Miata Mailing List: February 1995, Message #157
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   From: russotto@pond.com (Matthew Russotto)
Subject: Re:  DRLs- don't knock it 'till you try it.
   Date: Fri, 3 Feb 1995 13:21:40 -0500

I have not driven in Canada, but in the DC area there seemed to be a LOT
of people either with DRLs or with their headlights on in the daylight. 
 
They don't blind me, but I do find them distracting-- I keep noticing them
in my peripheral vision in the rear-view mirror.  For cars approaching me,
I can see that there's SOMETHING there further away, but I can't tell what it
is until they are much closer than I could without DRLs-- the outline is
lost due to the DRLs.   At dusk, full headlights are appropriate--
many DRLs aren't, because they don't light the rear and side markers.