Headlights problems on 1997 GMC 3500HD

I recently bought a 1997 GMC 3500HD. This truck had an ambulance box on the back that was removed before I got it. Taken a while, But I think I have most of the electrical straightened out. The main problem I have left is the headlights come on as soon as the key is turned and stay on in every position. High and low beams work. I just can not turn off the lights unless the key is in the off position. Is this right? Or do I have a problem? Thanks

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Chief McGee
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to turn them off? thanks

Reply to
Chief McGee

You can pull the fuse located on the left side of the dashboard. Its labeled DRL and tghe only problem is that you'll get an indicator in the dash telling you the drl's aren't working.

Reply to
George

I have never understood why DRL bother some people so much.

Reply to
Commentator

The sheer asinine stupidity of it!

What next, blinking rotating beacons, when the public gets adjusted to seeing lights and pays attention no more?

Reply to
George

DRL's saftey advantages have been proved with out a doubt. People who oppose them are simply un-educated.

Reply to
Battleax

Not un-educated, merely thinking instead of being lead like sheeple.

Pay attention here, re-read my last comment and consider the implications. DRL's work for now because they are different, it took years for the public to get accustomed to seeing cars approaching and not pay attention. How long till they become accustomed to seeing headlights and then stop paying attention??

The real answer is better driver training, perhaps retraining, and better law enforcement. A hand or wrist slap for stupid driving, vehicular manslaughter, or whatever merely condones it.

Think, don't react.

Reply to
George

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Like I said, it's a matter of education. It has nothing to do with looking different, it has to do with being visible, nothing more nothing less.

Reply to
Battleax

DRLs make a vehicle stand out from the background. When a driver is paying attention to the road, an approaching car with DRLs is easier to see sooner than one without. If a driver is not paying attention, no, it doesn't matter. Such drivers are left to Darwin to deal with. The rest are safer with DRL. And in any case, even were we to assume for the sake or argument that DRLs provided no additional safety, what is achieved by going out of your way to disable them?

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Commentator

You might make note, I did not advocate disabling them, you might check the preceding comment and note I was responding to the comment "bother people so much" that was all.

I realize that for the present, DRL's do make a difference, but the actual need is more alert drivers, better drivers. In time when people become more accustomed to seeing headlights, then they will stop being as aware as they are now. There was once a time when a car approaching was instantly noted, not so now. Speed is not the issue here, it is driver attention, which in our society today, is often on so many other things, cell phones, loud music, interative conversations, whatever, and many minds are clouded by sleep deprivation and fueled by stimulants such as Coke or coffee. The real answer, I still contend, is better enforcement, better training, and if necessary some manditory retraining. The highways of today are not a good place to start shifting the blame, or responsibility, to DRL's or any other stopgap measure trying to make up for driver ineptitude. YMMV

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George

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GlennB

Noted.

Driver inattention is undoubtedly a major problem. DRLs add safety nonetheless.

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Commentator

Hey Chief Try this site...it's a forum and it gives the low down on how to disable. I did it and my truck is now like a normal truck! Good Luck. Pete

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Pete

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the site...here it is....sorry.Pete

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Pete

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