Daytime Running lights

nhparrot · #1 (**permalink**) 03-28-2002, 01:04 PM

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Topic: Daytime Running lights
lelandstanford
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posted 03-19-2002 09:53 AM
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Very often I see DRL vehicles without taillights in the dark. The surrounding may be bright enough to give driver a false sense of adequate lighting for the driver to turn on headlights.
I disabled DRL to force myself to manually turn on head/parking/taillights to ensure the safety of myself and as a courtesy to other drivers.

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posted 03-19-2002 01:22 AM
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on my '02 tundra there is a wire harness that i simply disconnected. it's located near the battery.

oh...i disabled mine so to avoid unnecessary usage of my plazma bulbs. don't know if it'll really make a lifespan difference in the bulbs, but i prefer to only have them illuminated on demand.

oliver

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Sequoia1
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Hi All,

I too am not fond of the DRL's either, wondering if anyone know the procedures to turn it off with the Sequoia?

Thanks.

Frank.
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Paul
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posted 02-17-2002 10:56 AM
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I guess I have never found the need to have them off. It would be nice to be able to switch them off when necessary. Perhaps i will look into that.

Paul
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I disabled my DRL's because I often launch my trailered boat prior to sunrise.
When at the ramp courtesy and common sense require parking lights only so
you don't blind the guy trying to back down the ramp to launch his boat beside
yours. In fact, at some boat ramps I've been to...it is a safety consideration
(for your own health) not to have DRLs.
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TUNDRAV8GEORGIA
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posted 02-16-2002 10:04 PM
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took mine off because there a pain in the *** and i also dont like the fact i have no control over the feature .try going to fuctions that req turning your light s off and not having control...it has been proven that having this safes lives but oh well its not a big factor in my book....

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Paul
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I have noticed that some people seem to dislike DRL's. Just wondering why?
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mdubelko · #2 (**permalink**) 10-11-2006, 04:55 PM

What a topic!
I'm concerned that my reply may be judged as a 'Liberal-Commie' threat or something but here's my thoughts.
I live in both Canada and the US (I am a US Citizen), so I know both countries pretty well, and at first I hated Daylight Running Lights up here mostly cause they were new and can't be turned off and also didn't believe the reported safety advantages. I'm a former Calif resident and I know that many Americans feel they are being blinded by a Canadian vehicles with DRLs travelling on their roads, but the funny thing is that nobody up here is blinded by on-coming traffic with DRLs. Canadians have different eyes? -Don't know.

The US Transportation Saftey Commission claims they have evidence that operating vehicles with Daylight Running Lights reduces the overall accident rate on major routes they studied by between 25% and 40%. Fact or Fiction...don't know how they got their numbers.

Some web blogs I've read claim a conspiracy theory by auto makers or just plain arrogance that Americans don't need such extra 'safety' stuff on their cars.

Commercial and professional drivers seem to either not mind or outright endorse them so I guess I don't see what the big objections are.

They operate at either 75% of the lowbeam intensity or 20% of the highbeam intensity depending on the manufacturer and model of the vehicle and don't bog down the battery and bulb life significently.
-m

trfytoy · #3 (**permalink**) 10-12-2006, 10:44 AM

Anyone know how to disable them in a '03 Tundra?

DCTundra2004 · #4 (**permalink**) 10-22-2006, 01:20 AM

[quote=mdubelko;530108]What a topic!
I'm concerned that my reply may be judged as a 'Liberal-Commie' threat or something

Maybe you are! Why do folks like you think you need to protect us from ourselves? Generally your the same ones who think women have a right to choose. Why can't we choose to leave our lights off in the day?

Not trying to be mean, just don't get you either.

Can someone tell us how to disable the DRL? I have an 04 Tundra DC??

Sitting at the shopping mall in HOT FL waiting for your wife means idling with the AC going, and the radio going, and burning the DRL all the time, then some guy sees your lights on and wants your spot. My Caddy turns them off when in Park--DUH who would of thunk it?