Our DRL’s are automatic by law, not our headlights.
Have been since at least the 90’s.
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Can headlights go "on" permanently?
- Thread starter steph746
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Have been since at least the 90’s.
And so do folks in cars who don't dim their high beams when approaching an oncoming cyclist. That's when I turn the handlebars a bit so they get to enjoy my handlebar light.Oddly cyclists often do the same with thousand lumen front lights that they point directly in oncoming windshields rather than on the road (but who likes cyclists anyway?)
Not just cyclist…. Everyone! People keeping their high beams on all the time is annoying as crap and becoming more and more common…..
Many auto-on headlights do not turn on the rear lights.
For example in low light conditions during the day time (like maybe rain), you'll notice cars ahead of you on the highway and they do not seem to have their lights on. However, when you pass that car and check the front, they often have their front headlights on. This makes no sense to me. If my lights are on, I want front and rear to be on so I can be seen from behind on the highway and from in front at non-highway roads where cars are oncoming and turning across me.
Do the autolights on my 2023MYLR activate front and back? Anybody know? I have not tested but habitually turn on manually at all times.
exxxviii
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Most likely, you are seeing other cars' daytime running lights, not normal headlights on.
Many people don't realize that your taillights are also off when your headlights are off. When your headlights are on your taillights are on 'dim' mode to help other drivers see you from behind even when you are not slowing down. DRL isn't going to help with your rear visibility.
One morning during heavy rain I was behind another Model Y and realized that both of us were hard to see by drivers behind because the taillights are off. I had to turn the headlights on manually and it was kind of embarrassing.
One morning during heavy rain I was behind another Model Y and realized that both of us were hard to see by drivers behind because the taillights are off. I had to turn the headlights on manually and it was kind of embarrassing.
And when it rains it’s mandated to have the headlights on at least in my state. You’re not going to get an argument from me that having the taillights on helps with spotting other cars in cases of when visibility is restricted( rain, fog, etc). But it doesn’t mean headlights should be permanently on. My previous car with auto headlights would automatically turn on the headlights if the wipers were on.
Many people probably don’t realize their cars have DRL’s. They probably don’t even know what low and high beams are given how many times I keep on getting blinded by oncoming drivers. I’m starting to think I’ll leave my high beams on until the other driver goes to their low beams. I’m tired of being the only considerate person while I still am getting blinded.
It would be nice to have a 4-position toggle for the headlights - Auto, Auto with Wipers, On, On Full Time. Seems like a simple thing to do. Or even enable voice command for the lights which for the life of me, I don't understand why we don't have already.
EVer Hopeful
Active Member
I don't understand what you're saying. There's no 'dim' mode for tail lights; they're either on or off. If you're saying they're dimmer than brake lights, well yes, but ... those are brake lights, not tail lights
Also when you say
well I shudder to think that they also have driving licenses ... but you're probably right
Tesla should add two things:
1) Lights come on when wipers are on when in Auto mode (even if light levels aren't detected to be low enough to turn them on)
2) If one sets the lights to ON, they should just turn off when car is locked, key is away. As it is now if you set to ON the car beeps at you and tells you to turn them off. On my previous car I could use AUTO or ON. Even with ON the lights would turn off when the car auto-locked as I walked away with the key fob.
My preference would be to just leave the lights ON all the time and have them shut off automatically when I walk away with the key. I think it is safer to have the tail light on all the time regardless of weather. Also I wouldn't have the Auto lights going on and off sporadically as I drive through a shadowed area and back into the sun.
1) Lights come on when wipers are on when in Auto mode (even if light levels aren't detected to be low enough to turn them on)
2) If one sets the lights to ON, they should just turn off when car is locked, key is away. As it is now if you set to ON the car beeps at you and tells you to turn them off. On my previous car I could use AUTO or ON. Even with ON the lights would turn off when the car auto-locked as I walked away with the key fob.
My preference would be to just leave the lights ON all the time and have them shut off automatically when I walk away with the key. I think it is safer to have the tail light on all the time regardless of weather. Also I wouldn't have the Auto lights going on and off sporadically as I drive through a shadowed area and back into the sun.
I've seen plenty of people driving in heavy rain with no lights at all, the car is basically in stealth mode.I shudder to think that they also have driving licenses ... but you're probably right
Well looks like Tesla listened to me referencing wipers being on turned on the headlights in previous cars and implemented it.
exxxviii
Member
BOOM! This is tremendous. Its the little things like this that could keep me in a Tesla for my next car.View attachment 952681
Well looks like Tesla listened to me referencing wipers being on turned on the headlights in previous cars and implemented it.
CapsEngineer
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Actually they’re just giving back what they took away sometime in 2021.
exxxviii
Member
I know. But when they took it, I thought it was gone forever.
CapsEngineer
Member
Me too. Glad to see it back. I’ll never understand why they took it away in the first place. Such is life with Tesla
EVer Hopeful
Active Member
Well except that a lot of motorcyclists are idiots who think that if some light is good ... more must be better!
So they drive around with their high beam on dazzling all oncoming road users and consequently making themselves LESS safe
Oddly cyclists often do the same with thousand lumen front lights that they point directly in oncoming windshields rather than on the road (but who likes cyclists anyway?
Two downvotes!
ok, I'll take back the crack about "who likes cyclists anyway?", but other than that, do you think this doesn't happen?
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