What do car daytime running lights do? What are the benefits of installing daytime running lights? S

Car daytime running lights play a decorative role, but also play a warning role, daytime running lights will greatly improve the visibility of other road users to motor vehicles. The benefit is that vehicles equipped with daytime running lights allow road users, including pedestrians, cyclists and motorists, to better detect and identify motor vehicles earlier.

Daytime running lights are mandatory in Europe, and all cars must be fitted with daytime running lights. According to the data, daytime running lights can reduce the probability of vehicle accidents and also reduce the probability of fatalities in car accidents. Especially in cloudy and foggy days, underground garages and tunnels, the role of daytime running lights is great.

China also began to implement the national standard "Light Distribution Performance of Automobile Daytime Running Lights" issued on March 6, 2009 on January 1, 2010, that is to say, daytime running lights have also become the standard configuration of Chinese automobiles.

The daytime running light is not used as a light, it serves as a reminder. Daytime running lights are similar to our turn signals, which are a reminder, in other words, daytime running lights are to let others see your car, let others know that a car is coming, and it is a car light based on pedestrian safety considerations. And I believe that there are many car owners who find that their daytime running lights cannot be turned off, which is based on safety considerations.

01 Nowadays, more and more car owners are starting to equip their cars with daytime running lights, but most of them are to keep up with the fashion trend and describe the finishing touch on the appearance, and its most basic role - safety - is usually neglected by car owners. As early as 1977, Sweden wrote the necessary daytime driving lights into the traffic regulations, assuming that a high ticket for violating the law will be waiting for you, and other European Union also began to force new car equipment daytime running lights in 2011, while our country does not have the corresponding laws and regulations.

What are Daytime Running Lights?

Daytime Running Light", abbreviated as DRL, translates to daytime running lights. Daytime running lights, which are the lights that vehicles turn on when they are trekking during the day. This concept was put forward by the European Union countries, because the countries in the EU region often have snow, fog and low visibility, so some countries have introduced rules:

It is also necessary to turn on the lights when driving during the day. Its effect is not to let the driver see the road clearly, but to let others know that there is a car coming, although the installation of daytime running lights can make the car look cooler and more dazzling, but the biggest effect of daytime running lights is not in the beauty, but in the recognition of the vehicle, which is the original intention of its plan.

Why do you turn on the lights during the day?

First, let's analyze the human eye. At dawn and evening, the human eye is at its weakest in recognizing colors and shapes, and the pupils are in a state of working day and night. At this time, the light is now missing, and the gray feeling and the pollution of the city have deepened the situation, and the difference can be understood at an interval of 300 meters, but at this time it is generally necessary to close to 50 meters.

In addition, most of the rain and snow weather vision is not good, and there will be gray, at this time turning on the lights can improve the attention of yourself and other vehicles, and the vehicle is easier to identify. According to statistics, 60% of the incidents are caused by unclear vision, and the probability of death in an accident can be reduced when driving abroad with the daytime running lights turned on, and the accident can also be reduced.

02 Daytime running lights, as the name suggests, are a kind of driving lights used by drivers when driving during the day, which is mainly to alert active and passive safety to achieve driving safety.

04 Daytime running lights are to increase the visibility of vehicles during the day, often at the same distance, those with daytime running lights will be found faster than those without them. Similarly, it is easier to spot a car with daytime running lights in the afterglow of the rearview mirror.

05 As long as it's cloudy. It's better than crossing the bridge or something. Safety tips and LED saving can't do it. It doesn't cost much electricity.