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Old 10-30-2013, 07:41 PM   #1
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Why would those be called "Parking lights"? Are there any intelligent places in this world where you are required to leave lights on when parked?!
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Old 10-31-2013, 08:35 AM   #2
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Why would those be called "Parking lights"? Are there any intelligent places in this world where you are required to leave lights on when parked?!

If you pull out the light switch and turn it to the left, you can turn on the left or right parking lights. I do not think they are required to be used anywhere, but if you are parking on a very dark road, or on a curve at night, it is nice to have the option to provide more visibility to other cars.

I agree that they are mostly useless, but if you ever do need them, they might save you from being slammed into by inattentive drivers at night. I have only used mine once when I doubled parked in front of a friends house for five minutes.
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I removed both of the 'positioning' bulbs so that my 6000k bulbs look even cooler. Don't want no crappy yellow glare in there.
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