Driving with the lights on during daylight hours?

Sometimes I wonder if I'm always driving in low-visibility conditions when watching how others drive around me. Maybe I have that little storm cloud following me around like in the cartoons.

 

Some say its a safety improver but like you, I don't see the point, either.

Imho, I think the only good it does is offer job security to the company's that manufacture light bulbs.

But like most said about the battery draining concern, the batteries shouldn't be getting drained if the alternator is working and charging.

 

No offense man, but people who drive like idiots that cut people off, don't signal, try to steal the right of way, ect....., get noticed too so does that "suggest" the same thing?

I notice vehicles driving with their headlights on during the day too but its not because they have them on. I notice just as many vehicles with the lights out as I do the ones usin up their lights.

But by all means, I'm not contesting the practice, I just don't believe it does that much good.

 

I've alway drove with my highlights on during the day! I agree with some of the other drivers, that it make yourself more visable. There are way to many dumb mistakes out there and I try to C.Y.A if you know what I mean. I'm the first to move over and the first to move back.... Alway pay attention and expect the other person doesn't see you, because usually they don't. They are to busy playing with the radio, texting, MP3ing, IMing, cell phone'n, yelling at there kids or just dancing to the beat of the music to be paying attention to you. Thats pretty much the way I do things. To be completly honest, I dont' trust any driver out there. I always expect them to do the wrong thing and not be paying attention. It only takes a second to not be paying attention and BAM!!!!

BE SAFE OUT THERE!!!!

 

Oh, there are lots of stupid people out there with the IQ and driving ability of a roadkill possum alright. But by running with all lights on I decrease their standard "defence" of "I didn't see him, he just appeared out of nowhere".

Nothing will protect you completely from the idiots amongst us. But anything I can do to increase the odds in my favor is fine by me.

 

Oh, I agree with ya completely its just that the fact of the matter is, I've still witnessed some pretty crazy things even with all my lights burnin!

Just like the one morning in Brooklyn a while back, I'm tryin to make a left-hand turn to a delivery and this idiot 4-wheeler comes up along the left side of the truck after I committed to my turn and kept right on cruising and I just wanted to pull his ignorant arse out through the window and ask him,
"Did you not see all four of my turn signals on that side??" He of course proceeded to blare his horn at me and probly have me the one finger wave..... Speaking of horns, I like how new York city has like a 300 and some-odd dollar fine for abusing that horn button......

 

When you talk about idiots driving, you're talking about what you remember, not what you notice first. I don't care if I remember what a car did, I care if I notice it before it does something.

Have you actually ran for a month with them on and a month off? There is an obvious difference to me. In the truck it's not as big of a difference as a car or pickup, but still does work.

There's a reason you are required to have a running headlight on with a motorcycle which is visibility. Now a car is more visible than a bike forgetting about the headlight obviously, but why not do everything you can to increase visibility in any vehicle? I've yet to hear a good excuse to this question.

 

It's definitely a "Me first,last and only" world out there. When it all gets to much for me I come home and pet my cats.

 

I think the U.S. is probably the only western nation that does not require DRLs.

Also, there is an unintended consequence possible with motorcycles running with headlights on. We require "stereo vision" (why we have two eyes) to properly perceive depth and speed, but if a motorcycle is coming at you either at night with a single headlight, or during the day with the high-beam illuminated, it is very likely that you will not be able to pick up enough other visual clues in order to properly process speed and distance of the motorcycle (due to the monoscopic effect of the bright light overriding the view of the rest of the motorcycle and rider). If the motorcycle is also traveling at much higher rate of speed than you are used to for that section of road then you have the makings of a disaster.

 

I guess I don't get what your saying....

If I'm on the right track, I don't need a vehicle to be burnin' their lights for me to notice them doing something stupid. And to be honest, I guess I don't understand why I'd have to burnin mine to be visible but I dunno...

Well, I mostly drive at night so your little experiment will be kinda hard to accomplish.... But as I said, the few times I drive during the day, me havin mine on and them havin theirs on, really doesn't make a difference to me.

Now this I agree with ya fully on but if its a Harley, you oughtta be able to hear it long before ya see it!....lol

I see yer point, but to me, if it would mean the difference between night and day(no pun intended), maybe I would but to me, the very little difference it would make don't justify the more frequent bulb replacements, extra increased load on the alternator, such and such, so on and so on.

As far as answering your final question, you probly won't ever find a feasible excuse as long there is some shred of increased safey, regardless of how little it is. Kinda like, for example, you spend the money on replacing all your vehicle's lubricants(engine oil, tranny fluid, transfer case, both diffs if four wheel drive) with an expensive, well-known synthetic brand, sure you might increase your fuel mileage by .075 mpg, but after all, does your savings really outweigh your expense of that fancy oil like royal purple or amsoil? I know that's not a good example but hopefully you get my point.

This oil field outfit I used to work for back in the day insisted that we always backed into our parking spots. I asked why, either way, you still have to back up. Then they said, your safety level is higher when you back in before you park. I said ok, your the boss.....

Btw, this is while driving work pickups, not semis...

Sorry for the novel, but still, either way, I'm not criticising anyone for having their lights on all the time, I just don't think its necessary.