And does it annoy you when, at night, you see many Volvos with only ONE headlight on because they are worn out through being on all day? And have you ever considered the environmental and cost implications in extra fuel of having your lights on all the time?
The reason Swedish Volvos have lights that remain on is because it is a lot darker there than here and it is a safety feature on the wide open plains.
In the UK it is just totally annoying and pointless.
Finally - when you buy a Volvo estate, do you get tuition in how to drive really badly? Or is it just a coincidence? And finally finally, when you buy a Volvo estate, does something in your DNA change so that, instead of saving up and having proper holidays like everyone else, you buy a caravan and become a shed-puller, clogging up even more our already crowded roads?
We need to know the answers to all of these things so we can better understand and, perchance, sympathise with you all.
2007-07-23 04:37:07 · 19 answers · asked by Essex Ron 5 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
Hilarious Ron but being a woman driver I can't say I have seen a volvo or failed to recognise it. I have one mode when I drive look straight ahead and don't window shop
2007-07-23 05:10:36 · answer #1 · answered by Tapsy 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
How much extra fuel is burned when an accident happens (ambulances, tow trucks, fire, police....)? If the lights help to avoid accidents then they're a good thing. Check the highway code about driving in the rain - dipped lights are required (so that's all of this summer then, and most of the rest of the year).
Not all Volvo drivers are bad - some of us have passed advanced driving tests, and don't pull carp (anag.) caravans around the country.
Bad drivers don't just buy Volvos. Strangely enough I've seen them in BMWs, VWs, Rovers, white vans, 4x4s...
When I'm not driving my Volvo I'm quite likely to be riding my Triumph Sprint, and most definitely not getting in your way.
As regards sympathy...
I'm reminded of the Fast Show - "This week I'll be mostly eating prozac".
Have a nice day.
2007-07-23 05:17:37 · answer #2 · answered by philipscown 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
They're made in Sweden, and I think Swedish law says that drivers have to drive with their headlights on at all times day or night, so all Volvos have their lights on by default, even those made for foreign markets.
2016-05-21 00:56:06 · answer #3 · answered by idalia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the lights can be turned of with very little hassle, but why are you having a go at about one of the best cars on the roads, is it perhaps you are a mondeo man any you are sick with envy.
I own a t5 Volvo estate, caravan and a j.c.b. so i guess you and i would get along really well.
2007-07-23 04:57:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Day lights" as they are called, are a safety feature. Studies showed that daytime crashes involving two vehicles approaching each other from the front or side were 28 percent fewer among those with lights on, resulting in a 15 percent drop in two-car crashes from all directions. In the United States, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety distributed the study, which it helped underwrite.
Dr. Kenel of Silver Spring, Md., a safety specialist who is a consultant to the American Automobile Association and who teaches auto-safety instructors in Virginia, Maryland and New Hampshire, incorporates the Saskatchewan results in his curriculum. "I insist that my students require day running lights for crash reduction," Dr. Kenel said.
Here in the US, almost all automobiles/trucks have day lights.
I myself have never been annoyed by it, you get use to it, because they are always on on most cars/truck on the roads.
BTW, i drive a volvo, and yes my day lights are always on.
2007-07-23 04:52:36 · answer #5 · answered by chocochimp 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Pretty much every car built in the last 15 years has daytime running lights (dimmer than headlights, but not enough so that you'd notice in daytime). It's not a Volvo thing.
They're supposed to make the car more visible to others and reduce head-on collisions.
2007-07-23 04:42:14 · answer #6 · answered by DW 6 · 5⤊ 1⤋
The amount of energy used by DRLs on every single vehicle in the world is less than the energy taken to build one vehicle that is demolished in an accident killing people, that could have been avoided had the other driver been able to see the vehicle. It isn't darker in Sweden, don't be daft, the light is just at a different angle.
2007-07-23 19:33:32 · answer #7 · answered by Fred C 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Day time running lights are standard on alot of cars. Canada is required to have them, and it increases visibility. Usually day time running lights are 50% of the highbeams, so it shouldnt affect low beams.
2007-07-23 04:44:41 · answer #8 · answered by Saddler 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just bought a brand new BMW and it does the same thing.
You can switch it off by going through all the system menus but its a pain.
2007-07-23 04:41:11 · answer #9 · answered by Marky 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything that helps safety has to be good in my opinion whenever I see one I always think "wish I could afford to buy one of those"
2007-07-23 04:48:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋