| >Yes that is true. But it isn't just the models with the amber DRLs that this | >situation is happening with. The amber DRLs just make the situation more | >obvious/noticeable. | >
| >| especially in the rain, and both my parents have been guilty of this, | >
| >No surprise. Nearly everyone (and I mean damn near everyone) at my office that | >drives a late model GM vehicle is guilty of this. My next door neighbor, is | >guilty of this (leaves out of here during morning fog with nothing but DRLs (no | >tail lights), except on the LeSabre where they have yet to figure out how to | >turn the lights OFF!. My office overlooks the entrance and parking area. | >Those driving other manufacturers vehicles seem to be better disciplined and | >actually have their regular lights on whe it's foggy in a much higher | >percentage compared to the drivers of the GMs. Maybe because operating the | >lights manually makes it a intuitive habit...something they have to do (thay | >haven't been trained to do otherwise by a so-called "auto" system, in other | >words) | >
| >| I've even suggested they turn the lights on a few times. | >
| >Why? They're "automatic", aren't they? ;-) That's the response I usually | >get. I don't waste my breath any more. | >
| >| It was a | >| little weird getting in my dad's Durango back in July when I had to | >| drive it at night and I actually had to turn the headlight switch to | >| turn the lights on. | >
| >Why would it be weird if you were used to the habit of hitting the switch | >anyway (on your old truck). | >
| >
| | I had been out of the old truck for about 7 months at that point. I | usually rely on the automatic system for the headlights in my S-10, | unless it's raining, foggy or that in-between time where the lights | cycle on and off. When I leave work, I hop in the truck, start it up, | drop into gear, release the e-brake and the lights pop on, so I really | don't have a choice on that. |
I see. You've been assimilated! ;-)