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You've just alluded to the reason why I think that they are crap. People rely on DRL when they really should turn on their lights. Ok, so DRL may help an oncoming vehicle see you, or for a pedestrian to see that you are coming. But they wont do anything for the car that's speeding behind you in the rain. DRL are front facing only. I also have a suspicion that people would be more likely to turn on their lights earlier if they didn't have DRL.

It's a false sense of security.

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Genixia, I agree with you 100% here. I HATE when it's raining so hard during the day where everyone should have their lights on but all of the DRL people just blindly drive on (and some non-DRL peeps too I admit). It really causes a lot of problems for people driving behind them.

I also HATE the way Subaru WRX's look (my body style at least) with just the top lights on and the bottom fogs off. I've disabled my Subby's DRL's (a very very easy thing to do and 100% reversable). For some reason, our cars automatically turn the lights off (even when in the "On" position) when the ignition is off. So I can leave my lights turned to "on" all the time and let the ignition turn them off when the car is off. A lot safer that way.