Did I get Fooled Again??

I am trying to live by the song made popular by The Who, “Won’t Get Fooled Again”, but I have to wonder if I did just that.

It seems that not all makes or models of cars, trucks, vans, SUVs or any other road worthy vehicle (legal or not) come standard with lights. I bought my car six years ago and I never had the option of buying lights, they just came standard (along with the turn signal, but that is a whole different issue). Did GM fool me into paying for lights when they apparently aren’t needed? Have the car companies become so cheap as to offer lights as an added package?

I say lights are not needed because there are too many people that don’t know when to use them. Driving to the train station this morning in the dull rainy weather, I passed several vehicles without their lights on and of course they were all dull gray in colour and blended into the surroundings. The daytime situation is bad enough but the drivers that really irritate me are those that drive in “stealth mode”, as I like to call it, in the middle of the night. Black does not contrast very well on black does it? I'll give you a hint, gray doesn't contrast on itself very well either.

If it is the cost of the lights you’re concerned about, just think of the thousands of dollars it will cost you in car repairs (or a new car which is more likely the case), increased insurance and even the cost of life if you are involved in an accident. (I have yet to replace a single light in the past six years). I think the $5 lights are a lot cheaper in the long run. But then again the world is getting overpopulated.