Prius - Invisible to truck drivers

I think, if color of your car is gray, it makes car less visible. Second, adding highlights and bad visibility always a good idea. Third with Prius people change their habits, what it's good for MPG, not always good for safety. Like slow acceleration, and changing lanes. Also, on hwy, if you keep up with the stream, left lane is safer. Do saving tricks when no cars behind. Don't irritate other drivers. May be you loose a couple of MPG, but save on insurance, time and own safety.

 

I jumped on this thread in May when I had to get a new car after being in an "I didn't see you" accident. That new car was just in an "I didn't see you" accident on Wednesday, and I'm waiting to hear if she's going to make it or if we have to get another new car! I still think it's more likely that others cut us off because they don't want to follow a Prius, but it's getting harder to argue that we aren't invisible in the road. Yes, our Prius is grey, and yes, it was overcast and generally a grey morning, but the lights were on and Hubs was going straight through a green light when the driver turned into him. You decide.

 

Get some plastic dip and spray on some visibility markings. If you hate them you can peak them off?


iPhone ?

 

I'm starting to drive with my full headlights on, all the time. The Prius is a small compact car. High visibility and safety are a priority for me. I don't buy that poor excuse that it may lower the gas mileage. Who cares!

My main gripe about Prius owners, is I see so many driving with no lights whatsoever. Our cars come with daytime running lights... use the damn things! Like before dawn, or in fog, or during a rain storm I am constantly seeing Prius drivers with no lights. Makes no sense. Especially if you are driving a silver car, or light gray, or dark gray, or black... Light that thing up! (In California, it's the law. If it's raining and you are using your windshield wipers, you must have your headlights on too.)

Think safety first, and quit being so obsessive about the MPG. Just drive it like a regular car.

 

Lowers fuel economy??! What, about 1/10,000 of a gallon of gas!? Who puts these crazy ideas into Prius owners heads??? No wonder people think we're nuts.

I bet you turn the lights on, on that motorcycle! I've owned four, and the more lights the better on that bike!
Same goes for my Prius. Full headlights. But that's just me. I want to be as visible as possible in that small car.

On to the next argument… We need another good oil change thread!

 

The US EPA says they are not sure, but many countries who have mandated Daytime Running Light are convinced they have evidence that DRLs or headlights in the daytime help.

 

Sorry, but this is such a silly argument. If some Prius people prefer to drive around in the dark with no headlights, so be it. Best of luck.

I spent $27,500 on that silly looking Disneyland car… And I am damn well going to use ALL the lights.

 

Thanks, Doc.

You need a GEN 4 Prius. You can light that Disneyland car up like a Christmas tree, and it doesn't affect the gas mileage one bit!

 

And even if my MPG went down 10, I would still use every light available. I did not buy a Prius to be paranoid and obsessive about gas mileage! Is life really that boring for some of you guys???

Some of these posts, only confirm my opinion that many Prius people are very strange! Nothing wrong with wanting to get good gas mileage, and save some money… But then they blow lots of money in other ways in their life. Makes no sense.

To each his/her own. I'm buying a gas-guzzling Ford F250! With eight bright lights on the grill!

 

Truthfully, I'm only 5'-4" tall... and 130 lbs dripping wet. I need to hide inside a BIG manly truck.
My little Disneyland Prius car is not fooling anybody.

 

Someone needs a Snickers

 

Every 5000 miles I turn on my headlights, as the Toyota tech has turned them off during service. They stay on for the next 5000 miles.

 

That's the problem. Back in the day, only motorcycles had their headlights on and that helped make them much more visible to the auto drivers. Now, all the sheep have turned on their cars headlights and that ended that. Motorcycles are now more difficult to see.