Martin Dann wrote:
Another pearl of wisdom from our masters in europe.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...nlights110.xml

In response to a parliamentary question, Jim Fitzpatrick, the road
unsafety minister, said: "The UK has been successful in arguing
against the introduction of mandatory use of dipped headlamps during
daylight hours by drivers of existing vehicles.

'However, from early 2011 all new types of passenger cars and light
vans will have to be fitted with dedicated daytime running lamps in
accordance with the relevant European directive. By summer 2012 all
new vehicles will have to be so fitted.


Which will simply reduce visibility etc, and make the roads more hazardous
for us.

It will be worse if they mandate use of dipped headlights by cars not
fitted with DRLs. Besides anything else, there's an effect on fuel
consumption (significant at a national level) and CO2 emissions. Worse,
on my car the aerodynamics are badly affected by having the headlamps on
because it has large pop-ups.