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DaDRL is a worldwide voluntary group
of experienced motorists including Scientists, Engineers,
Mathematicians, Lawyers and Ophthalmological experts who are supported by
the leading Pedestrian, Cyclist and Motorcyclist organisations.
It is fundamentally unethical for one
group of traffic participants (who are cocooned in steel caged
airbag padded and crumple zone protected boxes) to try to gain an
illusory safety advantage over less conspicuous more vulnerable
users.
Daytime Running Lights are a violation
of the Declaration of Human Rights Act. Tragically DaDRL have
real evidence that DRL do not save the
EU predicted 10-15% of accidents but in reality are
KILLING and INJURING EU citizens.
We urge you to contact your Member of
the European Parliament to get this bad EU law annulled.
MEP's were duped into voting for DRL due to
flawed studies which ignored representations from DADRL
and real world data.
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Why
are Daytime Running Lights dangerous?
This
extract from a manufacturer's sales brochure shows that
Daytime Running Lights are deliberately designed to
focus light at up to 1,200cd (dipped headlights are
800cd) directly into the eyes of drivers causing
temporary blindness which masks vulnerable road users i.e.
Pedestrians, Cyclists and Motorcyclists
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DaDRL join forces with
Blinded by Xenon to campaign against all forms of glare
- see
www.lightmare.org |
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Ireland's
Road Safety Authority are proposing to introduce DRL - see
DaDRL response to Irelands DRL consultation
and
Write to Ride's response
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DADRL
Worldwide formed
DaDRL ask
Guenter Verheugen Vice President of the EC and
Marcin Gorzkowski Chairman of UNECE WP29 Lighting
Committee to rescind the lethal Daytime Running Lights
law
DaDRL ask SWOV Research Institute Director Fred Wegman to
apologise to the citizens of Europe for flawed research
claiming DRL save lives which misled MEP's
Also see letters to
European
Automobile Manufacturers Association and
Association of
British Insurers and
Max Moseley FIA making them legally liable for DRL
fatalities
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"Daytime
Running Lights are pushing up car insurance premiums"
According to cheap car insurance comparison website prudentplus.com car insurance prices have risen by around 5% in the UK during the past year, because of an increased number of accidents during daylight involving pedestrians. Most of the drivers involved claimed they never saw these victims because they were dazzled by oncoming headlights!
Austria:
since Daytime Running Lights were banned on 1 January
2008, less accidents for road users have been reported.
(When DRL were
introduced into Austria during 2006/07 accidents
increased by 12.2%)
Poland: DRL have
caused 6% more fatalities
more >
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Contrary to representations from vulnerable road users,
the EC have mandated dazzling 1,200cd Daytime Lights
DaDRL hold the perpetrators to account:
See letters to
Guenter Verheugen Vice President of the EC and
Marcin Gorzkowski Chairman of UNECE WP29 Lighting
Committee
The
academic reports used to justify DRL have been
discredited - also see DRL
Studies
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Austria: Parliament ban daytime running lights due to
deaths of pedestrians and cyclists and motorcyclists -
fatalities fall since ban
more >
www.wienerzeitung.at/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabID=4082&Alias=wzo&cob=315900¤tpage=2
http://ws4.orf.at/newspool/84383
Voralberg Online
Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology
(BMVIT)
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Ten
years on - another request to Volvo Cars UK to stop
importing cars with dangerous daytime headlights
due to increased accidents to pedestrians, cyclists and
motorcyclists
Swedish DRL study
found spurious
Extract from:
Theeuwes J, Riemersma J. Daytime running lights as a
vehicle collision countermeasure:
"The present study re-examines this evidence and shows
that the reported 11% effect of DRL in the Swedish study
is spurious"
The
Swedish evidence reconsidered. Accid Anal Prev. 1995
;27(5):633-642
TNO
Human Factors Research Institute, Soesterberg, The
Netherlands.
DaDRL
request to Volvo to desist 12 Sept 2007
Volvo refusal 21 Sept DaDRL
DaDRL issue of facts and figures 02 Oct 2007 also at
Action Centre -
Vehicles
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UK: Deaths
of child pedestrians in Britain rose by 13% last year
and child pedal cyclists by 55% -
What's New |
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DaDRL
Poland: The international campaign against daytime
running lights spreads -
new
website launched
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The UK
Prime Minister and government are supportive of our
stance against Daytime Running Lights
(view Prime Ministers response)
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DaDRL
Bulgaria: Road fatalities highest ever since
Daytime
Running Lights
introduced see
What's New
source
http://dadrl.hit.bg
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High
Intensity Discharge headlights cause chromatic
aberration - see
Health
effects of Daytime Running Lights
(Health)
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If the European
Commission were really concerned with reducing accidents why have
they not mandated:
Ø
Advanced driving tests and regular re-tests?
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Eyesight tests at three year intervals?
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headlights which do not cause glare and dazzle at night?
To combat the spread of dangerous DRL, an alliance has been formed comprising of UK and European pedestrians,
ramblers, cyclists, motorcyclists,
animal and drivers associations:
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Blinded bi Xenon -
campaign against night-time glare |
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Driving Instructors Association |
DIA
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The British Motorcyclists Federation |
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The Motorcycle Action Group |
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The Federation of European Motorcyclists Associations |
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Write
to Ride Northern Ireland |
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Living Streets – The UK Pedestrians Association |
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Federation of European Pedestrians Associations |
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European Cyclists' Federation |
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CTC the national cyclists' organisation |
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The Ramblers Association |
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The decreasing trend in UK road accidents has levelled off despite
advances in vehicle design. We believe a contributory factor is due to increased use of
full power distracting daytime running headlights known as
DRL
which make vulnerable road users less conspicuous. This website is intended to be a source of reasoned argument against
Daytime Running Lights (DRL), setting out the safety, environmental and health problems, all known international pro
and anti
DRL studies and to promulgate a simple Solution
which offers non glaring daytime running lights with minimal pollution.
DaDRL
worldwide
DADRL USA
www.lightsout.org
DADRL Bulgaria
http://dadrl.hit.bg
DADRL Poland
http://dadrl.pl
DADRL
Lithuania
http://nesviesoms.xz.lt
Blinded by Xenon
www.blindedbixenon.co.uk
This website is kindly hosted by Safespeed – a website promoting intelligent road safety at
www.safespeed.org.uk Particularly see the charts
at
www.safespeed.org.uk/stats/graphs.html
depicting how the annual decline in UK accidents has halted probably due to government policy of persecuting motorists instead of investing in positive safety measures such as advanced driver training and engineering improvements.
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