09 -- turn off DRLs?

[homeslice]

Originally Posted by bjordan

Before you waste your time on activating DRLs, consider the NHTSA's recent research results that show no reduction in collisions or other benefits from using DRLs. In the past, NHTSA has been a proponent of DRLs, so this admission is something of a bell-ringer. It also expressed concern that DRLs appear to be related to increases in both motorcycle and pedestrian fatalities.

That's not what I am experiencing when I drive in Miami. I have found that people are not so quick to pull out in front of me when I drive cars with day time driving lights. I'd rather have them on. To each his own. If you want them off because you think it looks ugly, then turn them off. That's personal preference. I'd rather have them on than off. Most people live in a car crash. I just don't want to have a big headache the next day from air bags going off if I get into a car crash in a fortwo.

[Carlarm]

I paid $70 to have DRL installed in my '09 passion at my local dealer. Any dealer should be able to do this for the same price on an '08 or '09, except not if it has automatic headlights & wipers. (I wasn't aware this was an option when I ordered my car otherwise I would have instead paid $50 for this as a factory option.)

One either believes or not believes that DRLs improve safety. I feel that I notice other cars faster when they have DRL so assume others see me better.

[homeslice]

I want automatic lights and intermittent wipers. I wonder if many orphans come like that? So what is it that you're paying the dealer for? Do they have something to enable the daytime lights that you can't do on your own? I thought it was just a timing thing with the stalks?

[fpage77]

Originally Posted by homeslice

I want automatic lights and intermittent wipers. I wonder if many orphans come like that? So what is it that you're paying the dealer for? Do they have something to enable the daytime lights that you can't do on your own? I thought it was just a timing thing with the stalks?

That's if you already have DRL on the car and is option to let you deactivate DRL mode using the stalks. The car has to have it's software updated to have DRL function on the car if it didn't come from factory with DRL.