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Looky! looky! Walt has come up with a great idea to fleece the public out of more money!

Even a broken watch is correct twice a day.
I don't know this letter-writer or his reputation, but I agree with his point from a strictly safety point of view. The law is on the books for a reason.
I am not an area resident, but I visit quite frequently. While driving with a resident I noted how many people were, in fact, driving with lights off before the sun fully rose and again during dusk. She replied it's a local thing.
Perhaps, but it's still a stupid thing. In fact, the cost of driving with normal or running lights on all the time is not going to dent anyone's wallet. So please do the safe, smart thing and drive defensively. Turn on your lights so others can see you.
I'll leave the ticketing to the police.

Well said visitor to our area. Using your lights is the smart and safe thing to do. One can only pray that the writers above never have someone they care about hit a by a car because their lights were off and they could not be seen. It is the law and just common sense, obey it or pay it!!

When laws are broken, the police are always criticized. Until Greensboro wakes up and funds additional police officers and the equipment they need, some laws will need to be overlooked simply because of the lack of man-power. We do NOT have enough officers to effectively cover our city and enforce every law on the books!

Face it, under the present conditions, law-breakers generally have the advantage! Very often, when the police do their job, the time they must spend in court translates to a loss of time they could spend on the streets doing their job. Additionally, very often, the law-breaker suffers little or no consequences for their actions after the judicial system slaps their hands and tells them not to do it again. This is like you shoveling dirt into a hole to fill it while I'm at the bottom throwing it back out at you.

I'm not advocating breaking these laws by any means, but I'm saying with the present conditions, we don't have the manpower to enforce everything, and it's very often a matter of what is more IMPORTANT to enforce. Do they ticket the driver doing 60 mph in a 35 mph zone, or do they ticket the one sitting at the stoplight with music blaring? Personally, if I have an situation requiring police response, I would prefer they not stop to ticket someone driving without their lights in the rain!

For added safety, when you see a vehicle approaching, stick your head out the window and scream "I'm coming!!!"

I've never understood people who refuse to do basic things for their own safety, like wearing a seat belt, putting the cell phone down, or turning on your lights when it's raining or dark and then mock those who advocate safety or criticize police for not "going after real criminals."

It's not about revenue. It's about public safety.

When I see the victims of motor vehicle collisions in the ER, the reasons why the crash happened always make me shake my head in sadness--because the cause could have been avoided.

That's why ER staff now refer to car accidents as motor vehicle collisions not motor vehicle accidents. Because it's not an accident if you could have avoided the problem with a little common sense.

Simple rule to remember to use headlights and taillights when it is raining:

If it is necessary to run your windshield wipers (even on the slowest or intermittent setting), your headlights and taillights need to be on.

As to the headlights/taillights at dawn and dusk, it's better to turn them on too early and be safe rather than sorry, even if you are traveling on a well-lighted street.

It is the headlight NOT parking lights.people don't use them thay because the law is not enfoce.

Panacea, you are right... a little common sense (with driving-- or anything else--- for that matter) is well called for when driving.... regardless of the weather conditions..... however, as a Gso native, it has astounded me at the numerous times over the years I have witnessed police vehicles driving around the city in the pouring rain without the (common) sense to turn their headlights on! Heck, if the police aren't even astute enough to know basic driving LAWS-- based on common sense evidence/knowledge, why should we expect the "common Joe" to think twice about it?

It is unfortunate...... what is even more unfortunate is how pervasive the lack of common sense seems to be..... one would think that if it was a LAW, the police would make a conscious effort to comply.... i just don't understand how it got to be so acceptable to be so blantantly oblivious to basic...., well...., "common" sense???? 'tis a pity