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Why not include tail lights in daytime running lights?

Why not include tail lights in daytime running lights?

Now that car makers are adding "daytime running lights", why don't they have them illuminate the tail-lights as an added safety feature?

Answered by CarsGuide

29 February 2016

Paul Gover

I'll ask a few brands but the likely answer is that DRLs boost visibility in potential frontal and side-on crash situations. Brake lights, particularly since the introduction of high-mounted stop lights, already do the job in cutting the potential for rear-end crashes.

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