DRL ??
Laughing Gas
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From: VA/NH
Fleet Mechanic
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unless my 22 is programmed different, none of my headlights are on when DRL is on, the high beam and low beam lights are off. The DRL is only the halo.
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Calm down there, skippy. No one is trying to take your rights. Some people like them on the new trucks just because the LED bar looks cool in the day time. They are much nicer on the Lariat than on the King Ranch for some reason.
More Turbo
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From: Wonderful, Fun, Pahrump!
Not so much Uncle Sugar (USA), not required in the USA but they are required in Canada (Aunt Beaver???) and a few other countries where Super Duties are exported to so I imagine the Ford Engineers made it easier by having them there but with the ability to turn off. My 08 350 was a Canadian truck and it had DRL activated. I had the dealer turn them off when I bought it in the US.
bob
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Nothing was said about rights being taken. But thanks for the complimentary heads up about how that's absolutely not the case.
Lead Driver
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But others might not care for DRL and that's just fine too. Most everyone personalizes their vehicles to some extent.
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One thing I hate, that could be related to auto headlights, are cars that are parked in parking lots with their lights blaring at the car parked facing them. I assume they are so used to auto headlights that they are clueless how to manually turn the headlights off.
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I think the bigger issue about night driving with DRL's on came when the dash lights started coming on when you start the vehicle. People see the dash light and think the headlights are on. In the old days you had to turn the headlights on to be able to see anything on the dash.