On Tue, 08 Dec 2015 19:23:27 -0700, rbowman
wrote:

On 12/08/2015 06:07 PM, wrote:
Up here in Ontario Canada it has been a legal requirement for
motorbikes to run with lights for several decades - and all new
Canadian market cars have daytime running lights - any time you are
moving, you are lit up.

The daytime running lights on cars negates any advantage of a headlight
on a bike standing out.

The last car had daytime lights I came out of work one evening at about
dusk. Perhaps I was preoccupied but I started the car, saw the light
beams and drove off. About a half mile later a cop pulled me over and
was getting ready to ticket me for defective tail lights since he saw
the headlights but no taillights. I told him the tail lights were fine
and they would come on if I turned the headlights on. It took a while to
convince him.

The next Toyota I bought was the same model but no longer had the
daylight feature. I realy think if you're going to have daylight
headlights the taillights should come on too like on a bike.

The dash lights don't come on with the daylites - so if you are
anywhere near hald awake it's pretty obvious when you are driving
without full lights.