| Vancouver Off-Topic / Current Events The off-topic forum for Vancouver, funnies, non-auto centered discussions, WORK SAFE. While the rules are more relaxed here, there are still rules. Please refer to sticky thread in this forum. |
 | | 
11-29-2009, 10:00 AM
|
#1 | | Fathered more RS members than anybody else. Who's your daddy?
Join Date: Aug 2002
Posts: 25,201
Thanked 11,831 Times in 5,078 Posts
Failed 317 Times in 203 Posts
| DRL saves lives?
Anyone else notice more and more cars out there with no headlights on, because of DRLs?
I notice a lot of cars out there with no tail lights on in the evening. I thought how dumb can one be? People with Daytime Running Lights often forget to turn their headlights on at night. The lights on the dash would indicate the headlights are on, right? I recently bought a Honda Fit and the dash lights are always on, with or without the headlights on. This would explain why so many drive with no tail lights on.
I try to tell these drivers that their headlights are not on, but they usualy just give me the finger.
At least the brake lights work and that's what really matters, I guess.
__________________ Quote: |
"there but for the grace of god go I"
| Quote: |
Youth is, indeed, wasted on the young.
| YODO = You Only Die Once.
Dirty look from MG1 can melt steel beams.
"There must be dissonance before resolution - MG1" a musical reference.
| 
|  | |
11-29-2009, 10:31 AM
|
#2 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 3,144
Thanked 1,843 Times in 553 Posts
Failed 185 Times in 67 Posts
|
Not this again...
__________________
nns | |
| | |
11-29-2009, 10:38 AM
|
#3 | | Banned (BBM)
Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 16,142
Thanked 627 Times in 368 Posts
Failed 1,106 Times in 390 Posts
|
coming home yesterday from richmond on hwy 91 it was raining and dark, this dumbass asian bitch in 06 accord sedan had absolutely no lights on
i flashed her with high beam, i drove in front of her, turned off all my lights, than turn on my lights hoping she would notice. NOOOOO she was driving 110km on a rainny day with absolutely no lights other than DRL!!!
my friend was like oh, lets see how the driving condition is without no lights, i couldnt see jackass shit with DRL on. Idiot ppl god damn  | |
| | |
11-29-2009, 10:49 AM
|
#4 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Vancouver BC
Posts: 22,124
Thanked 9,915 Times in 3,934 Posts
Failed 881 Times in 421 Posts
|
poor design on the manufacturer's part if they have dash light on all the time...sometimes driving in the city streets with non-HID cars you won't really be able to tell the difference between headlights on/off unless you're trying to read street signs.
| |
| | |
11-29-2009, 10:54 AM
|
#5 | | I Will not Admit my Addiction to RS
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Richmond
Posts: 540
Thanked 79 Times in 22 Posts
Failed 23 Times in 8 Posts
|
heck even with HID, in the rain or wet ground, you still can't see shxt about if your light's on or not from the ground...
| |
| | |
11-29-2009, 12:07 PM
|
#6 | | Captain Happy Bubble is my Homeboy
Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Kremlin
Posts: 327
Thanked 78 Times in 26 Posts
Failed 42 Times in 15 Posts
|
yesterday driving in the rain from work - some retard driving a car w/o Any lights, no DRL, nothing. Totally ignored all my hints. Black car too...
| |
| | |
11-29-2009, 12:19 PM
|
#7 | | In RS I Trust
Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Mission
Posts: 20,777
Thanked 17,661 Times in 4,345 Posts
Failed 1,037 Times in 352 Posts
|
I even saw a cop car driving with out lights the other night. I was like wtf he must be after someone. Nope was just driving don't think he had a clue
| |
| | |
11-29-2009, 12:45 PM
|
#8 | | F**K YOUR HEAD
Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: vancouver
Posts: 8,719
Thanked 8,153 Times in 1,251 Posts
Failed 643 Times in 181 Posts
|
mmhmm DRL not good for ppl who can be forgetful (like myself)
Luckily you can't see shit with the Z so i'll never forget to turn on my lights at night, and the astra has auto headlights 
they have to start making auto lights standard on all cars soon just like DRL | |
| | |
11-29-2009, 12:51 PM
|
#9 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Coquitlam
Posts: 5,324
Thanked 3,782 Times in 1,242 Posts
Failed 533 Times in 187 Posts
|
Well, my lights are either comepletely off, parking lights on, then headlights on. Sometimes in the city i'll forget to turn my lights on and i'll be driving around without lights for a bit, understandable when there alot of street lights about
__________________
'16 Ram 1500
| |
| | |
11-29-2009, 01:13 PM
|
#10 | This title intentionally left blank MOD
Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Above Sea Level
Posts: 8,549
Thanked 484 Times in 211 Posts
Failed 76 Times in 14 Posts
|
That's one thing I love about Subaru. I believe Volvo does it too, but you can leave your lights on all the time. They shut off when your ignition's off.
Automatic headlights are the same.
__________________
Classifieds Head Moderator
Automotive Service Technician
I don't have an anger problem. I have an idiot problem. | |
| | |
11-29-2009, 02:16 PM
|
#11 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: home
Posts: 2,836
Thanked 3,854 Times in 886 Posts
Failed 1,606 Times in 378 Posts
|
this and dumbass ppl with high beams on and dun realize they're on ...
they turn them on when there's fogs or snow too
pisses me off
| |
| | |
11-29-2009, 02:16 PM
|
#12 | | JDMEK9Mod | DogWhisperer
Join Date: May 2007 Location: Richmond
Posts: 15,244
Thanked 6,119 Times in 1,981 Posts
Failed 107 Times in 67 Posts
|
lol... we had this debate already in VAC. i'll point it out again, haven't tried on the new fits, but with my 2004 civic lx you could adjust the cluster lighting depending on the mode you're in. ie, daytime can be adjusted to be full blast (just like night time) or it can be as dim as nothing. the default was to have the cluster on full blast.
| 
| | |
11-29-2009, 03:04 PM
|
#13 | | My name is Michael. J. Caboose, and I hate BABIES!
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: MoI
Posts: 6,576
Thanked 1,421 Times in 678 Posts
Failed 71 Times in 51 Posts
|
If I don't turn on my headlights, my dashlights don't come on lol.
__________________
"Can you match my resolve? If so then you will succeed. I believe that the human spirit is indomitable. If you endeavour to achieve, it will happen given enough resolve." -- Monty Oum Quote:
Originally Posted by STATUS105  IF I FIND YOU
I WILL EAT YOUR RICE! | | |
| | |
11-29-2009, 03:04 PM
|
#14 | | RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001
Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 8,858
Thanked 2,420 Times in 669 Posts
Failed 530 Times in 136 Posts
|
Well, my opinion on this matter is, *shrug*.
As long as they don't blind me with their highbeams, I'm good. If they choose to see LESS in the dark, that's their decision and not mine. It will be their problem if the suddenly swerve into the ditch because they noticed obstruction in the middle of the road a little later than if their headlights were on.
As OP said, it may be that newer cars have lighted gauge clusters regardless of the headlights. My dad's MDX has that too. I find it pretty neat actually. You would think they would have the "Auto" headlights as well.
__________________
2014 Honda Civic Si | |
| | |
11-29-2009, 03:21 PM
|
#15 | | Editor
Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Raincouver
Posts: 3,516
Thanked 3,179 Times in 874 Posts
Failed 56 Times in 19 Posts
|
auto headlights will be one of those things that are a HAVE must for some people...
there's a ridiculous amount of people who drive around clueless as to whether their headlights are on or not. saw probably about half a dozen last night.
i've been guilty of driving in city, well lit areas with just driving lights on, but at least thats better than no lights...
| |
| | |
11-29-2009, 03:22 PM
|
#16 | | resident Oil Guru
Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 7,716
Thanked 10,457 Times in 1,794 Posts
Failed 1,065 Times in 267 Posts
|
At what point do you HAVE to turn on headlights? When it gets 100% dark? Or do you have to turn them on earlier?
| |
| | |
11-29-2009, 03:39 PM
|
#17 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Vancouver BC
Posts: 22,124
Thanked 9,915 Times in 3,934 Posts
Failed 881 Times in 421 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by LiquidTurbo At what point do you HAVE to turn on headlights? When it gets 100% dark? Or do you have to turn them on earlier? | I do it 90% dark outside to turn on the headlights
or 70% dark when it's raining/snowing
| |
| | |
11-29-2009, 03:43 PM
|
#18 | | What hasn't Killed me, has made me more tolerant of RS!
Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: BBY
Posts: 172
Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts
Failed 0 Times in 0 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by LiquidTurbo At what point do you HAVE to turn on headlights? When it gets 100% dark? Or do you have to turn them on earlier? | From the MVA:
174 (1) Except as provided in this Section, every vehicle upon a highway within this Province during the period from a half hour after sunset to a half hour before sunrise and at any other time when visibility is so limited by fog, rain, snow or other atmospheric condition or by insufficiency of light as to render not clearly discernible any person on the highway at a distance of 300 metres ahead shall be equipped with lighted head lamps and lighted rear lamps as in this Section respectively required for different classes of vehicle and subject to exemption with reference to lights on parked vehicles as declared in subsection (10).
Not sure how exact you wanna be about sunset/sunrise each day...maybe take clues from the street lamp? If it's on, then you probably need to turn your lights on.
| |
| | |
11-29-2009, 03:54 PM
|
#19 | | I Will not Admit my Addiction to RS
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Richmond
Posts: 540
Thanked 79 Times in 22 Posts
Failed 23 Times in 8 Posts
|
One interesting thing that never got covered is that you should turn your headlights ON also when you're back lit by the sun... people can't really see cars in front of them if they don't have their lights on when the sun's literally shining right into their eyes... IMO, it's a time we experience so much since we're all in the north and as we know, the sun flies low at these days of the year... it's even more hazardous than no lights at night...
| |
| | |
11-29-2009, 04:17 PM
|
#20 | | I *Fwap* *Fwap* *Fwap* to RS
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: North Burnaby
Posts: 1,592
Thanked 51 Times in 18 Posts
Failed 8 Times in 3 Posts
|
lol.. i sometimes see people driving with no lights on.
__________________ "commit to the lift" 2008 TSX 6spd 2002 WRX - gone
2008 Honda Civic - gone My Feedback | |
| | |
11-29-2009, 04:42 PM
|
#21 | | Fathered more RS members than anybody else. Who's your daddy?
Join Date: Aug 2002
Posts: 25,201
Thanked 11,831 Times in 5,078 Posts
Failed 317 Times in 203 Posts
|
Driving around Stanley Park at night in the fog without headlights on was what we used to do when we were in high school. Kind of dumb, but it was a riot. Stupid things we used to do when we were young and had nothing better to do. You fooled around with your girlfreind in the parking lot and then scared the shit out of her. I knew every inch of Stanley Park. Knew all the best parking spots, including the off road spots.
Anyway, gotta stop telling old stories........... I wanna get back my youth, Bob Sagget!
__________________ Quote: |
"there but for the grace of god go I"
| Quote: |
Youth is, indeed, wasted on the young.
| YODO = You Only Die Once.
Dirty look from MG1 can melt steel beams.
"There must be dissonance before resolution - MG1" a musical reference.
| |
| | |
11-29-2009, 05:21 PM
|
#22 | | Banned (ABWS)
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Victoria
Posts: 464
Thanked 30 Times in 18 Posts
Failed 99 Times in 45 Posts
|
focus on your own driving, keep your eyes on the road, avoid people like this.
/thread / complaining /bitchiness /everything.
| |
| | |
11-29-2009, 06:21 PM
|
#23 | | RS controls my life!
Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Lower Mainland
Posts: 782
Thanked 90 Times in 38 Posts
Failed 12 Times in 5 Posts
|
The main way I remember to turn my lights on is when I can't read my dash because it's too dark. But most new cars have the dash lit up all the time now. Auto headlights is such a great thing. Should be standard on all newer model cars.
| |
| | |
11-29-2009, 06:49 PM
|
#24 | | what manner of phaggotry is this
Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Kelownafornia
Posts: 18,285
Thanked 5,473 Times in 1,814 Posts
Failed 205 Times in 120 Posts
|
you have to be fucking retarded to not turn your lights on. i've never forgot to turn my lights on.
__________________
STRENGTHaesthetics | |
| | |
11-29-2009, 07:03 PM
|
#25 | | Fathered more RS members than anybody else. Who's your daddy?
Join Date: Aug 2002
Posts: 25,201
Thanked 11,831 Times in 5,078 Posts
Failed 317 Times in 203 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by RRxtar you have to be fucking retarded to not turn your lights on. i've never forgot to turn my lights on. | You can't forget what you haven't realized what you've forgotten.......... damn, that didn't come out right............
__________________ Quote: |
"there but for the grace of god go I"
| Quote: |
Youth is, indeed, wasted on the young.
| YODO = You Only Die Once.
Dirty look from MG1 can melt steel beams.
"There must be dissonance before resolution - MG1" a musical reference.
| |
| | | |
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
| | |
All times are GMT -8. The time now is 08:02 AM.
|
You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today!
The banners on the left side and below do not show for registered users!
