity.
*So if DRL is supposed to be an advantage why did Austria cancel their rules about DRL?
I have seen that DRL are used in countries where it's not compulsory. This is
mostly in Germany and Holland.
When I last visited NL I would estimate the use of DRL to about 20-30% of cars. In Germany this is less common maybe 10-15% of cars, higher use on the motorways. In Italy also as in NL within cities although not compulsary.
In Italy where it's compulsory on rural road, still use is definately not 100% as in Sweden. Italians tend to disobey trafficrules.
In France I saw few cars using DRL, also french motorists tend to switch on their headlights late in the evening.
In Russia (as always) its a mess. Many newer luxury cars uses DRL all the time, probably to show that they're more important than others. "Get out of the way attitude" At the same time old zhiguli-cars use headlights only when it's pitch dark. In town parklights will do, quite common to see cars at night with no lights at all.
Solution: No compulsory DRL-law but All new cars should be equipped with small LED-lights as the type newer Audi-cars use. Those lights are less disturbing and less energy consuming, still they mark a car in motion which could be an advantage if the vehicle is not seen in daylight because of shadows from surounding trees for exemple.
Question: People in countries with no DRL-rules. If you buy a new Audi do you disconnect the DRL-LED-lights or do these cars come to your country with LED's that dont automatically light up when you start the car?
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