Daytime running lights or DRLs for short are rather new to Pakistan. Though there have been automobiles imported to Pakistan with DRL lights, comprising of locally sold Audi vehicles, Honda Pakistan was the first to offer them in a locally manufactured vehicle.
Daylight or daytime running lights, as the name proposes, are lights that light up even at the daytime as soon as the car is in motion. LED lights are used in the making of DRLs. The purpose of DRLs is to develop the visibility of the vehicle. Since those lights are fairly bright and rather diverse, they make the vehicle noticeable for other motorists as well as pedestrians. The DRLs are not only precise to motor vehicles like cars and motorbikes, but you can get at market the daytime running lights for your bicycle as well.
The lights turn on, automatically as soon as the vehicle starts to move and usually emit luminous white light. Other than white colors are also available like amber or yellow.
Need for Daytime Running Lights
In many European countries (specifically Scandinavian countries), the weather habitually remains monotonous, grey and overcasted. Some countries bring in regulations for motorists, particularly those running the heavy lorries and trailers, must turn on their headlights in such weather condition to get better visibility and making the vehicle easier to mark for others on the road. Sweden was the first county to apply daytime lights. And it is only an instance of time when they become a standard feature for vehicles around the globe.
The notion of running some sort of vehicle lighting in the daytime as the vehicle is on the road isn’t new and quite a few studies have been conducted to get the better driver safety in this regard. The current appearance of LED DRLs is only the newest step in the evolution of the concept of daytime lights. With the evolution of the concept, the carmakers ended up introducing dedicated lights for the same purpose. A study in United States concluded that although the DRLs didn’t decrease the amount of accidents in cars, there was major amount of reduction in the cars of larger vehicles like trucks.
Rules around the world
There are strict restrictions concerning the DRLs in such countries and you can’t run them when the headlights are already on. Its to some extent diverse here in Pakistan of course, and you can build up as many lights on your vehicle as you like to make your vehicle making it eye-catching while on the other hand making everyone else blind. Even though preliminary purpose was to make the cars easier to spot, companies like Audi took the chance and not only made DRLs stylish but also something that others crave in their vehicle as well. It became a fashion accessory within the car community. Also with the introduction of LED daytime running lights, you can have then keep running all the time, and not just when your car is in motions.
Aftermarket options
LEDs do not form unnecessary load on the electrical system of the vehicle like normal halogen lights would do. Moreover, when the DRL concept was new and headlights were used to carry out the alike function, it could encumber the regular driving and viewing at the night time. But now you have DRLs that light up as almost immediately you start the engine and they don’t trouble the driver and interior dashboard lighting will act like regular headlights will.
