[kva-gad-fly]

Oh my god!!! Physical on/off siwtches for lights.

The number of times I would curse the EV I drove previously, when I saw a person in front with no lights on, or to signal a semi that it was safe for them to switch lanes....flashing the hi-beam sends exactly the wrong message.

Another annoyance: these days, even low end cars have an `AUTO` setting for lights, that ensures that headlamps and rear tail lights come on when dark, or in the rain, when wipers come on, only to have ppl disable them because they belive they extending their battery life....bah!

Shoutout here to my new car (Ford mustang, not the EV version). Lights are a knob; making changes flashes a toast on the front dashboard so I cna see what it gets set to without taking my eyes off the road; and, to boot, regardless of what I set it to when I drive, resets to `AUTO` when I turn off and turn on the car again.

[switchbak]

Every time I'd take my car to the shop they'd turn the lights off, and I find myself driving around in the dark with no lights on. Why does anyone want that? And we used to mandate "daytime running lights" in Canada, I didn't get the memo when we stop enforcing that.

[jerlam]

"Always turn the lights off" makes some sense to a shop. Older cars don't have automatic headlights. The mechanics might not want to figure out which is which. If they guess wrong, the car may drain its battery and cause even more problems.

Plus, working around very bright lights, especially if the car has been elevated, can be really annoying.

[switchbak]

Well there's always "don't fuck with the way they had it", or "put it back the way it was".

Also, in Canada "Older cars don't have automatic headlights" has not been true since the 90's. It's only recently we even allow them to turn off when it's running.

The point about not wanting lights in your eyes when working on it makes sense, but you're not going to have the car running very often when it's on a hoist.