The auto-lights function is on your light-stalk on the steering column. Just turn it off.




But high beams make no difference to the DRL's.

 

That's what I currently do. I was trying to get rid of them coming on in the day time all together.

 

Since this is a pet peeve, I must interject. DRL's ARE NOT headlights, they are low powered low beams with NO taillights. Just an hour ago I was driving on a winding country road when some idiot slowed down for their stop sign, looked me in the DRL's and continued to make me test my latest brake job. Due to the frequency of this type of thing and the fact that most people will swear on their mother's grave that the headlights are too on, when in fact it is the DRL's; I just don't know if I they are a good idea.

 

I understood the DRL's were actually low powered high beams - not low beams, but I could be wrong.

My beef is this: People just don't pay attention, and are not considerate. My previous statement stated that I would have no problem with DRL's if we could get people to stop using their high beams. What I meant by that is, if we are going to have DRL's then fine, I don't care for them, but fine, there are ways around that. My issue is with the gene pool misfits that think it is acceptable to approach oncoming drivers with their high beams on. We have DRL's which are to be a safety measure - and are proven to work - then we have some idiot driving down the road with their high beams on towards other drivers. It is an irritant during the day, a hazard at night, and life threatening during foggy conditions - but people do it and get away with it.

If the auto manufacturers want to place a safety feature in a car - mandate that all vehicles have an auto-dim feature (for nights), as well as inability for the high beams to come on during the day, and finally - no way for them to come on in fog.

When operating an ambulance in the fog, we turn off the flashing lights - as they cause more issues than they help...

My issue with DRL's is that I don't like the headlights look - where as I liked the bright park lamp look (2006), my HHR is a 2007. I wish, other than hitting my fog light button - there was a way to change that.

 

You could always turn your headlight knob to the parking lights, and run those during the day. In the front, you'd have the amber parking lamp look, and in the back, you'd have the tail lights as well.

 

And then forget to turn the HL's on, like everybody else. What part of "PARKING lights" don't people understand, it's only 2 words. UhOh I feel a lecture coming on. Parking lights are for warning drivers that a car is parked. Daytime Running lights are for letting drivers see other cars in the daylight. Head Lights are for seeing and being seen in dark conditions. Emergency flasher lights are for vehicles moving at slower than legal speeds.

Parking lights, DRLs and Emergency flashers do NOTHING towards safety while driving in A) the dark B) the rain C) the snow D) the road spray E) driving on the shoulder of the interstate highway.... They are safety features when used as directed, the names are clues to their proper use.

It is recommended by AAA and others that you do not use the emergency flashers when you must pull to the shoulder at night because the flashing creates an optical illusion of motion, especially in rain and snow.

DRLs only warn oncoming traffic (NO TAIL LIGHTS).

Parking lights are for parking.


Sorry, another driver just tried to kill me today when he took a "right turn on red" 20 yards in front of me and my DRLs at 45 MPH. And we just had a long spell of inclement weather with drivers who think that everybody can see them, just because they are so damn important.

:pickl e:

Thanks to the dancing fruit, vegetables and herbs.

 

I went all out on mine.