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Re: The fallacy of DRLs
marty_bose@bdt.com (Marty Bose) writes:
|> In article <42kf5k$i9q@bcarh8ab.bnr.ca>, protmp1@bnr.ca (Isaac Wong) wrote:
|> ->DRLs are supposed to be reduced-brightness low beams. They should not cause
|> ->unnecessary distractions.
|>
|> That's interesting; all of the new small Chevy trucks that I've seen with
|> DRL's seem to be reduced brightness high beams. Very annoying, since they
|> are usually aimed high enough to be in your eyes.
That's probably their headlights are improperly aimed. Or maybe they have
a high ground clearance, and you are sitting low in your passenger car.
You might feel that they are using highbeams, but they actually might not.
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