Daytime Running Lights, DRLs

[S class]

The cyclists with the led head torch and two led lamps on their handlebars are some sight.

When you encounter one of these blinding characters approaching you they look like a tractor or a low flying UFO.

 

[Itchy]

How do you propose getting people to take out licences / learner permits for vehicle classes they don't intend driving long-term?

It would be easy to integrate into the current driver training syllabus.

AI-powered simulators, passengers with experienced drivers in HGVs or other work vehicles, cross bars of bicycles (I know, no licence required, but include them anyway, and finally pedestrians?

AI? Unfortunately, no. There's no substitute for trying to keep your balance in wake turbulence, on an uneven surface while sucking a face full of diesel exhaust, whilst also knowing that if either party does something wrong, the consequences are borne by the more vulnerable road user only. Drivers should experience that, from both perspectives.

These bus drivers get it:

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#shorts #facts #funny This is how bus drivers train to be safe around bikersCred: Unknown

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Car drivers also don't understand the difference between DRLs and Headlights. Headlights are designed to illuminate the road surface in front of the vehicle and are deliberately dipped down to not dazzle oncoming drivers/riders. Whereas DRLs are angled up and bright enough in daylight to attract the attention of other road users, but will dazzle if used in low light conditions. Modern motorcycles are are built with always-on headlights (i.e. front and rear) or DRL's with a light sensor, in order to improve safety.

 

[Fortune]

You think they are going to be reliant on a little light on the back of a car to see it in inclement weather? Technology has advanced past our sight capabilities.

Not so sure about that. Tesla relies on cameras which still need light to work. Musk has declared any LiDAR, RADAR or other systems too expensive and unnecessary for his camera based machine learning system.

 

[Fortune]

Not only will powered vehicles be self-aware, they'll be aware of other road users and have collision-avoidance technology.

By then motorbikes will have been banned for safety and pollution reasons, and roads will have integral fly-overs and under-passes for pedestrians, powered traffic, and cyclists, eliminating the need for traffic lights and pedestrian crossings, shortening journey times, and making them safer.

Simple safety measures based on rule-based expert systems will fasten seatbelts, maintain appropriate distances between vehicles depending on speed limits, weather, and road conditions, and deny access to faster roads to holders of learner permits and inexperienced "drivers". Destinations must be submitted in advance to the vehicle's route-planning and navigation systems, with routes optimised based on prevailing conditions. Most half-decent current technology sat-navs can do this.

There's a good few points in here that contract each other. Also, I wouldn't fancy seeing a self aware system experiencing road rage and setting judgement day in chain by unleashing Skynet.

 

[Dr Strangelove]

Musk has declared any LiDAR, RADAR or other systems too expensive and unnecessary for his camera based machine learning system.

AFAIK Chinese EVs use LiDAR which is just inherently better than any optical system.

 

[Blackrock1]

Not so sure about that. Tesla relies on cameras which still need light to work. Musk has declared any LiDAR, RADAR or other systems too expensive and unnecessary for his camera based machine learning system.

thats only a recent change and you are making the assumption telsa will be at the forefront of this. LiDAR is better and most tesla owners who have gone from the old to the 'new' set up agree.

 

[mathepac]

There's a good few points in here that contract each other. Also, I wouldn't fancy seeing a self aware system experiencing road rage and setting judgement day in chain by unleashing Skynet.

I think you mean "contradict". If so please list them.

 

[Leo]

Musk has declared any LiDAR, RADAR or other systems too expensive and unnecessary for his camera based machine learning system.

Given his track record I'm sceptical of anything he says, on this one there have been multiple reported issues of the cameras failing to detect hazards including this one recently.

 

[Leo]

Just another point on the rear lights thing, if you believe that a large object travelling somewhat slower than you on a roadway must be lit up in order to be visible, you are clearly driving too fast for the conditions, your eyesight, or a combination of both. Large potholes and debris on the road tend to be stationary so you approach them at far greater speed, so you need to travel at a speed such that you can safely stop or take other safe evasive action within the distance at which you can see such an object.

 

[Purple]

I drive with dipped headlights all year round at all times of day.

Extra fuel cost is microscopic although bulbs will probably wear out quicker. Although with LEDs the lifespan is measured in tens of thousands of hours…..

Ditto.

DLR's and fog lights are not the same thing.
I'd like to remind drivers that fog lights should only be used in conditions of fog and falling snow. Please turn off both front and rear fog lights when they are no longer required.

If you think it looks cool to have the front ones on all the time just get one of those "No Fear" stickers or a few go-faster stripes or a nice big spoiler. Then everyone else will know that you are dead cool and you won't have to blind them.
If you think that it improves your field of vision when driving then go and get your eyes tested.

 

[mathepac]

And maybe while you're at it, replace the blown near-side rear bulbs, VW, and the blown headlight bulbs on your Renault, Citroen, or Peugeot. Thanks guys. "Nice to see you, to see you, nice" as Brucey Baby used to say on the UK telly box.

 

[Purple]

And maybe while you're at it, replace the blown near-side rear bulbs, VW, and the blown headlight bulbs on your Renault, Citroen, or Peugeot. Thanks guys. "Nice to see you, to see you, nice" as Brucey Baby used to say on the UK telly box.

As it's against the law to drive with blown lightbulbs on a car if you are in the AA they will replace your light bulbs free of charge. You do have to have the replacement bulbs but they will do the fitting.
If you have a car that's more than 5 years old AA membership is a great investment.

 

[S class]

Do they replace the difficult to reach ones free of charge ?

I replaced the front DRL on my Hyundai i10. This involved removing the whole headlight unit in order to get an angle to squeeze my hand into the narrow gap between the radiator and front grill to replace the bulb. Approximately 1 hour work time.

I previously had a Smart Forfoir. To change a headlight bulb it was necessary to remove the front roadwheel to get to an access flap under the wheel arch. Approximately 30 minutes work time.

 

[Purple]

Do they replace the difficult to reach ones free of charge ?

I replaced the front DRL on my Hyundai i10. This involved removing the whole headlight unit in order to get an angle to squeeze my hand into the narrow gap between the radiator and front grill to replace the bulb. Approximately 1 hour work time.

I previously had a Smart Forfoir. To change a headlight bulb it was necessary to remove the front roadwheel to get to an access flap under the wheel arch. Approximately 30 minutes work time.

Yep, they replace whatever ones are blown. You have to have the bulbs though.