Originally Posted by Alfie155
Agreed. The heavy hand of a nanny state - again. When did the unelected Eurocrats ask us if we wanted this? I must have missed it.
If EVERYONE has headlights on then nobody sees anything other than a sea of bright light. .
Originally Posted by Nev
I don't understand how anyone can be against this.
The idea that if everything on the road has marker lights then
it will make everything mundane and easily overlooked is a bit bizarre.
The reason people miss that a car is coming is because they
don't register the difference between the car and it's surroundings.
If it's lit, it's there, surely?
Maybe it's the "EU" part that gets people all wound up?
Sorry the standardisation of road safety across the EU isn't
something about which people should be frothing over their tabloid.
Alfie, Nev's point is valid. I agree that a lot of anti-EU sentiment is in this as well, but regardless of the "nanny state", EU bashing massive, these measures can and will save lives. But i will point to Nige005's point of light sensitive lights which automatically come on below a certain light level, which are used on some Japanese cars (lexus) and being investigated further in the USA, as a useful compromise.