Daytime running lights (DRL)

Europe has decided that from 2011 new types of passenger cars and delivery vans must be fitted with lights that automatically switch on when the car is started. Daytime running lights (DRL) increases the visibility of road users and thus reduces the risk of a crash. Research has shown that road users who do not carry lights during the daytime, pedestrians and cyclists, can also benefit from DRL. DRL's negative consequences, such as a higher fuel consumption and thus larger emissions of harmful materials, are limited by using special DRL units with energy-saving lamps.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.swov.nl/rapport/Factsheets/UK/FS_DRL.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Originally published in 2008 and updated in 2009.
• Corporate Authors:

  Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV

  Bezuidenhoutseweg 62
  The Hague,   Netherlands  2594 AW
• Publication Date: 2009-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 5p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Daytime running lamps; Energy consumption; Headlamps; Highway safety; Policy; Visibility
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road safety (engineering and vehicles)
• Geographic Terms: Netherlands
• ATRI Terms: Daytime running lights; Energy consumption; Headlight; Policy; Road safety; Visibility
• Subject Areas: Energy; Policy;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01385188
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 22 2012 6:42PM