Put. Your. Car. Lights. On.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is so weird to me that folks don’t just have their lights on all the time. It’s how I learned to drive. Even in broad daylight it helps you be more visible on the road.

It’s an automatic habit so I don’t have to think about whether they should be on or not. I turn the car on, turn the lights on. Turn the car off, turn the lights off. Brights/high beam only when driving at night.

Is there a reason not to do this that I don’t know about?

+1. I did It every time in my older car, and now that I have a newer car that turns off the lights when I remove the key, I just leave them on all the time. It makes a big difference in day time driving.

Not sure why PP thinks it affects the battery of a running car. But even if it does, worth it for safety.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I.WILL.DO.IT.WHEN.I.AM. READY.

Hope you're ready to get in an accident.

That’s a pure evil thing to say... god have mercy on your soul

You're right. It IS purely evil to not do something that driving instructors, police, car insurance agents, and your fellow drivers are urging you to do, for safety's sake. It is indeed purely evil and selfish not to follow common-sense road safety guidelines. You are right: may God have mercy on that poster's soul.

PP meant YOU. Dumb a$$.

Yes, darling. And I responded the way I did to make a POINT. I get that it was a point too nuanced for you to understand.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm grateful my lights automatically come on when I put the wipers on. But I have a newer car. I agree they are totally important, but I get it that people forget. It's almost certainly not a choice to drive without them on - at least when it starts raining after you've already been driving.

I see lots of people driving around with their DRL on (automatically) but are clueless that their rear end is still completely dark. At dusk or in heavily rain, you are compromising your safety if you are not visible from behind as well. So frustrated at LE for not doing something (or anything?) about this.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm grateful my lights automatically come on when I put the wipers on. But I have a newer car. I agree they are totally important, but I get it that people forget. It's almost certainly not a choice to drive without them on - at least when it starts raining after you've already been driving.

I see lots of people driving around with their DRL on (automatically) but are clueless that their rear end is still completely dark. At dusk or in heavily rain, you are compromising your safety if you are not visible from behind as well. So frustrated at LE for not doing something (or anything?) about this.

They also are clueless enough that they don’t turn their actual headlights on when it gets dark and drive around at 9 pm with only daytime running lights.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is so weird to me that folks don’t just have their lights on all the time. It’s how I learned to drive. Even in broad daylight it helps you be more visible on the road.

It’s an automatic habit so I don’t have to think about whether they should be on or not. I turn the car on, turn the lights on. Turn the car off, turn the lights off. Brights/high beam only when driving at night.

Is there a reason not to do this that I don’t know about?

+1. I did It every time in my older car, and now that I have a newer car that turns off the lights when I remove the key, I just leave them on all the time. It makes a big difference in day time driving.

Not sure why PP thinks it affects the battery of a running car. But even if it does, worth it for safety.

PP doesn’t know that alternators are a thing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It is so weird to me that folks don’t just have their lights on all the time. It’s how I learned to drive. Even in broad daylight it helps you be more visible on the road.

It’s an automatic habit so I don’t have to think about whether they should be on or not. I turn the car on, turn the lights on. Turn the car off, turn the lights off. Brights/high beam only when driving at night.

Is there a reason not to do this that I don’t know about?

+1. I did It every time in my older car, and now that I have a newer car that turns off the lights when I remove the key, I just leave them on all the time. It makes a big difference in day time driving.

Not sure why PP thinks it affects the battery of a running car. But even if it does, worth it for safety.

PP doesn’t know that alternators are a thing.

correct, but as more and more electrical crap is put into cars, the more battery is stressed, and non LED headlights and since most people drive short distances, the alternators may not have enough time running on the short trips to completely top off the battery charge, couple this with the fact that automakers are putting smaller batteries in cars to help save weight and increase fuel economy.

its a diminishing return, eventually you could end up with a dead battery.
https://www.aa1car.com/library/electrical_amp_loads.htm

How Amp Loads Affect the Charging System and Battery

Most of the electrical power required by the electrical and electronic devices in a vehicle is provided by the alternator. The battery provides cranking amps to start the engine. After that, the alternator takes over as soon as the engine is running to supply the current needs of the vehicle while also recharging the battery. If the alternator's output cannot keep up with the electrical demands that are being placed on it, the additional current that's needed will be pulled out of the battery. Eventually, this may cause the battery to run down if the vehicle is not driven long enough or fast enough for the alternator to make up the difference.

Many high power aftermarket accessories such as offroad lighting or high wattage sound systems may require replacing the stock alternator with a high output alternator and/or adding a second backup battery to provide extra power as needed.

[Anonymous]

Lights are better for visibility in a wide range of driving conditions so mine stay on all the time. I’m ok with slightly more frequent battery and bulb replacement. But then again I drive a low end car ( relative to income) but am very proactive about maintenance.

But anyway, don’t newer cars have auto headlights? Do they work well?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It is so weird to me that folks don’t just have their lights on all the time. It’s how I learned to drive. Even in broad daylight it helps you be more visible on the road.

It’s an automatic habit so I don’t have to think about whether they should be on or not. I turn the car on, turn the lights on. Turn the car off, turn the lights off. Brights/high beam only when driving at night.

Is there a reason not to do this that I don’t know about?

Uh, yeah, you're running your battery into the ground. Be sensible. You don't need headlights to "be visible" in broad-ass daylight. But hey, if you like dead batteries and paying for new ones, you do you.

I replaced the battery in my 2008 CRV in 2012 and again in 2018. Is that a lot?

[Anonymous]

Bump, because I still can't believe this isn't automatic for people.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I.WILL.DO.IT.WHEN.I.AM. READY.

Hope you're ready to get in an accident.

That’s a pure evil thing to say... god have mercy on your soul

You're right. It IS purely evil to not do something that driving instructors, police, car insurance agents, and your fellow drivers are urging you to do, for safety's sake. It is indeed purely evil and selfish not to follow common-sense road safety guidelines. You are right: may God have mercy on that poster's soul.

PP meant YOU. Dumb a$$.

Only DCUM will rally around and defend someone who just said that they'll willfully keep their headlights off until they're "ready" to turn them on, because someone else brought up the natural consequences of them doing as they said.

Up is down, right is wrong, right is left, and good is bad here.

You people are just outrage addicts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm grateful my lights automatically come on when I put the wipers on. But I have a newer car. I agree they are totally important, but I get it that people forget. It's almost certainly not a choice to drive without them on - at least when it starts raining after you've already been driving.

Actually only your front lights are on- your rear lights are still dark do those cars behind you can’t see you!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is so weird to me that folks don’t just have their lights on all the time. It’s how I learned to drive. Even in broad daylight it helps you be more visible on the road.

It’s an automatic habit so I don’t have to think about whether they should be on or not. I turn the car on, turn the lights on. Turn the car off, turn the lights off. Brights/high beam only when driving at night.

Is there a reason not to do this that I don’t know about?

Uh, yeah, you're running your battery into the ground. Be sensible. You don't need headlights to "be visible" in broad-ass daylight. But hey, if you like dead batteries and paying for new ones, you do you.

Not true - the battery is fine and regenerates power while the car is on, but yes lightbulbs will burn out with use. I’d rather pay for the bulb every few years instead of getting into an accident.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is so weird to me that folks don’t just have their lights on all the time. It’s how I learned to drive. Even in broad daylight it helps you be more visible on the road.

It’s an automatic habit so I don’t have to think about whether they should be on or not. I turn the car on, turn the lights on. Turn the car off, turn the lights off. Brights/high beam only when driving at night.

Is there a reason not to do this that I don’t know about?

Yes, common sense. Same reason I don’t wear galoshes every day.

[Anonymous]

so my thoughts

bright sunny day. no lights on. the reason being. motorcycles and bicycles blend in. when daytome running light becasme a thing about a decade ago, there was an uptick in motorcycle collisions. since motorcycles ALWAYS have their headligths on, they blended in and folks began loosing sight of them. (talknig about sane normal motorcycling riders, not the crazy ones)

your lights should be on at a minimum from sunset to sunrise.

if you like to run your headlights all day all of the time, Please for the love of god, that blue light on your dash means your high beams are on. Yes even during the day your high means are obnoxious. In some cases if one of your headlights is burned out, your high beams will be on automatically get it fixed, don't be that a#%hole.

raining. if you wipers are on continuously, IE NOT intermittent, then put your lights on.

having your lights on is not always about being able to see the road. its about being able to be seen.

and you folks who turn on your parking lights and just your fog lights, I'll bet you own stock in summer's eve and massengil....

[Anonymous]

Maybe they are Europeans. Lights came on there automatically back in a day already.
I see cars without lights on in the city since lampposts make the roads light and it's hard to tell if you have light on or not.