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It's time to mandate automatic headlights, imo
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Let me know how I am supposed to install automatic headlights in my 1968 Ford Galaxie 500. So old I have a knob I pull out to turn on my headlights.
This is usually the case, but not always. There are some changes that do need to be applied or an exemption requested if the vehicle can't comply. Be sure to follow local laws and don't take anything said online as legal advice.
I was thinking about the high middle brake light on the back of cars. In many places in Europe these used to be outlawed, but people put them on anyways cause they looked cool. When it turned out they were safer as well, they became mandated. At first they were mandated for all cars approved after that point, but some time later it was mandated all cars built after a certain date many years in the past should comply from that point forward. People had about a year to either apply for an exemption or make their car compliant. At that time you would see a lot of cars with a loose brake light on a wire in the back, just to comply.
I also remember a whole thing around right hand side rear view mirrors, which were in legal limbo for a while and people had to retrofit them to older cars at one point.
This is all decades ago, I can't remember recent large scale stuff. Usually the government talks to the constructor, the constructor does a recall and the next time the car is in the shop it gets fixed.
Same way you installed the legally required airbags, abs, backup camera... You just hire old grandad to clause it up for ya.
He sees you when you're crashing,
He knows you've locked your brakes.
He's there when you back into folks
And when your lead fuel gives you shakes.
So, until you buckle up,
Until you burn clean,
Until you limit drunks
And embrace the green:
Grandpa Clause is saving your Ford
Hats off to ya friend, that was absolutely beautiful :)
turn them on when starting your car, like i've been doing since forever. no downside in turning them on.
Bypass whatever the knob is doing and have them wired directly to the alternator.
With daytime lights there's usually a module that can be added that always runs power to the lights when the engine is on. On older vehicles with regular bulbs the voltage was like 7 volts instead of the full 12 volts.
However this causes issues with the first couple of generations of LED bulbs. They usually don't come on or flicker due to low voltage.
With the newest cars this is programming option in the car menu as there are a few markets that requires daytime running lights. Sometimes it requires a dealer to make the change with the computer.