I'm not a big fan of DRLs, either...I can't tell you how often I see a Subaru, Toyota, or Honda running around at night with just the DRLs on and nothing else. Besides, I don't need the government telling me how visible my car needs to be...they're interfering in my life enough as it is. If it's raining or foggy or I'm on a dangerous two-lane highway, my lights are on, no questions asked.

Unlike many people out there, I feel I am completely capable of determining what situations require lights to be on and which don't. Just my two cents.

 

I don't need the government telling me how visible my car needs to be...they're interfering in my life enough as it is.

I agree if we're talking about personal safety items, like seat belts, helmets, etc. In that context people do not need Big Brother running their lives, protecting them from themselves. But DRLs protect everyone from absent-minded drivers who forget to turn on their lights when they should. I don't see how DRL laws are any different from laws requiring automatic brake lights or minimum tire tread depth.

 

Since we are discussing opinions of DRL I personally like them. I think it gives the car a sporty look and if it makes the car a little safer that's good too. I do wish they were separate from the high beams though so I could apply yellow film over that section of the headlights to add a little style.

 

I, personally, like them as well. Under certain circumstances I find it difficult to discern if a car is moving or not, or if I'm even seeing a car (my far-away vision isn't the best). I also find it much easier to tell how fast a car is moving when I follow the lights, versus looking at a grey car on a grey road, for example.

It may just be me, but I find Hyundai's DRLs to be fairly bright. From the right angle, at least. I've mistaken other Elantra's DRLs for low beams on more than one occasion!

 

I don't like the regular light bulb color any one know where you can get a white led bulb? or what bulb type it is?

 

H1 led doesn't work with DRL unless you have DRL module use halogen H1 bulb they come with different color check on eBay.

 

I just ordered these foggies with LED DRL off ebay, no will re-route DRL from high beams to LED:00000732:

 

I never try led bulb for fog light for better distance halogen bulb is good projector is the best, that Led day light fog cover look awesome if they make turn signal light in same unit that will great.
1fastdad did wire up to DRL yet!

 

I was looking last day for some small hella fog projectors, but problem is you need to make custom bracket in order to fit them properly. I used to have them on my civic before and it worked well, but not perfect, so now I wont even try it...HID on low and HID on hi beams are more then enough, so keep fog lights as is, but if you want to just change bulbs for cool look and thats it.

 

como puedo apagar drl de hyunday elantra 2011 ayudemen por favor es para poner hid

 

I got my foglight leds. Does anyone know how to kill the drls? I want the new leds to be my drls, and leave the factory one just for the high beams. If not, any suggestions on how to wire the foglight leds?. Going to the shop today. Wish me luck

 

I don't know why people feel soooooo much safer with something force fed down our throats by the government that is as silly as DRL's, wouldn't flashing lights and sirens be even better still? I just think it should be optional to use or not, not mandated, once everyone has them they will slowly go unnoticed. We'll have to see how folks feel about sometime down the road when the next step is taken and they decide almost all fatal accidents can be avoided by making cars out of safety foam! After all everything should be second to saftey including overall apearance.

Thank God I live in NH where I can still decide if I want to wear a helmet or a seatbelt even if I can't get a DRL delete package, Live Free or Die!

 

I live in California, land of the laws designed to protect people from themselves. While I agree with your position on seatbelts and helmets(I think minors should be required however) I disagree with your position on DRL's. These help others see you sooner and if you are crossing into their lane or running a red light, that set of lights could save their life.I think you should have a right to die in an accident by choosing not to use a helmet or seatbelt, but DRL's on your car help keep others safer as well as yourself.

 

I don't mind having DRL's it is for safety, I just wish we have the option to turn them off like the Toyota Camry that has a 'DRL off' option on the headlight stalk switch.

 

I would think that if the owner had an option to turn off the DRL and got in an accident, he might sue stating that it was an unsafe condition with the DRL off.
People sue and win on all kind of frivolous lawsuits.

 

I'm not trying to degrade the value of life by any means especially over vanity just saying it shouldn't be forced on us, I have cars I can turn the air bags off if I want so why not the DRL's. If it is in fact proven to be safer though I'd like to see that data because I don't believe it's something that is easily tracked with statistics so much as BS propoganda.

 

Sheesh, what a bunch of political and opinionated balderdash.
HOW ABOUT SOMEBODY JUST ANSWER THE QUESTION.

GET TO THE POINT.

No wonder nobody can get anything accomplished any more.

 

Was it seriously necessary to bump a topic just to say that?

Good grief...

 

I have been driving for 34 years and this is the first car I've owned with DRLs.

I do notice cars with them on as I aways say to myself "Look at that idiot driving during the day with their lights on"...so yes cars are more noticable, but I still dont believe these lights increase safety.

I would like the option to turn them off.

 

I installed a switch that breaks the circuit for the DRLs / high beams. One position = OEM. Second position no drl, no highbeam. That is when i turn on my foglight drls with a second switch

 

Anybody know which wires to tap into to install this switch?

 

These are my daylight running lights, they automatically switch off when the driving lights are switched on.

Gazza!!!

 

I don't think I am willing to live without highbeams just to not have DRL's, not in my neck of the woods with dim or no lighting on the back roads and lots of wildlife walking around.

I am still waiting on some statistical proof of how many millions of lives are saved by DRL's every year though, as of yet I have been unable to find little more than unsubstantiated opinion and speculation.

 

Be seen, avoid collisions. Where's the confusion here; am I missing something? I'm sure that the reflectors on my back bumper also increase the visibility and make it less likely to have my vehicle hit when parking on the street in the dark. Do I need stats to prove it? I don't think I do, I think it's just a common-sense statement: "Increase your chances of being seen by other drivers to avoid potential collisions"

 

A person cannot prove what caused an accident not to happen. Plain and simple. So there is no proof to the root cause of avoiding an accident that never occurred. What we can do is analyze data and sort between various conditions such as with or without DRL's. Here is one such analysis. Yes it is from our government but it references other countrys too. It spans a 6 year period. If you want to be paranoid and disbelieve it just because it is published by the same people who might enact such requirements, that is your perrogative. It doesn't make it less accurate. The conclusion is broken down into several catagories car/car; car motorcycle; and car/pedestrian. Those range between 5 and 23% reduction in fatalities. I found this in about 1 minute of searching. I'm sure that, if you are actually looking for proof, you could find more analysis with only a few minutes of your own searching.

http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/809760.pdf

 

DRL's are a legal requirment in the UK on all new models.
Most of the threads only seem to talk about what effect they have on drivers, they used to be called notice lights in England and that is what they are, pedestrians especially the elderly with poor eyesight or bad hearing and mobility problems and children with earphones poked in their lugholes are more likely to notice lights on an approaching vehicle, especially if it has black or dark paint as is popular at the moment.
Just a thought?.

Gazza!!!

 

I believe DRLs work. I have the option to turn them off in my current car and choose not to.

Not everything requires proof. We have no proof that we will be alive next week, yet a vast majority of us go on planning as if we will. Common sense is enough for me.

 

Many two lane highways in California require that you turn on your headlights, signs are posted. There are many fatalities on these highways from people passing slower drivers. These headlights ARE visible in day light when they are still very far away and helps one distinguish a car against the horizon sooner. This simple bit of knowledge might keep a passer from moving into oncoming traffic at the wrong time and killing people. Add that the elevation of the highway itself isnt flat(rolling hills, albeit subtle) can make an oncoming car less visible until very close. It's pretty obvious it's a benneficial feature in my opinion.

 

Since there is healthy discussion taking place here, I will leave this topic open for now but if attacks start and insults get slung, I won't hesitate to close it.

 

deleteing the DRL's is very simple...there is a micro switch on the emergency brake when you engage the emergency brake the running lights go off... all that's required is take the 2 wires to this switch and join together and your done..very simple

 

Base on manual service their is 2 ways to eliminate DRL 1) emergency break 2) low beam
I haven"t try this way yet, do you mean bypass micro switch, is emergency light will on all the time? and hi beam is still work.

 

It's rather ironic that some early MD owners want to disable DRL's and many of us later owners want a way to have them on.

 

Add me to the list of those on your side of the aisle, Don. I had them on the 2011. Loved it. But not so fortunate on my 2013 (Thanks, Hyundai!!!) and I hate not having them. I would have gladly spent the few dollars to replace the bulbs, if needed.

If fact, I can't remember the last time I had my high beams on at night. I am lucky in that most of my night driving is well lit interstate highway.

Country driving? That's a different story, altogether.

 

Don, don't get me started. I promised my doctor I wouldn't do anything to increase my BP. And you are correct-o-mundo, sir!

 

I would be really surprised if DRLs caused early bulb burnout. It's not a Hyundai, but my old car has DRLs, and everyone notices them, so I always drive with DRLs on when the headlights are off. In 18 years, I have replaced one headlight bulb -- and it was a lowbeam, at 15 years. I'm happy to have DRLs in the GT, and I don't care that they are not auto.

 

I would be really surprised if DRLs caused early bulb burnout. It's not a Hyundai, but my old car has DRLs, and everyone notices them, so I always drive with DRLs on when the headlights are off. In 18 years, I have replaced one headlight bulb -- and it was a lowbeam, at 15 years. I'm happy to have DRLs in the GT, and I don't care that they are not auto.

I have read numerous reports of the types of weather you have in Portland. Those DRL's may have saved you from incident and you not even have known it! Simply by their visible presence. You just never know.