Well said, I agree. Perhaps it's because common sense isn't as common as
we'd like to think.
Phillip Leeds
Business Planner
Business Development Branch
RTA Operations
Tel: 02 9218 3513
Fax: 02 9218 6376
email: [log in to unmask]
(formerly involved in vehicle safety and regulation, particularly heavy
vehicles)
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert A. Douglas [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, 10 September 2002 11:34
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Daytime running lights
I cannot believe the amount of email traffic this has generated. Why is so
much being
made from this? Clearly, with lights on, a vehicle is more easily seen,
even in daylight.
We need to argue this? And what is the problem with having them on, are
people afraid
they'll have to put another shilling in the electric meter or something?
The ONLY sensible complaint I've heard about cars running with headlights on
during
the day is that it makes MOTORCYCLES (which typically run with lights on)
somewhat
less visible themselves.
R.A. Douglas
Robert A. Douglas, BASc(CE), PhD, PEng
Senior Lecturer, Director of Studies (Forest Engineering)
geotranz - Natural Resources Geotechnique
and Transportation Engineering
New Zealand School of Forestry
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch, New Zealand
tel +64-3-364 2117
fax +64-3-364 2124
http://www.fore.canterbury.ac.nz/
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