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Spring has sprung...

Reply #15 –
Quote from: oldraven;264753
Speaking of DTRL's, did you hear about the new law coming into effect in Nova Scotia? All vehicles must now have their headlights on at all times, day or night. That means if your car was built before 1990, you have to turn your lights on (that's us and our T-birds), or we can get fined. I wonder how many dead batteries it will take before it causes an uproar.

Yes, I'm aware of that law. I'm going to make a DRL module for the 'Bird, because I know I'll never remember to turn the lights on, and even if I do I'll forget to turn 'em off...

BTW, Oldraven, I suppose you've seen the forecast for today and tonight? It would appear Spring has Unsprung, especially for your area. We're only expecting 5-10 CM of snow (and 30-40mm of rain), but you guys are looking at 15-25cm of snow. For you non-metric guys that's 6-10". Exactly a week after more than a foot fell...
2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣

Spring has sprung...

Reply #16 –
Quote from: oldraven;264753
Speaking of DTRL's, did you hear about the new law coming into effect in Nova Scotia? All vehicles must now have their headlights on at all times, day or night. That means if your car was built before 1990, you have to turn your lights on (that's us and our T-birds), or we can get fined. I wonder how many dead batteries it will take before it causes an uproar.


What is the purpose of this? Seems like a waste of energy to me. Isn't there more important things to use taxpayer money on?
 

Spring has sprung...

Reply #17 –
There is utterly no purpose, since there are few vehicles older than 1990 on the road around here anyway. Nova Scotia is well known for fog and rain/snow, so lights on in the daytime is a good idea. I just don't think it's worthy of a law. For the record, DRL's have been mandatory in Canada since 1990, but the law only applied to vehicles made after the law came into effect.

I rather think the timing of this new law is suspect: The governent was recently forced by public opposition and bad press to back down on requirements for annual safety inspections - they're now semi-annual and they don't check the vehicle as thoroughly as before. This is a complete about-face from the change last year which made inspections MORE rigorous, but so many people complained about being ripped off by unscrupulous mechanics looking for reasons to rip people off that the government backed down.

People have long been of the opinion that safety inspections were nothing but a tax grab. Having done safety inspections myself for several years I know this is untrue: the government only gets $1.50 of the $25 fee (the shop doing the inspection gets the rest). The real money grab for the government was in catching people with expired inspections at road checks. Each expired sticker was worth $152.50 in fines. Many people took their chances with invalid safety stickers because to fix the car would cost too much (and in many cases repair was not even necessary - cars were failing for worn weatherstrips, stone chips in the windshield, sun faded seat belts, etc). With new, more relaxed safety requirements and only needing a new sticker every two years the government is going to see this revenue source shrink, so it is coming up with ways to replace it. The DRL requirement is one of those ways...
2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣

Spring has sprung...

Reply #18 –
Thats ridiculous. This is why I'm happy to live in a state that doesn't do any vehicle inspection whatsoever. Rip of artists are everywhere. The DRL thing is just plain silly, if you are too stupid to turn your lights on during fog you shouldn't be allowed to drive. People do that around here all the time.

Spring has sprung...

Reply #19 –
we have another 7-14" of snow coming tonight....yippee.
1987 TC

Spring has sprung...

Reply #20 –
Quote from: Thunder Chicken;264761
Yes, I'm aware of that law. I'm going to make a DRL module for the 'Bird, because I know I'll never remember to turn the lights on, and even if I do I'll forget to turn 'em off...

BTW, Oldraven, I suppose you've seen the forecast for today and tonight? It would appear Spring has Unsprung, especially for your area. We're only expecting 5-10 CM of snow (and 30-40mm of rain), but you guys are looking at 15-25cm of snow. For you non-metric guys that's 6-10". Exactly a week after more than a foot fell...


Yeah, I heard. It's been freezing rain since before I got up this morning, and is still coming down slightly, but there's less rain and more freezing. We'll see if this ends up being 15-25. I'm stubbornly sceptical. I refuse to admit winter still has its hold after yesterday.

I have personally killed a battery because I left for work in the dark, and got there after the sun came up, only to forget to shut my lights off. Let me know how that DRL module works out. You may have another customer or two (thousand). It might be a good idea to make this a new offering for Thundercat Automotive Electronixx. Market it as a safety feature, and you might even nab some people outside of silly ol' New Scotland. :hick: