Le 2011-10-27 06:01, Le_Forgeron a écrit :
> Le 27/10/2011 11:13, Invisible a écrit :
>>>> - It is not possible to turn the lights off. You can have sidelights,
>>>> sidelights + headlights, or just headlights. But you cannot have no
>>>> lights at all. Even if you're driving through Death Valley at high noon,
>>>> you have to have your lights on, so you look like a complete tosser.
>>>
>>> just thanks the laws...
>>
>> I'm not aware of any law that you have to have your lights on.
>>
>> I've seen cars that turn the lights on automatically when it gets dark. But I've
never seen a car where you just cannot turn them off.
>
> European Union Directive 2008/89/EC for all new cars after 7 February
> 2011 ( August 2012 for bus and truck).
> UK had a regulations for new cars after 1 April 1987 to have dim-dip or
> dedicated daytime running lamps, (with exception... ); Prosecuted in
> 1988, dim-dip is no more mandatory for UK, but many new cars from UK
> have that functionality. It's no more mandatory, for the moment.. (in
> 1990+... and see now the European directive.)
>

It's been like that since 1991 in Canada.  It DOES make other cars more 
visible, even at high noon in the middle of Death Valley.

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