Originally Posted by
sootie
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You can not use a DRL when your headlight is on, and under the new law it must always be on!
Surely that means that you are not allowed to use a DRL on a motorcycle?
It would seem safer to drop all references to DRLs around motorcycles.
That is correct, technically speaking the law means you must not run daytime running lights on at the same time as headlights on. The law on DRL was designed for cars - not motorbikes. When the mandatory headlight rule was done for motorbikes, the question of DRL on motorbikes was not addressed. It was an oversight, it was not thought about mainly because at the time people were not running DRL's on motorbikes anywhere to the extent we are now.
I run DRL (LEDs) on my motorbike all the time. I leave them permanently on with my headlights. I have been doing this for a year and so long as I make sure the angle of the LED's is set to dip the Police seem not to take notice. When getting a warrant, I switch the LED's off. However, this is unsatisfactory as it is left to the discretion of the Police. I'd like to see the law changed and I am advocating that it be permissible (not mandatory) for motorbikes to have additional front facing white lights for safety reasons (adds to the bikes conspicuity).
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(but doing it anyway!)
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