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From 2011 it may well become law that even during the daylight hours running car lights will be compulsory on all new vehicles. The European Union have been debating this for some time and it seems this [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] new law will get the green light. Research suggests that daytime running of vehicle light reduces day time crashes by an amazing 12% for cars. In [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] Sweden perhaps due to the low [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] light levels during daylight hours they introduced this law way back in 1977 and countries such as Finland, Norway and Iceland soon adopted this policy. Even at this early stage there does seem to be a growing campaign regarding this proposed new law. Let?s look at the pros and cons of the daylight running of car lights.
Firstly in over 50% of UK road traffic accidents the driver cited he did not see the other vehicle. This rises to an [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] alarming 80% for accidents at road junctions. One compelling fact regarding daytime running of car lights is that during the daytime vehicles with lights on seems to appear much closer to what they actually are and this have been proven in tests in the UK. If approaching vehicles appear to be closer then drivers will be less likely to take risks as has been proven in Scandinavian countries. In the UK we are not blessed by all means with the greatest [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] daylight light conditions even through [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] the [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] summer months. During the other months we are on a par I would with the Scandinavian countries in terms of light conditions.
The critics state increased fuel use leading to [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] increased amounts of carbon dioxide emissions released into the atmosphere are a major drawback of this proposed new law. They also suggest that pedestrians crossing roads could have their view masked by the glare [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] on oncoming vehicles [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] running their lights. No matter what the critics do say there is simply the evidence from countries such a Sweden that the daytime running of car lights does indeed cut the amount of road deaths and accidents.
Obviously this will put extra wear onto existing [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] car lights and in real terms they will need to be replaced more often. On average headlight bulbs last for around 400 hours although more [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] expensive longer life bulbs are [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] now available which can last three times as long. Also some new variants of headlight bulbs use up to 20% less energy which is a major benefit.
Remember [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] worldwide many motorcyclists already have adopted the process of running their lights during the daytime to increase their visibility. I think personally that the fact that this law has already been proven to save lives that this law should be implemented. Technology is improving in regards to fuel economy, bulb life span and energy saving and by 2011 there will be even greater developments in these fields.
With any new law there are always objections and to some degree problems not only implementing the law but enforcing it [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] but after a short time it simply becomes the norm.
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