Headlights
I'm disappointed to learn that it's not illegal to keep your headlights off in the rain. Several other states have laws on the books like this, wherein you have to keep your headlights on any time your windshield wipers are on.
It's genuinely unsafe -- I've had several near-misses in rainy conditions with cars who don't have their headlights on.
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this is such a needed piece of legislation...i'm originally from maryland where we have this law and this thing is just a no brainer as to why it makes sense here in dark, rainy seattle...
I don't share the enthusiasm. Who decides when it's raining? Or maybe you make the law that headlights must be on at all times, so the police can pull people over when it's not raining, because, after all, the last thing you want is traffic stops in heavy rain.
Then there's the issue of people with super bright headlights- which they purchased because they think it makes them safer. Dude, if you blind me when I'm coming towards you, you are not safer.
It all sounds to me like another chance to make things difficult without actually making much of an improvement.
I think the general rule that's applied elsewhere is that you have to have your lights on when your windshield wipers are on.
Well, most people will go along with this because they don't realize it costs them money to use their headlights. You will notice that the State Patrol never uses their headlights during the day, even though that makes them easy to spot in a headlight-happy environment.
What I would like to see is a requirement to have clearance lights on at all times, the way trucks run. But I have given up any hope of logical legislation about driving.