BooSH

How many people drive with there lights on all the time ?

Since having my scoob nearly a year now i can rarely remember turning them off, since the lights go off when you turn the ignition off, something which none of my previous cars have done. It's nice not to be met by an annoying buzzer.

Plus coming from riding motorbikes i consider it safer to be driving around with the lights on all the time.

WRX Blues

I drive with lights on as well but have always put it down to the fact that I once drove a Volvo..old habits die hard.

Semper

I drive with mine on, much to the annoyance of my mates!

s1lko

I don't do it intentionally, but I've lost track of the amount of times I've forgotten to turn them off.

cookstar

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Think of all the extra fuel everyone in the country uses by doing this?

Turbo2

None I reckon.

austinwrx

its law in some countries- sweden, slovenia etc.

well proven to reduce accidents.

I do here and there- again prob back to having volvos as first cars 20 yrs ago !!

must admit I'd bring back public hanging for people driving around with fog lamps on unnecessarily.

ususally put rear ones on when they come up behind me.

cookstar

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Why's that?

my00scooby

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Read something the other day, its gonna be law within a few years to have lights on at all times.

Think all car manufacturers have been instructed to have daytime running lights as standard

Ows

i do, thing is round my house your always driving in and out of dark roads due to overcasting trees. missis always looks at me oddly tho, haha.

Torquemada

I do a lot of the time just to make the car more visble and hence make people more aware I'm there and not drive into me, hopefully. Only leave them on for safety. I don't (well I don't have any front ones anymore anyway) and haven't ever used my fog lights during the day/night, unless it's foggy.

urdad

Me the motorbike thing as well,safety,amazing people can even miss seeing cars.
But them damn annoying fog-lighters get on yer nerves...

Black-Hawk

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I did until i found out i was loosing approx 2bhp

BooSH

All motorbike manufactuers do this already, i'm not sure if they were made to do this or if it was some kind of gentlemans agreement.

I think lights should always be on by law, how many times do you find on motorways when it's gloomy and pissing down that mister BMW/4*4 driver is doing 100mph up your **** and you don't see him till the last minute because his lights arn't on

M444GY

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i leave mine on sides during the day in the winter . not in the summer though

explore

i do the same or i find out i have batt probs but only with side lights on

scoobynutta555

There is a loss on fuel consumption, certainly on older cars which don't have smart charge etc. I don't like the idea myself unless there's poor visability. The EU want to make this law.

Bikes are different, but not on full beam IMHO.

Removed.

Yet another case of having to enforce something for safety reasons because you can't trust people to think about it for themselves. Education and enforcement is the real answer, oh, no, you'd need more coppers out on the roads instead of in the station filling out 50 page forms for every offence.

On the continent, when it rains, people put on their lights, because that's what they have to do. If you forget, you get other motorists flashing their lights at you.

Aaron1978

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i always have my side lights on, as some have said from riding a motorbike when i was younger. If it helps reducing the chance of an accident then its only a good thing.

Aaron

wiley

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only when i gets dark, want my bulbs to last longer (yes i'm a cheapskate)

wiley

redwards

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I only turn my on if I'm on roads were I can do 60+. Just a safety thing to make sure I'm seen, if it's good enough for the emergency services it's good enough for me (albiet not alternating flashes!).

Mifo

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never have put them on during day light.
Id hope people could see a bright red car!!

boosh: doesnt it drain the battery having the lights on as soon as you switch the ignition on? as you will be starting the engine whilst having lights on at the same time.

I always thought all electrics should be off on engine start up ? maybe its just older cars.

BooSH

Never had any problems mate, i'm not saying it doesn't but it's not affected mine.

Spec'c'57

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Always run the spec'C' with lights on. Dont think i turned them off much during ownership.
Different in the noble as have to remember to turn them off. notice a few times i left them on but only briefly. Only really put them on while pressing on tho.

ash002004

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i dont tend to have them on in the day unless i see a few other peoples on, lol. But generally in our lovely british weather they get turned on in the daytime alot!

chocolate_o_brian

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Nope never have them on unless it's bad weather during the day or night time. Don't personally see the point. Plus the Pug doesn't switch them off with the ignition, and theres no buzzing sound either.

Very rarely use lights at all, only when getting pretty dark.

andy97

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I drive alot in Lincolnshire, where you need to have lights on all the time, to prevent migrant workers from overtaking in inappropriate places.

mgcvk

Always run with sidelights on now as the battery doesn't seem to charge properly otherwise.

BlooSooby

I always leave my sidelights on, but only so I can have the front fog lights on too...




Only kidding austinwrx, I only use the fogs when it's foggy (very rare in sunny Bris Vegas). I won't be using them ever again once the covers are bought and fitted.