From: thetibetanmonkey@gmail.com
On Saturday, November 22, 2014 8:34:59 PM UTC-5, Sharx35 wrote:
> "Your Name" wrote in message
> news:231120141017227720%YourName@YourISP.com...
>
> In article , Jeff Strickland
> wrote:
> > "Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble Philosopher"
> > wrote in message
> > news:2bb1c04d-1d41-4ea5-99f3-9dea3f7b6af3@googlegroups.com...
> > On Friday, November 21, 2014 9:47:54 PM UTC-5, Wise TibetanMonkey, Most
> > Humble Philosopher wrote:
> > > On Friday, November 21, 2014 12:43:37 AM UTC-5, Love wrote:
> > > > In article ,
> > > > Wilson@nowhere.net says...
> > > > >On 11/20/2014 4:59 AM, Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble Philosopher
> > > > >wrote:
> > > > >>
> > > > >> If you are on a bicycle/scooter/motorcycle, the law may not matter
> > > > >> as
> > > > >> your
> > > > >> first accident may be your last. You may be dead wrong or right and
> > > > >> dead. What
> > > > >> matters --and this is the first law of the revolution-- is
> > > > >> PREVENTION.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> By the way, my GF's Lexus was broadsided yesterday --totaled-- but
> > > > >> the gods
> > > > >> smiled on us and she's only hurting. Now we will feed some of the
> > > > >> greatest
> > > > >> industries in America: the accident industry. Do you think anyone
> > > > >> is
> > > > >> trying to
> > > > >> prevent accidents seriously in America? How would the lawyers get
> > > > >> rich?
> > > > >>
> > > > >> How would the revolution approach prevention? Some rules and
> > > > >> regulation are
> > > > >> just common sense.
> > > > >
> > > > >Clearly we need the guiding hand of our Great Father in Washington to
> > > > >tell us what to do.
> > > >
> > > > Or to facillitate the massive amount of negotiation
> > > > required of any set of wide-ranging public standards
> > > > like road regulations entails.
> > >
> > > Some don't even require regulation, just enforcing. The passing lane
> > > (aka
> > > "fast lane") is vaguely understood but never enforced.
> > >
> > > Others require regulation like the daylight running lights, already
> > > standard in the civilized world (Canada & Europe). My vehicle has a
> > > different light setup for Canada, better I would say. Kind of common
> > > sense.
> >
> > Nobody seems to have a good reason NOT to have daylight running lights:
>
> They wear out the battery quicker (especially problematic on those
> electric cars which use the same batteries for both moving and
> electronic gizmos).
>
> *****Give me a fucking break! You never heard of ALTERNATORS which are
> continually CHARGING the battery?
>
>
> Due to differing vehicle heights, they can be dazzling for some
> on-coming drivers in the opposite lane.
>
> *****NOT a problem during daylight hours. It's at night when
> glare can be a problem especially if the vehicles headlights aren't aimed
> properly--time
> for the police to start ticketing vehicles with misaligned headlights!!!
Here's when it gets confusing: My Honda Pilot manual says that vehicles made
for Canada operate on "reduced high beam" in daylight. However I can choose to
leave the lights "on" all the time and they go off and then come back on when
I open the vehicle.
It would seem like I don't have a problem at all.
My question is if I do any damage to the vehicle by starting with the lights
on.
Why didn't they make it simple and go in line with Europe and Canada? It seems
like the same problem we have with the metric system. We like things
complicated. At this rate Ukraine will be more advanced than us in 5 years.
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