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euro_trash_rescue t1_iv1qdgg wrote

Reply to comment by ShinyNerfHerder in Is it just me or do 50% of people always drive high beams on? by aspiringharlequin

Again, well aware of that. However when the headlight switch is off and the DRLs are lit the taillights are not on. Theres a very real brightness intensity differnce between the two.

Every single time i am noticing the highbeams in the daytime on a subaru, the tail lights are on, signifing that the headlight switch is in the on position, meaning they are highbeams.

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euro_trash_rescue t1_iv0ayus wrote

Reply to comment by raptor3x in Is it just me or do 50% of people always drive high beams on? by aspiringharlequin

I realize that as i used to work for subaru at a dealership and it was every week someone would come in saying at night their headlights were on but not their tail lights. I would have to show them how to use their headlamp switch.

I have informed a few and they did not know they were on and switched them off. High beams are blinding, drls are not.

Subaru places the high beam icon in a place where when most people hold the wheel its blocked.

The average person appears (at least in VT, to my experience) to rarely look at their dash for speed, MIL, or anything going on, much less a highbeam icon.

The govt needs to make headlamps auto mandatory.

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