In India, we categorize the class of our cars as high-end cars and budget cars. It is sad to acknowledge the fact that we hardly care to categorize them in terms of SAFETY as ‘SAFE’ and ‘UNSAFE’ cars which is perhaps the most crucial and important aspect of buying a new car.
In the year 2014, a total of 4,50,898 accidents led to 1,41,526 deaths and 4,77,731 injuries across the country. Surprisingly, a majority of these accidents took place between 3 PM to 6PM and not during the night when the visibility is relatively low.
Now that the winter has come, most of us might have experienced fog even during the daytime. In such critical situation, the chances of accidents increases. And so as to counter this problem, many HIGH-END CARS are equipped with DAYTIME RUNNING LAMP technology. Many people consider this technology as a dumb idea by giving out the most absurd argument like No need to turn on the light during day time.
High-end cars are generally expensive, that are able to accommodate this feature (that too as a complimentary feature), while the manufacturers of budget cars sole motive is to minimize the cost of cars by compromising on features like these that indeed leads to compromise on the safety of the driver.
This technology has been proven as a highly recommended safety measure for cars of all categories. It is a LED lighting device which is equipped at the front of vehicles which emits white-yellow color to increase its visibility during daytime conditions (especially during foggy days).
Here are some benefits of using Daytime Running Lights.
- Illuminated vehicles are seen faster, especially while cornering or in poor visibility conditions.
- The Speed and Distance of oncoming cars can be estimated more easily.
- This technology gives drivers of oncoming cars more time to react and adjust.
- It helps in distinguishing between parked cars and those driving normally.
- Manufacturer-installed daytime running lamps switch on automatically when the motor starts up.
- Motorcyclists are not blended out (in contrast to the effect of low beam).
- No glare due to special structural measures.
Now many of you might contradict the use of these Daytime Running Lights to that of the low beams which are already installed in some of the cars. Well, there is a difference to that. Conventional headlamps are not designed for constant use. Their service life would run down very quickly. While these daytime running lights consume less power, provide longer life and are comparatively easily visible from a far distance.
Well, we RVCJ Team hope that you may install this system in your car and also would ask for the same facility in the nearby future whenever you are about to buy a new car.
