Re: How to disable 2002 Sienna daytime running lights?


"Gary L. Burnore" <gburnore@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:jae27d$lhq$5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:42:53 -0800 (PST), Michael
<mrdarrett@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Nov 21, 9:37 am, Michael <mrdarr...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Nov 21, 9:29 am, "Jeff Strickland" <crwlrj...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:









> "Michael" <mrdarr...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

>news:46351826-623f-4e37-9d03-aedc742fe0e1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> On Nov 21, 8:11 am, SMS <scharf.ste...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > On 11/21/2011 7:33 AM, Gary L. Burnore wrote:

> > > Facts are they save lives. It's why there's a law in most states > > > that
> > > motorcycles must have their headlights on at all times. Just an > > > extra
> > > second can save a life.

> > That's the problem, there is no evidence that they save lives. While
> > they may reduce certain types of crashes, the side effects of poorly
> > designed DRLs cause other crashes. After thousands of complaints > > about
> > glare, the NHTSA has proposed that the European standard for DRL
> > brightness be adopted.

> > The worst thing about the implementation of DRLs is something I > > witness
> > on a frequent basis. Driving down the freeway, not only at night, > > but
> > often in fog or rain I'll make out the silhouette of a vehicle with > > no
> > tail lights on. Almost 100% of the time the vehicle will have their > > DRLs
> > on and the driver is blissfully unaware that they have only their
> > headlights on. The DRLs are bright enough that they mistakenly > > believe
> > that their lights are on. At least at night they used to have a clue
> > because their dash lights would not be on, yet that isn't even the > > case
> > any more with many of the LCD instrumentation systems.

> > It would be trivial for the automakers to include an automated > > system
> > that turned DRLs on in clear daylight, and turned on headlights and
> > taillights in darkness, fog, or rain, and that allowed DRLs to be
> > temporarily deactivated for the times they are inappropriate.

> You raise some excellent points. I wonder how a fog or rain detector
> would work, though? For rain, I guess... IF (windshield_wipers = ON
> for > 1 minute) THEN activate_tail_lights() ?

> Fog detector... hmm... I'm out of ideas. =)

> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> I want to become a target of Occupy <insert name here> with my > invention
> that turns the lights on when the wipers are on. In my state, this is
> required by law -- a new law that most don't know about and the judge > gets
> to levy huge fines when he enforces the ticket. If the weather is so > crappy
> that you need your wipers on, then you also need your lights on. I'm
> designing a device that when it sees the wopers running, it makes the > lights
> come on if they are not on already.

> I'll become fabulously wealthy on the backs of the little people, both > the
> consumer and the poor children in China that work in the plant that > makes my
> device.

> Occupy will see me as the devil incarnate and demand I give my stuff > away
> for free, but all I'm doing is filling a void in the market that did > not
> exist until government reared its ugly head.

> Sadly, I can not make my stuff here because government regulations > make the
> venture prohibitively expensive, but China is chomping at the bit to > get the
> contract to churn my stuff out. I cannot hire Americans to build my > stuff
> because there are just too many regulations imposed by the government.

> Isn't it ironic that Occupy sees government as the cure to all that > makes us
> ill, and I see government as the cancer that causes me to go to the > doctor?

I think SMS beat you to the patent xD

Just set up shop in a non-Right To Work State and you're good. :)

Oh that reminds me! At the local sporting goods shop, the salesman
said they sold a lot of rifles in October, and he's not sure why.
"For the November elections?" I suggested. We had a good laugh. =)


OOPS, set up shop IN a Right To Work State and you're good.

Monday morning. Sorry about that. =)

Yeah, that way you can fire your employees at will just like the other
big companies do.

Yet rethugs support this. go figure.


If you are the kind of worker that needs to be protected, then you should not have a job. Period.

I go in, I do my work better than the next guy, I don't need an arbitrator standing between me and my boss. If you fear the loss of your job, then you probably need to lose it.





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