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Originally Posted by JHSmith
Here you and I must disagree. - Cannot figure out how to figure out how to turn on headlights --
- ALMOST agree -- however -- In '96 I purchased a new '96 Grand Am w/ always on DRL (like in Canada) and Auto lights and sold it in '07 for TCH. I left the controls in Automatic ALL the time.
 Only turned manually controlled switch once a month (possibly every other month to make sure that the circuitry worked.) In an emergency, could I select Auto/Manual/parking lights: NO, because I always it set for full AUTO. Now I have the TCH. The light controls are in AUTO all the time.  Do I know which dial position I need to set it to for Parking lights only? No, for the same reason. DRL? No. etc. Can I drive the car safely? IMHO, yes.
- As far as being frustrated in rainstorms: Stand by if you're behind me.
- I'm from Florida. (And now live in Virginia.) Florida, like in many other areas, MANY times has rainstorms (or VA w/ snow) so heavy that you can't see far ahead of you. So, what do you do? Continue driving at 70 miles per hour even though you cannot see 50 -> 100 feet ahead of you? Or do you slow down to a safe speed. Me, I'll slow down. Also, even if you can see safely, the road conditions may be ripe for hydroplaning (or skiing in VA). I try to drive within the speed limits
 , but I (almost) always err on the side of caution.
The time the lights stay on can be set by the dealer. I have mine set at 30 seconds. |
The the first case you do know how to turn on the headlights, you have them set to auto. Done, no user intervention required. If someone does not know this, they should not be driving!
In the second case, I don't mind you slowing down, but I do mind you slowing down to the same speed as the car next to you and sitting there. If you want to go the same speed, then fall in behind them.
I also agree that you should not go faster than the conditions, but each car can handle the conditions differently. One car has new tires on it and weighs a lot, the second car has four may-pops on it, and it is a light weight.
Should the person who properly maintains their car have to go excrucingly slow because the other driver does not maintain their car?