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Reading the thread below concerning plenty of like minded fools driving with little or no lights on in fog/rain etc. One poster got me thinking -- why exactly have car makers got rid of the dim-dip system that used to be so popular in the mid 80s and early 90s?
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Ah - the glories of Wikipedia -- just found an answer to my own question -- seems a ridiculous statement if you ask me...
"In 1988, the European Commission successfully prosecuted the UK government in the European Court of Justice, arguing that the UK requirement for dim-dip was illegal under EC directives prohibiting member states from enacting vehicle lighting requirements not contained in pan-European EC directives. As a result, the UK requirement for dim-dip was quashed. Nevertheless, dim-dip was (and is) still permitted, and while such systems are not presently as common as they once were, dim-dip functionality was fitted on many new cars well into the 1990s."
Edited by Cheeky on 28/09/2008 at 18:55
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I suppose auto-lights are becoming more common on lower-end models too now, so even thick people can have their headlights on without having to remember about them.
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Yes it does sort of make me worry about the potential for confering responsibility on to the car rather than its driver.
"Terribly sorry I crashed into you but the dim-dip, auto-on headlights must have failed, not my fault as such you see but sorry anyway"
"Quite understand old boy, had a similar problem last year when the auto-wipers didn't come on and the auto-brakes failed to operate at the same moment, went straight up the Harris Tweed of the car in front but like you it wasn't my fault......"
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Thick people aren't restricted to lower end models :-)
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Thick people aren't restricted to lower end models :-)
that has always annoyed me, there's no justice...:-)
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