Originally Posted by
joeyduck
I agree but the tail light thing has frustrated me for twenty plus years. Too many idiots (car makers need to take some blame) drive with their daytime running lights on and oblivious to the fact their tail lights are off; the blame for the manufacturers comes with the fact they also have the dash lights on with the DRLs.
When we got my wife's car a year ago, it took me a while to adjust to the fact that the dash lights were always on, and actually got dimmer when the headlights were illuminated. My truck has automatic headlights, so I was used to not manually flipping the switch. I don't know how many times I started driving her car at night and realizing after a few blocks that the headlights were off. My brain saw the dash lights on and just assumed that the headlights were on.
Took me a good six months to re-train myself.