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=== Use in daytime === {{Main|Daytime running lamp}} Some countries require automobiles to be equipped with [[daytime running lamp|daytime running lights]] (DRL) to increase the [[wikt:conspicuity|conspicuity]] of vehicles in motion during the daytime. Regional regulations govern how the DRL function may be provided. In Canada, the DRL function required on vehicles made or imported since 1990 can be provided by the headlamps, the [[fog lamp]]s, steady-lit operation of the front [[turn signal]]s, or by special daytime running lamps.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/acts-regulations/regulations-crc-c1038-sch-iv-108.htm|title=Lighting System and Retroreflective Devices (Standard 108) - Transport Canada|date=21 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621034916/http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/acts-regulations/regulations-crc-c1038-sch-iv-108.htm |archive-date=21 June 2013 }}</ref> Functionally dedicated daytime running lamps not involving the headlamps are required on all new cars first sold in the [[European Union]] since February 2011.<ref>{{cite press release|url= http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/11/133&type=HTML |title=New cars equipped with daytime running lights as of today |website=Europa.eu |date=13 May 2014 |access-date=29 May 2014}}</ref> In addition to the EU and Canada, countries requiring DRL include Albania, Argentina,<ref>{{cite news |title=Ya es ley el uso obligatorio de las luces bajas para circular de día |newspaper=Clarín |date=9 August 2001 |url= http://www.clarin.com/diario/2001/08/09/s-03801.htm |language=es |access-date=29 May 2014}}</ref> Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia (no more from Aug/2011), Iceland, Israel, Macedonia, Norway, Moldova, Russia, Serbia, and Uruguay.{{Citation needed|date=July 2012}}
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