There's been several threads regarding the availability, or lack of, DRLs on the T120.
Here's the deal, at least in the U.S.: 49 CFR Part 571.108 is a regulation that states mosickles have to have headlights on all the time. Hard wired. Can't turn them off. This came into effect back in...oh.... I want to say 1972 or so, but maybe earlier. The reg also dictates requirements for all headlights, from Smart Cars to Semis.
The U.S. model of the T120 does indeed have DRLs. They are on all the time, along with the headlight. These are the "lazy W" row of LCDs on the lower half. Since the above quoted law won't let us turn off the headlight, they just stay on all the time.
This same part of the Code of Federal Regulations also dictates the location of the throttle, shifter and clutch and brake levers. It also dictates the requirement for the red KILL switch. It dictates the exact color and luminescence of tail lights and stop lights and all that.
The reg was written long before LEDs and such, and long before DRLs on minivans and Audi's came into being. Someday the reg may be changed to allow headlights to be turned off if the DRLs are bright enough.
In the meantime, write to your congressman. Good luck with that.
Here's the deal, at least in the U.S.: 49 CFR Part 571.108 is a regulation that states mosickles have to have headlights on all the time. Hard wired. Can't turn them off. This came into effect back in...oh.... I want to say 1972 or so, but maybe earlier. The reg also dictates requirements for all headlights, from Smart Cars to Semis.
The U.S. model of the T120 does indeed have DRLs. They are on all the time, along with the headlight. These are the "lazy W" row of LCDs on the lower half. Since the above quoted law won't let us turn off the headlight, they just stay on all the time.
This same part of the Code of Federal Regulations also dictates the location of the throttle, shifter and clutch and brake levers. It also dictates the requirement for the red KILL switch. It dictates the exact color and luminescence of tail lights and stop lights and all that.
The reg was written long before LEDs and such, and long before DRLs on minivans and Audi's came into being. Someday the reg may be changed to allow headlights to be turned off if the DRLs are bright enough.
In the meantime, write to your congressman. Good luck with that.