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TaddeoEG · #16 12-28-2009, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by mb128

i want my lights on because im a new driver and have already been in a acident. i just want to make sure people can see me easyer

Congrats on being safety-conscious. Not a common trait among younger, new drivers. Why not try to track down the reason your dinger doesn't work? If you fix that and get in the habit of turning the lights on every time you start the truck it won't be long before you're also in the habit of shutting them off when you turn off the ignition.

Cheap, effective, and you're building a habit that will stick even when you're driving some other vehicle.

Jp7 · #17 12-28-2009, 09:24 AM

Easy - use a relay on the PCM circuit. If the computer is on, your lights will be on.

richarddhoward · #18 01-01-2010, 11:58 PM

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Originally Posted by mb128

i want my lights on because im a new driver and have already been in a acident. i just want to make sure people can see me easyer

Paint your truck Bright Orange, they can't miss seeing you then.

jp jp

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Originally Posted by TaddeoEG

Congrats on being safety-conscious. Not a common trait among younger, new drivers. Why not try to track down the reason your dinger doesn't work? If you fix that and get in the habit of turning the lights on every time you start the truck it won't be long before you're also in the habit of shutting them off when you turn off the ignition.

Cheap, effective, and you're building a habit that will stick even when you're driving some other vehicle.

Ditto

racsan · #19 01-02-2010, 12:07 AM

i hate D.R.L. you have a funeral procession come upon you, and you cant tell where it ends because of all the vehicles with lights on all the time. i had 1 vehicle with them once, i pulled the fuse so they wouldnt work. another trick if you have a g.m. vehicle with them and you dont want them on,push the parking brake to the first notch, they go off and the rear brakes dont have enough tension on the cables for them to be applied. i like the suggestion on being painted with a bright color! grab-her orange comes to mind. i got rid of my "dinger" as soon as i got it home.

richarddhoward · #20 01-02-2010, 12:09 AM

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Originally Posted by racsan

i hate D.R.L. you have a funeral procession come upon you, and you cant tell where it ends because of all the vehicles with lights on all the time. i had 1 vehicle with them once, i pulled the fuse so they wouldnt work. another trick if you have a g.m. vehicle with them and you dont want them on,push the parking brake to the first notch, they go off and the rear brakes dont have enough tension on the cables for them to be applied. i like the suggestion on being painted with a bright color! grab-her orange comes to mind.

That doesn't work on my Sonoma, I've tried, many, many, times, but the fuse works wonderfully lol

racsan · #21 01-02-2010, 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by richarddhoward

That doesn't work on my Sonoma, I've tried, many, many, times, but the fuse works wonderfully lol

odd, ive done it with a few S-10 blazers. guess it doesnt work with every g.m. go figure.

richarddhoward · #22 01-02-2010, 12:14 AM

Yes, it works on a lot of em that I have driven but my Sonoma IDK why. Could be the previous owner who used to tow my Sonoma behind a RV the *******, probably spliced it weird so I can't. I hate em with a passion.

DisturbedESV · #23 01-02-2010, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by richarddhoward

Paint your truck Bright Orange, they can't miss seeing you then.

jp jp

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Originally Posted by racsan

i like the suggestion on being painted with a bright color! grab-her orange comes to mind.

Yeh... you would think.... Funny thing is I have people almost merge into me all the time... I thought lifted orange truck = visible but not with cell phone in hand...

richarddhoward · #24 01-02-2010, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by DisturbedESV

Yeh... you would think.... Funny thing is I have people almost merge into me all the time... I thought lifted orange truck = visible but not with cell phone in hand...

You live in Seattle, 8th worst traffic in the nation or something like that. I just drove through the other day with the gf. They don't see you unless you have red and blue flashy lights and your heads so far up there arse that you are yelling out of their mouth lol.

DisturbedESV · #25 01-02-2010, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by richarddhoward

You live in Seattle, 8th worst traffic in the nation or something like that. I just drove through the other day with the gf. They don't see you unless you have red and blue flashy lights and your heads so far up there arse that you are yelling out of their mouth lol.

Hahaha... last I heard we had the worst traffic... something figuring in percentage of drive home spent going a certain percentage under the speed limit.... hehe... I love driving in Seattle though when it's not rush hour....

mb128 · #26 01-03-2010, 01:13 AM

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Originally Posted by DisturbedESV

I love driving in Seattle though when it's not rush hour....

omg very agreed!

richarddhoward · #27 01-11-2010, 04:15 PM

Montana traffic jam equals leaving the bar at 2 am, cows, or the wife of the cowboy showing up with a shotgun as her husbands bailing out the back door with his pants at his ankles lol. I Seattle, 117 days and I move back. Anyone want to go to the bar? lol