Tuesday, November 02, 2004
French headlight experiment
In France we have just started a five month long experiment to drive our cars with our lights on during the day. The idea is to improve road safety by making cars more visible.
French news report & English translation.
Motorcyclists are not happy, because they used to stand out from the crowd with their lights on but now will just blend in. I do have some sympathy with their argument. I remember when high level brake lights arrived. When just a few cars had them people took notice, but now everyone has high level brake lights we are back to the status quo.
The experiment is just that, you don't have to turn your lights on (i.e. you won't get fined), but there are ad's on the radio asking people to do so. I have so say, I've not noticed that many vehicles with lights.
| 12:28:48 PM
French headlight experiment
