geoffwnz:

 

Handsomedan:

 

I've lost count recently of the number of drivers (usually in silver or grey cars) who don't use their lights at dusk, in heavy rain or in some cases at night. 
Lit up dashboards, which don't really change from day to night don't help - I'm sure some people think their lights are on, but they just have poor vision. Or they're just idiots...I'm unsure at this stage. 

 

Also - DLR's are not headlights - put your headlights on auto, or just turn the damn things on. 

 

 

DLR's are better than nothing, but agree they are not headlights.

 

I suspect a lot of the problem is actually the auto setting in many, if not most newer cars.  It's great if you have two options for the world, being daylight and nighttime.  Anything in between, either dusk, fog, rain etc, the auto sensor still thinks it's light enough not to need the headlights.

 

But for those cars without the auto mode, the meat-based switch operator is often less reliable, working on the basis of "I can see, therefore it's all good".