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vajraroshana Donating Member (762 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-09-04 11:41 PM
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Turn your lights on in the daytime.
Not in protest, necessarily, but in solidarity.

Think about it. We all have to drive (or at least most of us). And if we turned our lights on and kept them on until every last one of the 55 million people were driving with their lights on in the daytime, maybe they could see that we're not some tiny fraction that they have a mandate over.

You don't even have to buy a bumper sticker.

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Jack_DeLeon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-09-04 11:44 PM
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1. ummm no...
some cars already have daytime running lights, which I personally wouldnt want on my car.

Its a waste of energy.

Think of something else.
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LTR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-10-04 01:14 AM
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8. Not necessarily
The power in the car is run by the alternator, which gets it's power via the engine. Kinda like a windmill. Running electrical components in an automobile uses little or no extra excess energy.
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Doohickie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-09-04 11:44 PM
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2. Problem is that all the freepers drive GM products
and they have daytime running lights!

Actually, I've driven my lights on for years. Driving a Ford Aspire, I need all the visibility I can get so I don't get run over!
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gardenista Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-09-04 11:46 PM
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3. It'll only work if we get the Bushie's to drive with lights off at night!
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vajraroshana Donating Member (762 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-09-04 11:51 PM
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4. bummer, I thought it sounded pretty good
I forgot about all those other cars that might be mistaken in a massive display of solidarity for just some people with their lights always on.

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vajraroshana Donating Member (762 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-09-04 11:53 PM
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5. sorry for the sarcasm
I'm feeling a little bitchy and it's not any of your fault.
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West Coast Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-10-04 12:42 AM
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6. My Saab has daytime running lights
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AntiCoup2K4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-10-04 12:45 AM
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7. Nah, they would just think we were all Canadians.
It's mandatory up there (Though the RCMP never pulled me over for it when I forgot)
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shall_not_tell Donating Member (4 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-10-04 02:38 AM
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9. Maybe we could all flush our toilets at the same time.
That way, the massive amount of water going down the drains might cause the sewers to back up. That would sure make a hysterical statement about how we are feeling right now!
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elehhhhna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-10-04 08:11 AM
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10. The other idea is to light your house. Enron's idea, I think...
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