OT Idiot lights-out drivers

No wonder, for as much as you've posted.

You know that American states have the same rules among each other. 30 days after moving to Md. to change your car's registration to Md. and paid sales tax on it if iirc you didn't pay sales tax before.

And Canadian provinces?

Yes I do. The truck has DRLs, and a large portion of the miles driven on the truck were driven with full lighting (early morning and evening)

Yes, it's called a "black box" (named for the "black boxes" on aircraft).

But, as many vehicles can (and do!) connect to remote servers, you don't really know *what* information the car is leaking about your driving activities.

E.g., our GPS has support for real-time "traffic" updates. If tasked with designing such a capability, I'd immediately posit: "Well, we have lots of OUR VEHICLES on the streets.

They each know where *they* are located.

They also know how fast they are traveling.

If we ASSUME that the drivers are trying to drive as fast as conditions permit, then the current speed of a particular vehicle on a particular stretch of roadway can be a reasonable indication of the traffic conditions on that roadway -- at this instant!

So, have all the vehicles report their location to our server.

Then, sort through any conflicting reports and update the real-time *traffic map* to reflect these conditions.

And, on the next update cycle, tell the vehicles what the traffic in their vicinity is like.

I.e., let the drivers be our data collection system!"

A side effect of this is that *your* vehicle's position is continually reported "for the benefit of others" -- not just when *you* attempt to contact the "concierge service", "emergency 911", etc.

You may be a photographer, mabee even a good one - but I have my doubts about your driving.

Possible, but I know of cases where the passenger looked at the speedo and forgot about the difference.

OK I'll spell it out for you.

I D I O T.

Her???

I'm all male - and my email address is my email address, not my name.

Survey is more to find out about what something is (land heights etc for a map), surveil is more what something (or someone) is doing. Surveying your girlfriend would be determining the size of her breasts.

When will people grow out of monogamy?

How do you know he read the email? Not those read receipt things? I used to forward all my work email to another address so I could read them both together. The forwarding process returned a certificate saying I'd deleted it without opening it. Some people got upset, then surprised I'd done what they'd asked me to in the email I had "deleted".

But if I have a toothache, I don't phone my dentist, she's busy doing dental work. I phone the practice receptionist, who book me in with her, or someone else if she has no available time soon enough for me.

People should employ receptionists and not take calls themselves.

If it's when the engine is off, go in the fusebox and change the incoming wore to the headlight fuse from IGN to BATT.

If it's when it's daylight, I don't know why you need that, but just cover the light sensor up, then you can use them as if it weren't automatic.

Do grow up.

What a farce. Complete and utter lack of communication.

What kind of bulbs? At 20 years old they'd be incandescent, not LED surely?

We're discussing the ability to see objects.

Pretty obvious to anyone who actually drives. The front of the car is comming towards you at the combined speed of the car approaching and your car. He's doing 100kph and you are doing 90, the closing speed is 190kph.,

From the rear, you are approaching at the difference between his speed and yours. If he's doing 100 and you are doing 90 you will never meet. If you are doing 100 and he is doing 90, you are approaching at 10kph.

Now try explaining your opinion instead of just dismissing mine as though everybody knows yours is correct.

Most Clares are female.

You put your email address in the From field. Most people put their name there.

On the other side of the road, it's far easier to hit the back of another car than one going the other way on the wrong side.

Oh no, you don't actually believe that do you? Answer this simple question:

Situation 1: You drive at 50mph into a brick wall. Situation 2: You drive at 50mph into another identical car going at 50mph the other way.

Which causes more damage to your car and you?

The problem arises when he stops and you don't.

I don't think the average motorist can even make the connection between a miniscule increase in gas consumption and DRLs.

No, but if you're a soccer mom putting on your lipstick, you might hit it. The more lights the better was the rationale for the extra stop light.