> I see a staggering number of road users with full-beam lights on hours 
> before the daylight begins to go. I know some cars have automatic 
> side-lights etc, (e.g. Volvos) but I really can't believe that all these 
> blazing beacons are helpless automatics. Sometimes I feel I'm the only 
> driver on the road without my headlights on, at 5 or 6pm in the summer. 
> Ludicrous. And wasteful.

I always have my headlights on no matter what the weather or time of day if 
I'm driving on the autobahn.  The reason is simply so that people will 
notice me sooner/at all when I am approaching from behind (and hopefully not 
pull out infront of me).  Wasteful doesn't really come into it, the lights 
are using 80 W and my engine is developing 80 kW.

However, once off the autobahn I always turn them off if the light is good. 
I know that there are lots of other road users (pedestrians, cyclists etc) 
that do not have the opportunity to have a pair of socking great big 40W 
bulbs on in broad daylight.

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