Text 16343, 46 rader
Skriven 2005-11-15 18:19:08 av Roy Witt (1:1/22)
  Kommentar till text 16313 av Michiel van der Vlist (2:203/614.61)
Ärende: Fog lights
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15 Nov 05 10:25, Björn Forsström wrote to Michiel van der Vlist:


 MvdV>> Other than that, it may be noteworthy that in France only motor
 MvdV>> cycles may drive with the headlight on in daylight and clear
 MvdV>> weather. For cars it is forbidden. So at least the French seem to
 MvdV>> think that lights sometimes are detrimental to road safety.

 MvdV>> I know that some will use this as another opportunity to thrown
 MvdV>> some mud at the French. I will not dismiss it so lightly.

 BF> Why is it the a law to use them here, Denmark and I believe even in
 BF> Norway and Finland?

While you're at it, rebutt these studies for DRLs in various countrys.

"Nearly all published reports indicate DRLs reduce multiple-vehicle
daytime crashes. Evidence about DRL effects on crashes comes from studies
conducted in Scandinavia, Canada, and the United States. A study examining
the effect of Norway's DRL law from 1980 to 1990, found a 10 percent
decline in daytime multiple-vehicle crashes. A Danish study reported a 7
percent reduction in DRL-relevant crashes in the first 15 months after DRL
use was required and a 37 percent decline in left-turn crashes. In a
second study covering two years and 9 months of Denmark's law, there was a
6 percent reduction in daytime multiple- vehicle crashes and a 34 percent
reduction in left-turn crashes. A 1994 Transport Canada study comparing
1990 model year vehicles with DRLs to 1989 vehicles without them, found
that DRLs reduced relevant daytime multiple-vehicle crashes by 11 percent.

In the United States, a 1985 Institute study determined that commercial
fleet passenger vehicles modified to operate with DRLs were involved in 7
percent fewer daytime multiple-vehicle crashes than similar vehicles
without DRLs. A small-scale fleet study conducted in the 1960s found an 18
percent lower daytime multiple-vehicle crash rate for DRL-equipped
vehicles. Multiple-vehicle daytime crashes account for about half of all
police-reported crashes in the United States."


Roy

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