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Originally Posted by VancouverOfTheFuture
none, im against car share. period. it allows too many non-drivers to drive a car.
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I know a lot of people who own their own vehicles and also have an Evo membership. It is a very convenient solution when you want to take one-way trips. E.g., if your car is in the shop and you need to drive and pick it up, car share allows you to not use rideshare or bug a friend or family member for a ride.
I also know many, many people who owned a vehicle a year or two ago (This includes myself, a colleague, and one of my best friends. As an aside, we all grew up driving in the snow and can handle ourselves better than almost any Vancouver native during inclement weather.) but decided to sell it. Not only is this a more affordable choice for many people, but it also benefits society because fewer underutilized vehicles are parked on the street taking up valuable real estate. I am sure my neighbours who own vehicles are glad my Subaru isn't taking up a spot across the street from our apartment, when I only drove once every week or two.
Your gripe is not against car share, even if you don't realize it. Instead, you should be scape goating the drivers license system. Testing someone when they are 16 and never again subjecting them to a road test is crazy. Driving a vehicle is one of the most dangerous activities widely engaged in, yet we act like it's a god-given right to drive a vehicle once you turn a certain age akin to voting or buying alcohol. Drivers should likely be tested for proficiency every 5-10 years (this would cost a lot of money and be a logistical nightmare, but I think it would be worth it in lives saved and property damage avoided). These tests would serve as convenient reminders to drivers that, yes, they do indeed need to come to a full stop behind the stop line, signal and shoulder check when they turn, and not drive in bus lanes. We should also stop recognizing drivers licenses from other jurisdictions without providing any education or testing them, considering how much signage and motor vehicles vary across provinces, let along across international borders.
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Originally Posted by NewfBC
Daytime Running Lamps are not nighttime headlights. They're lower power, and the rear taillights do not turn on. The newer EVO Prius cars have auto headlights that turn on when dark.. but this can be turned off (a lot of people don't understand how it works and turn the lights to off).
Ron.
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Many people are so used to automatic headlights that they don't bother to check if the lights are on. And if the street lights are bright enough, it's possible to not notice your headlights are turned off.
This isn't just a problem with Evos. People renting cars or borrowing one from a friend or family member also often fail to recognize when their headlights aren't on, maybe because they are used to the automatic headlights on their personal vehicle?