Turn on your headlights when you have your wipers on! It's the law in Virginia
Date: October 29, 2011 03:17PM
I can't believe all the stupid people out there in this rain/sleet mist that are driving around without any lights on.
§ 46.2-1030. When lights to be lighted; number of lights to be lighted at any time; use of warning lights.
A. Every vehicle in operation on a highway in the Commonwealth shall display lighted headlights and illuminating devices as required by this article (i) from sunset to sunrise, (ii) during any other time when, because of rain, smoke, fog, snow, sleet, insufficient light, or other unfavorable atmospheric conditions, visibility is reduced to a degree whereby persons or vehicles on the highway are not clearly discernible at a distance of 500 feet, and (iii) whenever windshield wipers are in use as a result of fog, rain, sleet, or snow. The provisions of this subsection, however, shall not apply to instances when windshield wipers are used intermittently in misting rain, sleet, or snow.
So when you have your wipers on, turn your damn lights on! No one can see you! And if someone rear ends you, you will also be cited because you failed to have you lights on.
For those of you who think that having your daytime running lights on is the same thing, it's not. Your taillights don't light up when you only have the day running lights on.
And yeah, you don't have to turn your lights on when your wipers are intermittent, but don't be stupid. The whole point is so people can see you and not run into you. Turn them on!!
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/29/2011 11:10PM by trogdor!.