On Friday, February 12, 2016 at 12:56:44 PM UTC-5, Gordon Shumway wrote:
On Fri, 12 Feb 2016 09:25:09 -0800 (PST), trader_4 wrote:

On Friday, February 12, 2016 at 12:14:18 PM UTC-5, philo wrote:
On 02/12/2016 11:06 AM, KenK wrote:
Just about pulled out in front of a car with lights out early this morning.
Not even parking lights. A few seconds earlier...

Why do these people drive with lights out? Save gas - engine runs easier
without generating electricity for lights? Seems I've seen many more of
them in the past year for some reason.

Breeding more of them in your area too?

Sorry to bother you all. Had to vent somewhere.





My car is set to automatic and the lights go on and off as needed.

That said, if it's very dark, it's odd they don't notice that they can't
see anything

This can't be much of a problem anymore, can it? The vast majority of
cars on the road now have daytime lights on, ie if the car is running
the lights are on. Not sure if it's a law though.
Probably should be though.

Daytime running lights ore on by default. They can be turned off by request at the dealer. I imagine if the dealer can do it
the owner could as well if they investigated.

Perhaps if the owner had the computer that the dealer had.

Even some of the newer remote start units have to be programmed by the
installer using a computer. No more using key-fob sequences to set the
horn or run time options like in the "old days".