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Originally Posted by 68style
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the law is changing to include taillights last I read, new cars will come with lit tails when DRLs are active
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Where did you read this?
Just to add depth to the 'DRL' subject, below is the section/subsection regarding DRL word for word from the Motor Vehicle Regulations.
* Section 29 maybe more relative to us
Daytime Running Lamps
(25) Subsections (26) to (30) apply to passenger cars, multi-purpose passenger vehicles, trucks, buses and three-wheeled vehicles.
(26) Every vehicle shall be equipped with daytime running lamps
(a) in accordance with S6.1.3.1 of TSD 108, except that the reference to “applicable photometric requirements” in that provision is a reference to the applicable photometric requirements set out in SAE Standard J2087, Daytime Running Light (August 2017) (SAE Standard J2087);
(b) in accordance with S6.2 of TSD 108, except that the references in that provision to “lighting equipment required by this TSD” and to “required lamp” include a reference to “daytime running lamp”; and
(c) that conform to
(i) sections 5, 6 and 7.3.1 of SAE Standard J2087, except that despite section 6.1.2, if a daytime running lamp is optically combined with a white front position lamp that has a projected luminous lens area of 200 cm2 or less, it may conform to the light intensity distribution values shown in figure 1 when tested in accordance with section 5.1, or
(ii) until September 1, 2020, SAE Standard J583, Front Fog Lamps (September 2016) (SAE Standard J583).
(27) Despite section 6.4 of SAE Standard J2087, the light from a daytime running lamp shall be
(a) if the lamp is optically combined with a parking lamp, white or yellow;
(b) if produced by a turn signal lamp, yellow; and
(c) in all other cases, white.
Switching — Daytime Running Lamps
(28) Subject to subsections (29) and (30), the daytime running lamps on a vehicle shall be activated not later than when the vehicle is set in motion under its own power and shall remain activated until the motors or engines used for the vehicle’s propulsion are switched off and as a result the vehicle enters a mode of operation other than “accessory” or “on”.
(29) The daytime running lamps on a vehicle shall
(a) be deactivated while the lower beam headlamps are activated to provide road illumination;
(b) beginning on September 1, 2020, be deactivated while the front fog lamps provide road illumination after being activated by the driver; and
(c) if they also serve as front turn signal lamps,
(i) be deactivated on the side of the vehicle where a turn signal is activated, while that turn signal is activated, and
(ii) be deactivated on both sides of the vehicle while the hazard warning signal is activated.
(30) The daytime running lamps on a vehicle may be
(a) deactivated while the parking brake is applied or the transmission control is in the park or neutral position and the vehicle is not in motion;
(b) deactivated while the headlamps are being flashed for signalling purposes;
(c) switched off manually, in which case they shall reactivate automatically, at the discretion of the manufacturer, either not later than when the vehicle travels more than 100 m or when the speed of the vehicle exceeds 10 km/h; and
(d) wired to flash for signalling purposes.