I got used to driving with my headlights on at all times when I first got my ham radio plates. I was living in Arkansas, and not too far from Memphis. I found out that in Tennessee, Amateur Radio operators are considered Emergency Vehicles. (As a matter of fact in 1982, some of the Amateur Radio plates issued had EMERGENCY across the bottom.) And in both Tennessee and Arkansas and in Mississippi, emergency vehicles have to drive with their headlights on at all times. Since I had to drive the entire length of Tennessee at times, and since I was up in Memphis a lot, I just got in the habit of turning my lights on when I started her up. Not going to hurt the battery, and since I'm driving a small, hard to see car anyway, it can't hurt. KE30 Corollas are not exactly the largest car on the road. Though the locals got a laugh, or so they thought, when it snowed, and I was out driving with chains on my tires and all. I used to drive up the 61 past Sugar Ditch to Memphis (i.e. right past Graceland), but I understand that way's not safe anymore now that Sugar Ditch has a casino. (Actually the locals had another name for it, expecially since Jesse Jackson was down there so much.)
Charles Grozny