I had my brake light replaced yesterday. That’s my back story.
Speed forth to today.
Leaving my house this morning, I was stopped by a frantically waving mother (mine). She wanted to let me know that my headlights were on. I explained to her that they were Daytime Running Lights (DRLs). I didn’t get into the fact that they have been required by law in cars in Canada for the past 21 years… my mother is 83 years old. There are many things I don’t bother to try to explain to her anymore. Anyhoo, that was my first notice today of DRLs.
The second one came this afternoon on my way back home. I was being followed by a cop car – which had one of its DRLs out. Because I just had a brake light blow, I imagined the scene in which I hadn’t already had it replaced and I got pulled over. My imaginary conversation went something like this:
Cop: You have a light out.
Me: Oh I’m sorry, I didn’t know.
Cop: Do you know how many times I’ve heard that?
Me: But did you have any idea that you’d be the next one saying it? (I point at his DRL and smirk, ruthlessly.)
Cop: (Puts his hand over his mouth, giggles, and runs back to his car and speeds away in embarrassment.)
Okay, so it probably wouldn’t go exactly like that. But I would have liked to have seen the look on his face, wouldn’t you?
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July 13, 2013 at 1:49 pm
Yes. Yes, I would like to see his face.
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July 12, 2013 at 1:08 pm
You might have had good reason to KISS that cop in my younger days! Whenever we high-schoolers saw a one-lighted car the notion was to call out, “Pididdle!” right away, which gave one the right to kiss the person next to them. (It may have been, “Fadoodle!” but my memory is unclear on that.)
Then again, cops’ breath is probably more like stale donuts and old Norton’s coffee: YECH!
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July 12, 2013 at 1:55 pm
Haha! Not to mention I’d probably have been arrested for assault. Soooo not worth it. 😉
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July 11, 2013 at 10:44 pm
Yeah, they don’t need them. Also, if your parking break is the handle type, you can click it up one notch, it won’t engage but it will turn your drls off. While the pedal type will do the same its a little trickier.
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July 11, 2013 at 11:02 pm
I drive a minivan – no hand brake. Good idea for the drive-in! But the cruiser did have one DRL on, so considering they were there, they should be working. That’s what he’d tell me, right? I don’t know how long you’ve been out of the country, but DRLs are law now as long as the car is 1989 or newer, — even if you buy it in the US they have to be installed.
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July 29, 2013 at 11:24 pm
Heh, I’ve only been out of the country for a few years. And AFAIC, the DRL law has failed. Idiots now drive at night with just DRLs. Still, it would be useful here because of how many people don’t use headlights at all. That and cabbies(and many drivrs too) got this stupid idea that they nee to turn off their headlights when at a stoplight. Geeze, that was find on older cars where providing the amperage for headlights was significant but today, it’s not an issue…yet this behaviour continues… (sorry for the way late reply, just noticed this comment now while checking for ‘missed comments’ :/)
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July 30, 2013 at 9:06 am
That’s okay. I think so many of the cars now have headlights that come on automatically when it gets dark that it’s not a real issue. But I agree, DRLs are better than nothing.
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July 11, 2013 at 7:36 pm
Maybe you should of stopped him and the conversation could of gone. Officer :madam why did you flag me down. You:do you realise you have a light out Sir. Officer: why no mam. You: yer right, rye smile, your nicked. 😉 We can but dream.
Never happens, does it.?
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July 11, 2013 at 7:43 pm
Haha! If only I’d had the nerve. 🙂
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July 12, 2013 at 9:31 am
hehehehe! 😉
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July 11, 2013 at 7:27 pm
The giggling was the best part. I wonder if a cop would be nice after you point that out.
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July 11, 2013 at 7:30 pm
I have a feeling it might have either gone the way I imagined it or I’d have been thrown in the slammer. Anything half-way would have been a let-down.
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July 11, 2013 at 7:31 pm
Depends on the cop’s sense of humor, I guess.
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July 11, 2013 at 7:33 pm
I think for the most part their sense of humour is surgically removed during training.
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July 11, 2013 at 7:24 pm
Doncha know, laws are only for us lowly civilians…never for law enforcement. 😀
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July 11, 2013 at 7:25 pm
So probably just as well I had it fixed already, eh? 😛
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