It is necessary to install day time running lights. The day time running light installed on the front part of the car body is a lamp which makes the vehicle more easily recognized when it is running in the daytime. The function of the day lights is not to enable the driver to see the road, but to let others know that a car is coming. Therefore, this kind of luminaire is not a lighting lamp, but a signal lamp. Sure, adding daytime running lights can make a car look cooler and cooler, but the greatest effect of daytime running lights, is not the aesthetic, but to provide the vehicle is recognized.
Long before the advent of day time running lights, many countries such as Europe required headlamps to be turned on while driving. The measure would roughly reduce vehicle accidents by 12.4 per cent, while also reducing the risk of death in car accidents by 26.4 per cent. In recent years, many countries have established the related standards of daytime running lights to ensure that the production and installation of day time running lights can really play a role in ensuring safety. One of the most representative of ECE Automotive Technical Regulations of the Economic Commission for Europe ECER79.
The main functions of the day time running lights are:
1. To improve the vehicle identification and reduce accidents.
2. Improve the visibility of drivers and reduce the severity of accidents.
3. Day time running lights are more energy efficient than headlamps.