DaDRL UK Volvo Cars a Danger at any speed?

Daytime headlights are supposed to save lives, but when the USA introduced DRL according to the influential Highway Loss Data Institute’s survey of over ¾ million policies, injuries to Volvo 850 drivers and passengers rose by a staggering 20%.

On average injuries rose by 3.7% to all DRL using vehicles and the HILDI report excluded the detrimental effect of DRL upon pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists.

For non DRL cars from February 2011 it will become EU law to use permanent daytime headlights.

Volvo Cars BUT life

How many existing cars do you see with only one headlight on?

Standard tungsten halogen headlamp bulbs only last for 300 – 400 hours

(there are long life lamps available from Philips and Osram, but they are dimmer so you have less light when you really need headlamps for safety at night)

Many cars have extended service intervals - up to 20,000 miles.

Lamps can fail before the service is due and many drivers do not know how to

(or cannot be bothered to) change failed lamps.

At night, when drivers really need to see and be seen, they only have one headlamp because a lamp burnt out during the daytime!

Also when vehicles traverse speed humps, their headlights cause glare and dazzle - this violates rule 94 of the Highway Code.

These drivers are breaking the law and are a danger to themselves and all other road users, their slogan should be:

DRL for Death

If you hit something due to a failed headlamp, or due to speed hump dazzle you may be able to claim against the manufacturer even it was your fault – see The Law

To disable DRL see Volvo DRL Disable