Daytime running lights

[snowblind]

I have a 2020 Silverado, I hate when you use your turn signals that the daytime running light goes off when the turn signal is on. Is there a mod that could keep that daytime running lights on when your turn signal is on?

[silveradosid]

it is programmed that way so on coming traffic can see your signaling

 clearly, it is a safety feature, i don't know if there is a mod for that

[Jus Cruisin]

You'd need a separate turnsignal light and then rewire the turn signal as well. Hardly worth the effort. Plus, the add on light would probably look hokey. Hardly worth it. 

[diyer2]

WHY?

[Silverado4x4]

1 hour ago, diyer2 said:

WHY?

Same here, I don't understand it either.

[snowblind]

8 hours ago, Jus Cruisin said:

You'd need a separate turnsignal light and then rewire the turn signal as well. Hardly worth the effort. Plus, the add on light would probably look hokey. Hardly worth it. 

I hear ya. not worth the effort.

[WanderingSpleen]

On 12/30/2023 at 8:04 PM, snowblind said:

I have a 2020 Silverado, I hate when you use your turn signals that the daytime running light goes off when the turn signal is on. Is there a mod that could keep that daytime running lights on when your turn signal is on?

https://www.gen5diy.com/collections/19-20-silverado-products/products/19-20-silverado-1500-drl-override-harness

[lennybg]

On 12/31/2023 at 6:11 AM, Jus Cruisin said:

You'd need a separate turnsignal light and then rewire the turn signal as well. Hardly worth the effort. Plus, the add on light would probably look hokey. Hardly worth it. 

on the 20's there is already a separate turn signal light. Its right under the Daytime running light. 

[TrueBlue]

but, but, you can't see them when they're on.

Edited January 7, 2024 by TrueBlue

[richard wysong]

That is why the DRL cancels when the directional is on, you can not see it

[snowblind]

43 minutes ago, richard wysong said:

That is why the DRL cancels when the directional is on, you can not see it

But when your headlights are on , the headlight does not go off when your turn signal is on. Just saying. 

[ThomasM]

I don't come onto the site all that often... and I realize this topic is a couple months old. I also realize what the OP is wanting to do, as I imagine it can be a bit "personally" annoying that the DRL goes out while signaling a turn.

So here is my experience of being 71 years old - soon to be 72.  I grew up driving most/much of my life without DRL and never had anyone pull out in front of me, causing a crash, as long as those drivers are not so optically challenged and paying attention to traffic, because headlights were not on during daylight hours.

What I've been doing for the past few GMC Sierra trucks I've owned ( '02,'11,'15,'18,'21 ) with DRL.... during a daytime start-up... I turn the light switch OFF eliminating the DRL.  I feel confident enough to not need DRL as the truck appears/is large enough for people to see coming down the road. 

I also feel cognizant enough, even at 71 to know that if the daytime is badly overcast, foggy, raining/snowing, that I will not turn off the switch and run the DRL during those weather related times.

Hope this helps.... and you will save on changing bulbs. 

[silveradosid]

unfortunately today's drivers rely on dlr's. i am 65 and for 45 years i drove trucks long haul. i have seen the dumbest of the dumb and to this day can't figure out why people make the decisions they do, i guess this is why they call them accidents. i have driven millions of miles and thank the lord all accident free. but in the years i have seen everything is getting faster and drivers have less patience and any extra feature to make a vehicle visible is a good thing. i watched a young male driver pull out in front of a 63 chrysler imperial, after the crash i stopped to make sure everyone was ok, i looked at the young driver and asked what were you thinking, and his reply was he had no lights on

[KARNUT]

Naa, that’s not it. They’re just not paying attention. The phone is more important. I go through town and get a red light 90 percent of the time you have to hit the horn when it turns green. Then there’re annoyed at you. Just driving down the road it seems everyone needs ball joints because they’re all over the road. When they look up from the phone there’re eyes can’t focus fast enough to see what’s going on. And that gets worse with age. 

[diyer2]

I drive defensively like when I used to ride motorcycles. I'm not concerned with my ability, it's the other drivers and you're not going to change people's driving habits. Slow down, be patient.