I like the headlight features. You can turn them off completely when you want, have it on auto, or control it yourself. This is the way it should be IMHO. I don't see why a car should force you to run the lights all the time (op mentioned the desire to turn them off).

This is like the floor mat issue -- however did we survive in the past without all the these "protections"?

My past vehicle, a Ford Ranger, I sometimes drove off forgetting to turn the lights on in a very well lit area where headlights would be useless anyhow. It wasn't the end of the world.