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Originally Posted by SVOboy
I have never driven in a safety corridor, so I don't really know what they are, but I wouldn't tell someone to turn their lights off somewhere it was unsafe or unlawful (assuming the law has purpose)...
Nevertheless, I don't think that the problem of people making unsafe decisions should be cause to suppress information. 3% is all I've ever seen for headlights, and I don't think anyone tries to misrepresent that.
I firmly believe that the best choices will be made with the most information, is all, 
Welcome to ecomodder, by the way, it's always nice to have thoughtful, analytical people like yourself on board,  |
I definitely think the discussion in this forum is great and certainly also think that information is good. I certainly just wanted to encourage people to also make safe choices in their driving habits. There are certainly situations when driving during the day without your headlights on would be perfectly fine and would indeed save some fuel, albeit a fairly small amount which to a true ecomodder would be worth it.
I mainly wanted to provide some justification that having your headlights on will decrease your fuel mileage, and by what amount you could reasonably expect. There was a question on Car Talk some weeks ago about this question, and I thought that it should be possible to arrive at an answer with a simple calculation.
I think this is a great site with good discussion!