Heck, I remember a decade or so ago in the town I was living at two cops killed each other this way. One was parked sideways in the middle of the road with his lights off at the top of a hill, waiting for speeders down the hill and another cop crashed into him, lights off, also looking for speeders on the same road. All at around 3am or so...
No, it was exactly that dumb.
It was real "country" out there...
The guy driving with his lights off hit the parked cop car at about 80mph...on a 45mph limit road. Those roads are usually filled with deer at night too. Total darwin award winners.
I think a lot of people don't understand the lights are not only for you to see, but so others can see your car.
Once someone from the family turned of my headlights from auto to off. I don't know for how many time I drove at night going to the squash club and back, grocery shopping, until the day I was stopped by police. Thankfully, got no ticket, but I got unease thinking about how many intersections I had driven at night with headlights off, being essentialy invisible for other drivers until too late.
Now I make a point of checking the lights are on auto every time I drive.
Heck, I remember a decade or so ago in the town I was living at two cops killed each other this way. One was parked sideways in the middle of the road with his lights off at the top of a hill, waiting for speeders down the hill and another cop crashed into him, lights off, also looking for speeders on the same road. All at around 3am or so...