Cars often have a bewildering array of status and warning lights on the dash. Three-letter acronyms don't usually help your confusion.

Canada made automatic daytime running lights – either headlights, yellow turn signal lamps or a dedicated light – mandatory on new vehicles built after Dec. 1, 1989.

Warning light color, ... determined that red lights are more visible in the daytime and blue lights are more visible at night and recommends agencies use a combination of colors.

Your ride is perfectly happy to tell you when something's wrong. But you have to listen. Understanding what warning lights do and don't mean will help you help your vehicle.

Not all cars drive around like cyclopes when signaling turns (for example, the Durango above), but many do, and now you know why: it's the pesky government making sure those daytime running lights ...

The Kraser is a neat, small warning light that has a strobing, orange 360-degree light that is brighter than any of its rivals and is very eye-catching even in broad daylight.