That's maybe the point, so have many cars. However if it gets accidently turned off nobody bothers to check and just assume they've come on even if the dash should be lit up..
Drivers driving with no headlights in the dark
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It’s very likely this, especially with drivers whose previous vehicle wasn’t an all singing, all dancing model where nothing lit up without at least side lights being on.
I went from a 2017 Honda CR-V with auto everything to a 2017 Dacia Duster where everything* is manual.
* Dacia’s everything being somewhat less things than Honda’s everything.
It's easier done than many people realise. If you're driving around town with decent streetlights and you've got DRLs on with an illuminated dashboard, headlights actually don't do much to illuminate an already lit road.
It's not difficult to understand how this happens.
It's not difficult to understand how this happens.
It shouldn't be difficult to remember to turn your lights on when it's dark. It should be like putting your seat belt on. Automatic.
It should be but it isn't because you do the seat belt every time, there's another mental step involved for putting lights on (is it dark?).
My wife has got into the habit of always putting her lights on, even during daytime now. I think she secretly wants an old Volvo
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Have no idea why people switch off their auto lights. Only switch them off when going to park in MOT garage
Did you use morse code.
Flashed an oncoming car the other day who didn't have their lights on. Got a series of flashes back along with a rude gesture as they passed me
Random flashing of lights means nothing.. Or in reality slow down as there's a speed strap ahead....
If I see someone with no lights I will flash then turn my lights off and on a couple of times.
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Flashed an oncoming car the other day who didn't have their lights on. Got a series of flashes back along with a rude gesture as they passed me
There was a myth spreading in Birmingham about gangstas driving without lights on, and anyone that flashed them got chased down and assaulted lol.
Think this stems from some occurrences in America maybe back in 70's/80's where it was a right of passage for gang initiations, just drive without lights and attack and kill whoever flashed you first.
Never turn my auto light on now since driving in fog -came out of fog and they went off -went back into fog and they stayed off -got a lot of flashes.
Mate also doesn't use them as they came on and driver coming out of side road thought he had flashed them out. He said it was close.
Mate also doesn't use them as they came on and driver coming out of side road thought he had flashed them out. He said it was close.
Only if you're completely braindead. Surely anyone with even a modicum of common sense would see someone flashing them and think "why might they be flashing me" and then notice their lights aren't on?
Oh wait, I live in Birmingham, I take that back, it makes perfect sense!
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Only if you're completely braindead. Surely anyone with even a modicum of common sense would see someone flashing them and think "why might they be flashing me" and then notice their lights aren't on?
Oh wait, I live in Birmingham, I take that back, it makes perfect sense!
Common sense would mean they'd check to see if your vehicle is safe to drive before setting off. So if no lights are on I assume there are not lights on in the driver's head either.
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can be a case if you get the car serviced, and they turn them off.
mix in sufficiently bright drl's, a constantly backlit instrument cluster, not doing much night driving and being in the habit of just assuming the lights are on auto......
I've done this just this last week as I was behind a qashqai, driving on a unlit stretch of a motorway.
When I went to overtake him I saw the bloke practically stuck on his windscreen just above his wheel struggling to see. I tried getting his attention but I guess he had to use all of that on the unlit road ahead.
I'd forgotten that, headlights aren't required on lit streets? Surely that needs to be updated? With the invention of DRL we now have the scenario lights on at all times, which makes this rule a bit of an odd one.
People sitting on footbrakes are often driving autos. Apparently it's better for the gearbox to keep it in drive and stay on the footbrake. I've also been told that new drivers are told to use footbrakes because the brakes are then applied to 4 wheels instead of 2.
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