GMC 1993 Safari Owner's Manual page 101

Daytime Running Lights (DRL) Indicator Light (Canada Only)
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If your vehicle was first sold, when new, in Canada, you will have this light on
the instrument panel. It goes on whenever the Daytime Running Lights are on.
Dayfime Running Lights (Canada Only)
The Canadian Federal Government has decided that "Daytime Running Lights
(DRL)" is a useful feature, in that DRL can make your vehicle more visible to
pedestrians and other drivers during daylight hours. DRL is required on new
vehicles sold in Canada.
The high beam headlights will come on at reduced brightness in daylight when:
The ignition is on
The headlight switch is off, and
The parking brake is released.
When you turn on your headlights, the DRL will switch off and the exterior
lights will come on. When you
turn off the headlights, the exterior lights will
go out and the high beams will change to the reduced brightness of DRL
again.
The DRL indicator light on the instrument panel will go on whenever the
DRL
is
on.
This light means that only the DRL is on. When you turn on your
exterior light< this light will go out.
O f course, you may still turn on the
To idle your vehicle with the DRL off
stay off until you release the parking
headlights any time you need to.
',
set the parking brake. The DRL will
brake.
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