On Fri, 12 Feb 2016 21:39:53 -0500, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 2/12/2016 7:30 PM, Andy wrote:
On Friday, February 12, 2016 at 11:25:21 AM UTC-6, 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.

I do not like cars with forced lights.

Shortens lifespan of expensive bulbs.

Andy

How much have you spent on bulbs in recent years? Last one I bought was
for my '91 Regal and it was not a "forced" light. I don't see it as a
burden, but your experience may be different.

I think I've only replaced one rear turn-signal bulb in my life, and
that's it for bulbs, except when I added after market halogen
headlights about 20 years ago. They burned out. I should have
stayed with the headlights the car came with.