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Daytime running lights might not only be a waste of energy but also unsafe

As with most things, take this with a pinch of salt, but the truth is that Ecologistas en Acción, a Spanish environmental group, has published a thorough article claiming that daytime lights on cars are not safe, and that the extra burden on the alternator to keep them on only adds fuel consumption. The group affirms that while countries such as Italy or Spain (with more light hours than their Northern counterparts) are thinking about making daytime lights mandatory, Austria has decided to abolish the measure because it's unsafe. What ... Read more →

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