You have to be careful accusing people of driving with fogs as some cars have the DRL's intergrated into the fog light housings(I think Skoda Superb for example)
In cars where the the DRL's are intergrated near the indicators, you will often see them dim on the side where the indicator is activated so you can see the turn signal clearly. I think they are all meant to be LED based for power consumption and emissions reasons, and they don't light up any rear lights either they are only foward facing, but there are many poorly retrofitted ones knocking around on typical chav boxes.
It's a shame they never bought in Dim-Dip, as this would have been a much better safety feature. It was basically designed so when you are in a urban area you would turn your sidelights on and also get a low power dipped light, which would bright enough for visibilty but not enough to glare other drivers. You could then turn your normal dipped beams when needed away from urban areas. Would have certainly helped driving at night where your being contantly blinded but poorly adjusted lights that a brighter than the surface of the sun.
To be honest I am indifferent to DRL's, I can see they might be useful in situations where someone is to stupid to turn their lights on at dusk or with the sun behind you, because they don't realise lights are not just for seeing, they are so you can be seen.
In cars where the the DRL's are intergrated near the indicators, you will often see them dim on the side where the indicator is activated so you can see the turn signal clearly. I think they are all meant to be LED based for power consumption and emissions reasons, and they don't light up any rear lights either they are only foward facing, but there are many poorly retrofitted ones knocking around on typical chav boxes.
It's a shame they never bought in Dim-Dip, as this would have been a much better safety feature. It was basically designed so when you are in a urban area you would turn your sidelights on and also get a low power dipped light, which would bright enough for visibilty but not enough to glare other drivers. You could then turn your normal dipped beams when needed away from urban areas. Would have certainly helped driving at night where your being contantly blinded but poorly adjusted lights that a brighter than the surface of the sun.
To be honest I am indifferent to DRL's, I can see they might be useful in situations where someone is to stupid to turn their lights on at dusk or with the sun behind you, because they don't realise lights are not just for seeing, they are so you can be seen.
