Club Triumph

Merci je comprend assez.

I suspect that there will be a few more CT members with the same requirement before the next 10CR if they want to avoid a fine :)

Howard

the complete definition of 'daylight running lamps' is here:
www.tcs.ch/de/assets/verkehrssicherheit/via-sicura/tagfahrlichter.pdf
(again in German, please don't ask for a translation ...)

> side lamps are not acceptable running lights
if by 'side lamps' you mean the standard parking lights, then they are not acceptable (not bright enough, must be 400 - 1200 Cd; no 'E RL' marking on lamp glass).

But I repeat, you are obeying the Swiss law if you drive with (dipped) headlights on ... but especially in a car with  pop-up headlight to me that seems very out of place (aesthetically, more drag and - true of course also for standard headlights - uses about 200 W / + 0.2 litres of petrol per hour).

I can see why they are doing this, but we see more ans more new cars fitted with these, and older ones retrofitted, and yes you can see them easier,
I actually find it more annoying, and distracting as they are so bright and intense,  if angled wrong they blind you! it's the same with the new led headlights, they are too bright!

light area 25 - 200 cm2
visibility horizontal: outward and inward
visibility vertical: up min. 20 ° and down min. 10°
'E RL' is some ECE code


(see previous mail, the complete definition of 'daylight running lamps' is here:
http://www.tcs.ch/de/assets/verkehrssicherheit/via-sicura/tagfahrlichter.pdf
in German, please don't ask for a translation ...)

So I finally mounted the DRLs. These are Philips Daylight-4. The set contains a control box with 3 connections (battery +/- and parking light +) which senses the battery and light connection voltages to switch the DRLs automatically (the DRLs go on/off automatically when the engine is running/off; when the parking lights are on the DRLs are off).