mmarshall

Your country (Canada) was one of the first places to require DRL's....along with Sweeden and some other Scandinavian countries....because of the so-called " poor visibility " in the far northern regions where the sun basically circles the horizon for much of the year rather than rising and setting conventionally and you live in a condition of more-or-less perpetual twilight. DRL's were considered helpful and even a necessity under those conditions. I cannot comment on the validity of that because I have never lived in those conditions at that latitude.....but here in the latitudes I live in.....38 to 40 degrees north.........IMO, the headlights-on law with wipers is just another unneeded pain-in-the- a - - nanny law. DRL's, of course, cover that requirement....and more..... by their very nature, but I stand by what I said earlier.....in most places, including here, if you cannot tell a car coming or going in broad daylight without DRL's, even with fairly low visibility, then you should not be driving.

Incendiary

Fogs on when it's not foggy out are a no-no. It's not even pimp anymore, as a ton of cars now have them standard. They don't help visibility any, while they can contribute to blinding oncoming cars (and cars in front of you in your lane). That said, I do turn my fogs on if I'm in an unfamiliar area with no cars around and on a twisty, wooded two-lane road. I've hit a deer before, and it sucked. Any help in increasing peripheral vision is much appreciated at that point.

I'd run DRLs if I didn't like attracting extra attention from cops. I think the jury is still out as to whether they're actually effective or not, but I'm risk averse enough to have enabled them on my family members' cars.

I have my auto-headlight option enabled, so I usually turn on my headlights whenever the sensors indicate it's time to turn them on. However, if I didn't have that, I'd probably turn them on whenever it was raining, dusk or darker, or if I see a bunch of other cars with theirs on.

BLK13X

You guys don't have the auto lights function?

I got it on my Soarer, I let it do it's thing ... it's got a bit of time delay (for passing under bridges and stuff it'll only turn on the parkers so I don't screw up my HID's).

01LexIS300

I always turn on the headlights unless its a very sunny day, and only exception is if we are day time cruising then I turn them on even if its sunny just for looks.

mmarshall

If you car matches your logo (2001 IS300) you don't need to physically turn them on.....that car has DRL's. It also has an auto-on and off feature for the regular headlights.

Richie

I have them on all the time.
I want people to see me coming.

01LexIS300

You are currect, but the DRL's are not H.I.D.

whoster

i turn them on when it's necessary....

since my parents are relatively sensible drivers...they always told me to turn on headlights when it rains or it's foggy so some dumb retard doesn't hit me because "he never saw it" (if he still hit me..well...that's another story). but it's rarely raining here in socal (except last winter...which i haven't the slightest idea where the damn rain came from). but it is sea-gunky and cloudy where i live rather often...so i use my headlights then(not that they can't see my red beastly brick hurtling along...but for precautionary purposes.). I also use headlights at night--like everyone else.

chicagoblknazn

Usually at night and in bad weather. I'll sometimes give the spectators a brief show in the daytime for ooooos and ahhhhs.

GQD_GS4

turning on the hid's and the yellow fogs earns style points for my gs4 IMO

RA40

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1. Anytime the wipers are on
2. Heavy traffic and especially when I'm in the car pool lane during rush hour. The number of drivers who come across the double-double is shocking. I want them to see me.
3. Night obviously.

O. L. T.

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Since mine auto off when the car is off, I never touch the switch. stays in the on position forever. I turned them on a few years ago when I bought my first SC, and they've been that way since.