Daytime running lights

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Driving with running lights ensures your safety
See and be seen - driving with daytime running lights (DRL) effectively protects you against accidents.
Studies from all over Europe prove the advantages of daytime running lights:

  • DRLs shorten reaction times and, according to an EU study, prevent 58% of accidents that result in serious injury
  • Vehicles with DRLs can be recognized earlier, especially when turning off or in difficult lighting conditions (low sun, blinding light, streets lined with high-rise buildings) and with an alternation of light and shade ("tunnel effect" in forests and avenues)
  • The distances of oncoming vehicles can be estimated more accurately
  • The difference between moving, turning or parked vehicles can be recognized much easier - especially by children and older people

Special lamps for driving with daytime running lights
For this application OSRAM offers a special lamp family which can be used day and night - without more frequent lamp replacements: ULTRA LIFE (replacing the well-known LIGHT@DAY lamps).
And OSRAM is the first manufacturer who even offers a three year guarantee for ULTRA LIFE headlamps.

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Daytime running lights - Legal requirements in Europe

In view of the definite results of all studies, the EU has decided that new cars must be fitted with DRLs as of 2011.
Until then there are different legal requirements in the European countries.

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Why should I use light at day?

Since the introduction of daytime running lights in Scandinavia, more and more countries recognized that having the headlights on during the day reduces the number of accidents and helps to save lives.

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ULTRA LIFE family

Thanks to their impressive durability - up to three times the life - ULTRA LIFE lamps are ideal as daytime running lights. Even if used round the clock, they do not have to be replaced any more often than standard lamps that are only used at night.

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