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I hate driving by people with halogens.
DRLs originated in Scandinavia, where they sometimes have twilight for days on end. There they make sense. There is no scientific evidence they elsewhere improve safety.
They're like the French and their silly yellow headlamps. Someone not French looked at them and said, "That looks cool, I'll put them on my car." Next you know, it was a fashion trend.
Xenon headlamps have a higher lumen output than other types of the same wattage but their color temperature is not so well suited to human eyesight. Our eye evolved to the color temperature of the sun (duh!), which the incandescent bulb mimics perfectly.
DRLs originated in Scandinavia, where they sometimes have twilight for days on end. There they make sense. There is no scientific evidence they elsewhere improve safety.
dawn and twilight don't make up for it a little bit?...
DRLs originated in Scandinavia, where they sometimes have twilight for days on end. There they make sense. There is no scientific evidence they elsewhere improve safety.
dawn and twilight don't make up for it a little bit?...
Might as well wire the windscreen wipers into the ignition switch for the benefit of drivers who are too stupid to turn those on when needed, too.
Mercedes have rain sensors built into the hood so the wipers do turn on automatically. You're like the Nostradamus of automobilia today! DRLs originated in Scandinavia, where they sometimes have twilight for days on end. There they make sense. There is no scientific evidence they elsewhere improve safety.
dawn and twilight don't make up for it a little bit?...
Might as well wire the windscreen wipers into the ignition switch for the benefit of drivers who are too stupid to turn those on when needed, too.
Although wiring it to the ignition key... that's a bit much, as someone that inept would only be able to get a license in NY, California and Florida.
Le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît point. 
Although wiring it to the ignition key... that's a bit much, as someone that inept would only be able to get a license in NY, California and Florida.
DRLs originated in Scandinavia, where they sometimes have twilight for days on end. There they make sense. There is no scientific evidence they elsewhere improve safety.
dawn and twilight don't make up for it a little bit?...
Might as well wire the windscreen wipers into the ignition switch for the benefit of drivers who are too stupid to turn those on when needed, too.
Volvo too
Personally I'm not a huge fan of all these 'assistance' options.
gods bless them, they've had some very innovative ideas over the years, I mean they put the first 3 point seat belt in a passenger car! But some of their innovations were laughably pathetic... I mean there's safety and then there's paranoia! One of the stranger auto accessories, Volvo's intruder (heartbeat) detection system, is about to join hideaway headlights, CB radios and automatic seat belts on the list of auto industry's bad ideas.
The system, part of a $550 option package, allows drivers to use their key fob to remotely check for anyone lurking in the rear seat. The intruder in hiding is detected by their heartbeat.
The option will disappear for the 2011 model year, said Volvo Cars North America spokesman Dan Johnston. "Almost no one was using the intruder query function," he explained.
The detector's demise shows how the auto industry, in the race for the latest and most exclusive technology, can misjudge what buyers actually want. Lately, the tech wars have intensified as makers try to cram GPS, iPod and smartphone connectivity and other gadgets into cars. All hope for a breakthrough gimmick that catches buyers' attention and sets their vehicles apart.
The intruder detector was aimed to burnish the Swedish automaker's reputation as a safety leader and to buttress appeal with female buyers. It first appeared on the 2007 S80, Volvo's flagship sedan, and has been offered since on all models except S40, V50 and C30. At the time Ford Motor owned Volvo, which it is selling this year to China's Geely.
Reviewers scoffed about the likelihood of ax murderers hanging out in unsuspecting motorists' back seats from the start. "Has someone at Volvo been renting slasher thrillers from Netflix?" Motor Trend asked in July 2006. Reviewer Mark Phelan, writing in the Detroit Free Press, called the feature "spooky" and suggested Volvo should have called it the "Urban Myth Detector."
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