New laws have just been introduced in Europe making it mandatory that all new cars, as of this week, sold in European showrooms come equipped with daytime running lights (DRL). The European Commission hasn’t said that these lights need to be LED-specific, just as long as there are lights that switch on automatically when the engine is started. Identical laws for big trucks and buses will come into effect in August 2012.
Malaysia might see this law being enforced to allow some ‘ding dong’ who gets the contract to supply the lights to all local car assemblers or to Proton and Perodua for them to make huge profits.
