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RunnyBabbit23 t1_iy0am9l wrote

It’s not just the rain. I’ve noticed over the last several weeks numerous cars - way more than normal - driving at night without their lights on. How do these people not notice? Also, your car is new dude - why don’t you have them set to automatic?

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nalc t1_iy0qj7r wrote

> How do these people not notice?

LCD instrument clusters light up whether it's day or night out, and daytime running lights provide a modicum of forward illumination. So it's a lot easier for people to not realize it than it was 25 years ago when having your lights off meant you couldn't see shit and your instrument cluster was dark

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themanpotato t1_iy642kx wrote

Good point. I drive a ‘93 and if my headlights aren’t on there are also zero interior lights on.

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rovinchick t1_iy0jecz wrote

I never understood why people ever go off of auto, but then I valet parked my car during the day and they turned my lights from auto to off. Took me a while that evening to notice and switch the lights on.

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finding_bliss t1_iy3kmc9 wrote

I have this irrational fear that the lights won’t actually turn off when I turn the car off, and that I’ll wake up to a dead battery!!!

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sportyseapig t1_iy0j9vi wrote

The other day I accidentally started driving without my lights (it’s not automatic, City was bright enough I didn’t notice) and I was SO embarrassed when I realized that that’s what the pedestrian was waving at me for

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themeatbridge t1_iy0ibz3 wrote

When I lived in the city, more than once, I found myself driving around the well-lit streets without realizing my lights are off. The street lights are often bright enough to make you forget, especially on one-way streets, where oncoming traffic can't flash their beams at you to let you know.

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RunnyBabbit23 t1_iy0k2lk wrote

Now that I think about it, I actually haven’t noticed it in Center City as much, but I see it all the time on 76. It’s dark enough that I would think people would definitely notice.

Or maybe they don’t because it seems like there’s just as many people that leave their brights on when they’re on there as well.

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