[jphase]

What's the point of DRL's? (Daytime Running Lights) i believe..

i see them on cars and see no point in having them since you can see the road well during the day untill the sun goes down.. woulndt it be better for the battery if u didnt have them? iono i just wanted to kno if they had any specific reason for them.. sorry if this question is stupid.. if you think it is.. just dont bother to post anything..

[azn akira]

its makes it so other people can see you easier.

it doesnt make any difference to the battery because your car doesnt run off the battery, it runs off the alternator

[youngnottheold1]

A lot of people think they are useless like you and a lot of other people claim they help visibility.

IMO DRL looks tacky when the sun is bright and shining but to each his own I guess.

[some-azn-guy]

What's the point of DRL's? (Daytime Running Lights) i believe..

i see them on cars and see no point in having them since you can see the road well during the day untill the sun goes down.. woulndt it be better for the battery if u didnt have them? iono i just wanted to kno if they had any specific reason for them.. sorry if this question is stupid.. if you think it is.. just dont bother to post anything..

it's for safety purposes.
and like akira said..
lights don't run off the battery..they run off the alternator (as do all electronic components in your car when it's running). the battery's main purpose is to start up the car.

[Orijinalx]

safety feature..i disabled mine
heard having DRL lowers insurance too

[ZiGeNX77]

DRL is a very good safety feature. It helps spot cars much better. Even sunny days there are ways people might not spot a car such as like a dark colored car, or a car coming out of a shaded area.

Also after the sun goes down, you turn on all of your lights but there are parts of the day when DRLs help when it is bright outside... dawn and sunset.

Insurance companies and the auto industry doesn't offer safety features or give price discounts for safety features unless it is proven that is plays a positive role in auto safety.

[xiaoyi]

i get pissed when i see people driving without DRL or lights(if their car doesn't have DRL).

its friggin difficult to see people during dawn and sunset like ZiGe said.

also, if you live in the north and everything is grey all the time in winter, there is always low visibility.

DRL help u see where other drivers are.

they may not matter in places in the US, but in canada everything is dirty and grey during winter. even if ur car is bright red, when it is covered in snow/dirt/ice... what distinguishes it from the snowbank?

[M3tor2nR]

These are my DRL's:

[xiaoyi]

^
wtf?

[xiLLeNtz]

ahah M3tor2nR, angel lights, that's what they call'em right? knew another name but i forgot but damn they're hot! lol..

anyways DRL.. i always forget to turn'em on unless it's dark. i only drive in busy spots anyways, ppl should be able to see me, right? lol

[taoh]

^
wtf?

What are you whining about now?

You haven't seen BMW's DRLs?

[Orijinalx]

angel eyes are SEXY!

[C8V6C]

They help you get noticed....its mainly for the open roads.....your mind gets bored out there, and so the lights catch your eye, but dont blind you. The greyhound buses have used them for years, and they lowered their accident cases.

And thats on something as big as a bus....so it does help cars

[jphase]

thanks.

[xiLLeNtz]

What are you whining about now?

You haven't seen BMW's DRLs?

lol not all bmws have angel eyes do they?

[ZiGeNX77]

lol not all bmws have angel eyes do they?

Nope, most do not. M3tor2nR's is aftermarket.

I've been thinking about adding some sort of DRL mod to my car as well. I was thinking I either change the high beams into DRLs or my parking lights as DRLs (like Corvettes). Recently I read about a kit to change my parking lights to stay on when my car is on, in a magazine (Import Tuner I think).

[xiaoyi]

...my parking lights as DRLs (like Corvettes).

haha my parking lights are DRL. too bad my car is not a corvette

[ZiGeNX77]

haha my parking lights are DRL. too bad my car is not a corvette

lol yeah, no comparison between anything other than the parking lights between our cars and the Corvette.

[taoh]

lol not all bmws have angel eyes do they?

Despite that fact, they're still DRLs....are we forgetting how to read?

What is this thread is about again?? I didn't see anything about comparing factory and aftermarket DRLs.

[taoh]

btw, I thought using parking lamps while driving without headlights on was illegal for California:
http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d12/vc24800.htm

The Corvette might get away with it, but anything without factory DRLs and is using parking lights could technically get cited.