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MichMan

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23. I give up

Reply to a kennedy (Reply #22)

Mon Dec 30, 2024, 05:36 PM

Dec 2024

You posted asking about why automatic lights (front and rear) aren't on any cars. Then after multiple people post that indeed they are common on the cars they own, you reply that you wish yours did that.

I go to the trouble to research your specific car, explain that you already have that feature, and how it works. After all of that, you say that you would rather just turn them on manually anyway. Thanks for wasting my time.

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Why can't cars be equipped with a system that when visibility is so bad the fog, if appropriate, lights [View all] a kennedy Dec 2024 OP

Yes, and save drivers from the unendurable inconvenience Glorfindel Dec 2024 #1

But they don't so yes, I'd like it to be automatic. Way to many accidents because drivers DO NOT HAVE a kennedy Dec 2024 #8

You're absolutely right, of course. Glorfindel Dec 2024 #11

The problem starts when those cars lit up stop and pull over and cars behind them run up on them thinking ... marble falls Dec 2024 #2

That would require a fairly complicated (and expensive) system of sensors. Ocelot II Dec 2024 #3

A lot of cars have automatic headlights. nt. Voltaire2 Dec 2024 #4

Correct but the taillights DON'T....you have to physically turn on the lights to get the taillights to come on. a kennedy Dec 2024 #6

you might want to do more research. Voltaire2 Dec 2024 #10

I have been checking, and see headlights on, no taillights tho. a kennedy Dec 2024 #12

and I did find this...... a kennedy Dec 2024 #14

All the cars I have bought in the last 20 years have had automatic headlights and tailights MichMan Dec 2024 #16

My car is a 2018 Honda CRV....... a kennedy Dec 2024 #17

I googled this as being the switch for a 2018 Honda CR-V MichMan Dec 2024 #19

I actually prefer me doing the turning on......but thank you for this info. a kennedy Dec 2024 #22

I give up MichMan Dec 2024 #23

Yikes.....so sorry I wasted your precious time. a kennedy Dec 2024 #25

Me again.....checked my light switch and it doesn't have that auto position. My car is probably the low a kennedy Jan 2025 #26

Since you said you wouldn't use the automatic feature anyway, I guess it is a moot point MichMan Jan 2025 #27

All the automatic shit makes drivers less careful and less attentive. Scrivener7 Dec 2024 #5

I think it's worse when the stupid people DO NOT TURN ON THEIR LIGHTS in inclement weather. a kennedy Dec 2024 #7

May be true, but it does get the lights. turned on for the safety of others rurallib Dec 2024 #9

If a vehicle is moving, all lights should be on. It should be a law in every state and territory. rickford66 Dec 2024 #13

I keep my light settings set to automatic. Headlights and Tail lights automatically come on. I never manually have to tulipsandroses Dec 2024 #15

Shoot, I don't have that, and would love it too. a kennedy Dec 2024 #18

My old Chevy Blazer had Daytime Running Lights (DRL) JoseBalow Dec 2024 #20

White colored vehicles, in a blinding snowstorm Emile Dec 2024 #21

My 2020 VW Tiguan has an "auto" setting on the headlight switch jmowreader Dec 2024 #24

Too many stupid people lacking basic driving skills LogDog75 Jan 2025 #28

Dring In Fog ProfessorGAC Jan 2025 #29