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Car Forum / Pontiac / Pontiac Cars / March 2004Driving Lights
Not sure if anyone has asked this or not, but I'm new to the list, I was just wondering if there was a quick way to keep the driving lights off. Thanks Andrew Andrew, Give a little more detailed info here. What Make, Year, Trim Level etc. I'm guessing, but are you referring to the Daytime Running Lights ( DRL)? -- markwb 2001 Bonneville SLE > Not sure if anyone has asked this or not, but I'm new to the list, I was > just wondering if there was a quick way to keep the driving lights off. > > Thanks > > Andrew Holy Nelly, here we go again ! ========= Harryface ========= 1991 Pontiac Bonneville LE 3800 V6 ( C ), Black/Slate Grey _~_~_~_~278, 086 miles_~_~_ ~_~_ 2001 Sunfire and yes it is the Day Time Driving lights > Holy Nelly, here we go again ! > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > > 2001 Sunfire and yes it is the Day Time Driving lights www.lightsout.org look under disable. I put a switch in my TA - my wife likes the DRL's and I think they're a good idea on the highway. BUT... they're useless in rush hour and on my car the DRLs and Automatic headlights work together and cause a lot of extra wear on the headlight motors.... (start car in garage, lights go up - back up out of garage, lights go down. at work, start car in parkade, lights go up, pull out of parkade, lights go down. that's four motor cycles when none were needed.) Ray >that's four motor cycles when none were needed.) Doesn't everyone need 4 motorcycles? Wir welle bleiwe wat mir sin (Letzebuergesch) I got a moped, bro! -- markwb 2001 Bonneville SLE > >that's four motor cycles when none were needed.) > > Doesn't everyone need 4 motorcycles? > > Wir welle bleiwe wat mir sin > (Letzebuergesch) Yep. Here we go again. My opinion: Leave the damn lights on. Day Time Running Lights (DRL) do help prevent accidents. If you don't have DRL use your head or fog lights. It is not that you can see better but you can be seen better. I don't understand why people feel that their civil liberties are being infringed upon by having these lights on their car. Don't forget that with your rights you also have responsibilities. > Holy Nelly, here we go again ! > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > 3800 V6 ( C ), Black/Slate Grey > _~_~_~_~278, 086 miles_~_~_ ~_~_ > Yep. Here we go again. My opinion: Leave the damn lights on. Day Time > Running Lights (DRL) do help prevent accidents. If you don't have DRL use > your head or fog lights. It is not that you can see better but you can be > seen better. I don't understand why people feel that their civil liberties > are being infringed upon by having these lights on their car. Don't forget > that with your rights you also have responsibilities. First it's the manufacturers having all running lights...then they added GPS and the ability to listen in on what's being said inside the car (http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/12/10/213653.shtml). Gotta wonder what's next. Personally I think that if people want they should be able to turn off the DRLs. On our Blazer if you're parked and have the parking brake on when you're waiting for someone or something after driving the DRLs are still on. They may help with accident avoidance but having people pay attention to driving when that's what they're supposed to be doing will help even more. Just today I saw a lady barreling down a street at 50 mph and she almost switched lanes into someone that was to the left of her. I'll agree that they can help, BUT if people rely on them then what good do they do? My gramps would turn the lights on when it got dark driving along, but with DRLs he thought that they lights were already on so he wouldn't turn them on. What's better, 4 lights that people in front and behind you can see, or 2 that only people in front of you can see? I'm also going to agree with a poster that if GM is going to use DRLs they should also have the tail lights lit up. If someone is driving at nighttime with just their front DRLs lit up and you can't see the vehicle...bam. >> Yep. Here we go again. My opinion: Leave the damn lights on. Day Time >> Running Lights (DRL) do help prevent accidents. If you don't have DRL use [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >also have the tail lights lit up. If someone is driving at nighttime with >just their front DRLs lit up and you can't see the vehicle...bam. MOST GMs with DRLs also have automatic headlamps. It would be impossible for me to drive my 1994 TransSport without a full lighting compliment after dusk, as the headlights come on - and there is NO way to shut them off short of pulling a wire or fuse somewhere. As for DRLs and the parking brake - if the car is started with the park brake on, the DRLs are off. As soon as you put the car in gear and release the PB, they come on, and stay on until the engine is shut off. You are not supposed to sit idling anyway. > MOST GMs with DRLs also have automatic headlamps. It would be > impossible for me to drive my 1994 TransSport without a full lighting > compliment after dusk, as the headlights come on - and there is NO way > to shut them off short of pulling a wire or fuse somewhere. Want to rethink that? My uncle has a 2000 Astro with DRL and no auto headlights. My gramps had a 97 Silverado with DRLs and no auto headlights. AND on the newer ones you can set the sensitivity or even override the Twightlight Sentinal (or at least in the 2001 LeSabre I've driven many times). > As for DRLs and the parking brake - if the car is started with the > park brake on, the DRLs are off. As soon as you put the car in gear > and release the PB, they come on, and stay on until the engine is shut > off. > > You are not supposed to sit idling anyway. I know that they come on if you start the car with the parking brake disengaged, I also know that when you disengage the parking brake the lights'll come right on in our Blazer. It doesn't matter if it's in park or drive. I'm not sure if you're from Canada or not, but if you were you'd realize that in the winter it can get cold. Just this past November about 20 miles from the MI/WI border it was ~15 F at noon, I sat in the truck for 20 minutes without heat and it started to get cold. Come to Milwaukee during the summer time sitting in a car on a windless day when it hits one of our 90+ days. THEN I'll listen about what I should and shouldn't do. It would be best to have the tails on too. > > Yep. Here we go again. My opinion: Leave the damn lights on. Day Time > > Running Lights (DRL) do help prevent accidents. If you don't have DRL use [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > also have the tail lights lit up. If someone is driving at nighttime with > just their front DRLs lit up and you can't see the vehicle...bam. I have no problem with DRL's. I don't mind if my car is smarter than me. I can live with that. Really. What annoys me, is that every time I have to drive through a security checkpoint I can't turn my lights off. The car is smarter than me and knows that it's dark and I must need lights. The problem is, the guys on the machine guns get a little pissy when you wipe out their night vision and I tend to get searched more. Seriously. > Not sure if anyone has asked this or not, but I'm new to the list, I was > just wondering if there was a quick way to keep the driving lights off. > > Thanks > > Andrew That is a good consideration. Perhaps an over ride switch with a timer on it. > I have no problem with DRL's. I don't mind if my car is smarter than me. I > can live with that. Really. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > > > Andrew |
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