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Re: Daytime running lights
On 8 Aug 1995, Lee Shere wrote:
> My opinion is that if a person can't see a car or truck in the
> daylight then DLRs aren't going to do a bit of good.
>
My experience tells me otherwise. Of course (hopefully) one can
see cars and lorries w/out their lights on in daylight. The DRLs
enhance the (already good, shall I say) visibility. I see no prob-
lem with that. Do you?
> [little snip]
>
> Personally, I believe this DRL thing is an idea of the gasoline
> companies. They'll do ANYTHING to increase sales, even if it's
> so minor as increasing the alternators drag the tiny bit required
> to produce the current to run the DRLs. A penny an hour from
> millions of cars and you're talking about real money.
>
Congratulations to all the fuel companies in Sweden and Canada!
They must be laughing hard now.
> BTW. That extra work that the engine is doing produces more pollution.
>
> Lee
>
So a little more pollution produced by DRLs concerns you that much, huh.
I bet you drive a Geo Metro or a Civic VX (or whatever fuel-saver VTEC-E
model).
Dai
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