I keep observing drivers without their lights on

[JagerDog]

....at dusk and well into dark. This is primarily freeways, not some uber lit city center.

If I'm in a position to signal them (oncoming or from behind) I try to flash my lights to give them a clue, but it's seldom effective.

In your experience are these same folks often DUI? I ponder whether I should sic the fuzz on them. Certainly they are a hazard, but if DUI they're a huge hazard.

[kygen]

People just forget. Idk about the dui part, generally if you flash em head on they get the message and turn their lights on.

[Garv]

Since it's early it's more likely they're stupid rather than DUI.
If you see one of them weaving I'd call it in but if they're otherwise driving properly no.

[GunDog]

I think most of the offenders are unlicensed, illegal aliens driving poorly maintained and uninsured vehicles.

[glock_this]

I love having a car smart enough to manage the lights for me. On, off, tunnels, sunlight.. it knows and adjusts.

I'll flash people, but I would not call the cops on just that fact.

[Fjold]

It's usually me, sorry about that.

My truck has automatic lights so I never turn them on or off. I use rental cars a lot for business and they won't have the automatic feature but will have front running lights and lighted dashes. So I always forget to turn the headlights on when it starts to get dark.

I actually drove over the Grapevine a couple of weeks ago from Bakersfield, in the dark and no one signaled me until I got to Valencia.

[Just-in]

I'd appreciate it if you'd signal by switching the lights off and on like truckers rather than high beams. Thanks.

[bohoki]

i see so many gmc trucks with only one light on its weird every time i leave the house i see at least 2

[orangeusa]

Come drive in Southern Texas. I have had two near death experiences in the last two weeks.
When you are forced to drive the wrong way to avoid a car with no lights on...
EDIT: Posted in LEO thread. I am not LEO.

[WyattandDoc]

I saw a stat years ago in DRE school that said there's a 10-15% chance that they're deuce.

[CBR_rider]

Driving with no lights on is a clue that the person MAY be DUI; but there are certainly other possible reasons for driving with no lights on (not that they are probably good reasons; but reasons other than DUI at least).

Unless the driving with no lights was accompanied by something else, I personally wouldn't call the other vehicle in. "Something else" may include: swerving onto oncoming lanes of traffic for no reason, extremely variable speeds for no reason, reckless driving, driving with no lights on in the fog after attempting to signal them, etc

[jdubs71]

More like driving HUA

[ldsnet]

Personally, it is another example how smarter cars are making dumber drivers. One of my vehicles has automatic controlled lights; even attempting to manage it yourself causes issues. Just easier to turn them to auto and leave it there. The issue is when they DO get messed with. The dash lights are always on, the driving lights are always on, just too easy to continue driving without turning the actual headlights on.

My peeve is the lights don't adjust when the wipers are on; becoming mandatory nation wide - your wipers are on, you lights need to be on. The car does not have that as an option in the software, that if the wipers are turned on, to adjust the lights accordingly.

[v.kevin]

A lot of people drive in the fog with their lights off. I see it a lot more now than in the past. I blame the automatic lights. There is enough light to keep them off but visibility is very limited. Cars just appear out of nowhere.

[micro911]

Some gangs did it on purpose. They made a new member to drive without lights and have them shoot/kill the first one to blink light at them as an initiation rites.

It happened before.