Of Spanish headlamps and triangles

In two years it will be mandatory for drivers in Spain to switch on their headlamps during the day. The conservative newspaper ABC feels that is too long to wait: "We are too late In Spain, too late perhaps for those who could have avoided an accident if the measures had been introduced earlier. ... In Spain we seem to need an EU guideline before we do anything. I cannot understand this. If the measure has been proven effective, then what are we waiting for? In any event I hope that the interior ministry doesn't do the same as they did with warning triangles for breakdowns. In Europe it had been mandatory for years to have cars equipped with warning triangles. Spain followed much later, but when someone noticed what a good idea it was we decided to show we were far more clever by making it mandatory for cars to have two triangles. I hope we will not soon be forced to switch on four headlamps when we drive."

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