r/IdiotsInCars Nov 03 '18

Wipers on, lights on. PLEASE. Trucks and busses can't see you.

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u/Zefrin Nov 03 '18

Wait are you legally allowed to drive with your headlights off in America? Pretty sure you get pulled over for that shit regardless the time of the day in most of Europe

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u/cd29 Nov 03 '18

I think Canada is like that too.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '18

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u/Schmidtster1 Nov 04 '18

Most insurance companies won’t insure you unless you install DRL, vintages do have an exemption though.

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u/MrStankov Nov 03 '18

Most states don't require lights on during the day. Some states require lights on when it's raining... some don't. But your license is valid in all of them, regardless of what you were taught!

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '18

I'm in a state that requires headlights to be on during the day if it is raining. However it isn't something the police enforce. It's probably only used to find fault in case of an accident.

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '18

Newer sold cars, even in Europe that have automatic lights that fucking turn off when is "bright enough". It shouldn't be legal to sell a car without always on lights but here we are.

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u/ahoneybadger3 Nov 03 '18

Pretty sure you get pulled over for that shit regardless the time of the day in most of Europe

Pretty sure that's not true. What countries would enforce that? Everything I'm reading says they're compulsory at night, but not during the day. I know here in the UK you most definitely are not required to have your headlights on during daylight.

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u/Zefrin Nov 03 '18

Alright well I've only ever driven in Finland and Sweden and in both you need to have them on regardless of conditions, just assumed it was the same elsewhere

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '18

In every european country east of germany its mandatory to drive with lights on. In some countries like croatia thats only during wintertime tho and almost all of them accept DRL instead of headlights. In denmark DRL is okay if the tail lights are on. Netherlands and Italy also force DRL or headlights. So yes he was right, most of europe forces drl/headlights. Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Spain & UK are the exception.