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siebzy t1_j8d018u wrote

I agree that it's poor design. This happens to me sometimes when driving my mom's car. It has a DRL mode that is right next to "Auto" on the dial, and at twilight or in the rain it's hard to tell that your full headlights aren't on.

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alpha417 t1_j8d1wp5 wrote

if you left them on Auto, you wouldn't have that problem

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Hefty_Musician2402 t1_j8desgx wrote

OOH LOOK AT ME WITH MY AUTO HEADLIGHTS AND POWER WINDOWS (Yes my truck is outdated asf lmao)

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Dogtooth_Violet t1_j8d7p8f wrote

My problem is when I put my lights on auto they don’t usually switch on in twilight or on an especially overcast or low visibility day. So maybe he would have that problem with the auto setting.

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alpha417 t1_j8d86rx wrote

a few of the more savvy brands have a threshold setting which allows more or less darkness to trigger them. each one hides it somewhere different and calls it something else in the UI. Fords used to make it easy and had a sensor, low down in the center of the dash by the windscreen, and you could just put small pieces of black electrical tape on it to make it trigger earlier. sensor was black anyway so if you were careful, you couldn't tell it was applied.

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siebzy t1_j8d3j3j wrote

Thanks asshole. The point is that it's an unfamiliar vehicle, and it's easy not to notice that the lights are 1 click off where they should be. It's poor design.

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alpha417 t1_j8d6efp wrote

you drive a vehicle, "not knowing how to use it" is not a good enough excuse for unsafe operation.

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anotherfourfootprune t1_j8d7p5x wrote

It's happened to me a few times in rental cars. I haven't owned a car without auto lights in 15 years. When it gets dark and I can still see the instruments and road ahead is lit it never occurs to me that the lights aren't on.

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