why don't people turn on there headlights when it rains or is hard to see?

Answer 1

I guess we could chalk this phenomenon up to ignorance or hubris. I see this all the time, especially early morning when I leave for work. It's a proven fact that driving with lights on, no matter what time of day it is, increases your chances of actually being seen by other drivers, hence the introduction of daytime running lights some years ago.
Oh I forgot, the ones who choose to drive lightless at dawn, dusk or in the rain are just fools, dangerous fools at that.

Answer 2

Hmmm, I've never heard of that law. I will have to check my state and see if it's a law here. But anyway it doesn't matter, because my car is set up to have the lights come on automatically every time I start it up. So my lights are always on (usually unless I turn them of manually, which I rarely ever do.) Also though for everyone saying it's not about being able to see, it's about drivers be able to see you. Well actually it's Both. I mean seriously it doesn't matter how well I can see the other drivers if I can't see a damn thing myself. You know there's still likely to be a crash either way, so both drivers need to able to see. You need to be seen and be able to see.

Answer 3

This is something that I do not understand either. It is even against the law to drive in inclimate weather without your headlights on where I live; that does not seem to make that much of a difference to some drivers.

Sometimes it may happen because the driver just forgets to turn them on, or possibly they are used to driving a different vehicle that has automatic headlights.

Everyone needs to realize that being able to see and be seen while driving is very important to everyone on the road. Have a good day.

Answer 4

I have checked from Florida to Connecticut to California and
found that almost all states have a rain/lights-on law.
Many new cars now come with rain sensors that automatically
turn your lights on and like my car,the lights are always on for
safety.
As usual,some people don't care about accidents or harming others.

Answer 5

Probably because their mind is on other things and they don't think of themselves as being hard to see, because they can see themselves just fine. I am not one of those people. My lights are on all the time....I'm a smidge paranoid of getting rear-ended.

Answer 6

Because they're thinking about what they can see (which in rain tends not to be improved by switching on lights), rather than being seen (which is much improved by switching on lights).

Answer 7

Once passing the test everything they do they think it's OK.

Answer 8

isn't it the law to turn them on? It is in Florida!

Answer 9

because people are idiots.

Answer 10

because there stupid