daytime headlight use

john112deere · Jun 29, 2012

I drove through Ontario last week, and got to wondering...

Canada requires new vehicles to have daytime running lights. I'm not exactly clear on the particulars of the law, but I am fairly certain that if I lived a little further north my '09 Ranger would have come equipped with DRLs.

Does anybody know if I am required to turn on my headlights during the day if I drive my US-registered pickup in Canada?

DNFXDLI · Jun 29, 2012

john112deere said:
I drove through Ontario last week, and got to wondering...

Canada requires new vehicles to have daytime running lights. I'm not exactly clear on the particulars of the law, but I am fairly certain that if I lived a little further north my '09 Ranger would have come equipped with DRLs.

Does anybody know if I am required to turn on my headlights during the day if I drive my US-registered pickup in Canada?

You are not required to turn them on if you are visiting. The DRL's are activated through the ECM, when I got the Shelby from Maine it was one of the things that needed to be done.

john112deere · Jun 29, 2012

Thanks! .

DNFXDLI · Jun 29, 2012

Anytime

, one thought might be to turn them on for the hell of it to attract less attention to yourself....it should be apparant to a LEO if they see the plate, but I've always liked to avoid attention.

john112deere · Jun 29, 2012

Yeah...I did, once it occurred to me.

I was up around Parry Sound by that time, though, so I was just wondering if I'd been illegal up to that point.

Beach66Bum · Jun 29, 2012

It's not illegal to drive with your lights off here in Canada, but all cars since the 90's have DRL's. It makes sense to be more visible on the ever increasing volume of traffic on the road.

Fellro · Jun 29, 2012

I know plenty argue against them, but I do find it helps to vehicles in the distance much sooner.

m78 · Jun 30, 2012

Here's one for ya. In Virginia , your not allowed any thing obstructing the head light, as in the little 1/4" bars on brush guards that run horizontal in front of the light. Friends of mine with new trucks have got tickets and had to cut the bars off. But yet the lights on newer trucks are ten times brighter then my 78 F250.

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