Lights on whilst driving.

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Bikers have been doing it for years and if you talk to any of them at a bike meet about cars having day time running lights it's a bad idea, as you only really notice a bike due to its headlight.
So my point is if everyone started running with day time lights bikes would become essentially invisible again until its way too late, and I've had quite a few close calls on my bike due to people not paying attention.

As a biker I also ride with my dipped beam on permanently, would never ride without them for my own sake. However what you're saying about them becoming invisible if cars drove with their lights on too is rubbish. The point of riding/driving with lights on is that the movement of the light catches your eye and draws your attention, therefore it makes no difference if just bikers or all vehicles had to use dipped beams.

Ruan has got a point though, especially with the low winter sun coinciding with rush hour times, glare/direct sunlight is a bitch to drive in. Feel sorry for the poor bastards that commute from Glasgow to Edinburgh. Face full of sun all the way to work, face full of sun all the way home.

I also suffer with this, driving to work I'm always driving in to the sun, driving home I'm always driving in to the sun Not a very nice time of year!

Here is my problem with it..makes your brake lights less likely to notice.. I like 'driving lights' or 'running lights' that are being fitted to new cars as most the time they are front only.. Not all 306's have a third brake light and if you already have a red light right next to your brake light it may not catch the attention of the driver behind you of they arnt paying full attention..

And also flashing to someone.. Did the car go over a bump or did they flash lights? In the pug I flash people out with my fogs and in the truck with my roof lights but I hate other cars when I can't tell if they did flash or just go over a bump in the road..

I put my lights on soon as it starts to get even a little dark, but not during the day

To be honest, if they aren't paying full attention they aren't going to see your brake lights with or without driving lights on, so perhaps they shouldn't be on the road!

I agree with the flashing thing, although you can usually tell by the drivers actions (I.E. if they slow down and flash etc) whether it was a meaningful flash or just a bump in the road, and at the end of the day if you're in doubt don't pull out!

I do seem to be driving with my lights on most of the time these days but that's because I leave for work in the dark (and even though it gets lighter I don't bother switching them off until I reach the office), and when I leave it's getting dark so I put them on anyway. Oh, and even in the summer if I drive on the motorway I always have my lights on, not so much if I'm just in town or local roads.