Yes, Brian! My dad tends to do it on a regular basis, and only
notices it
upon returning to the car. It's a good thing that the battery
doesn't drain
quickly when this happens!
Methinks you need an audible alarm (ding-ding-ding) when the driver's
door is open and one of the parking lamps is powered. My Taurus does
it when the key is in the ignition or the headlight switch isn't off.
Thus defeating the purpose of the all-night parking light. (A Euro
thing.)
Most MB's newer than the 70's already have the warning buzzer hooked
to the parking light circuit. I'm sure with a little work the existing
buzzer could be moved to the marker light settings instead. Maybe
cutting
a wire and putting in a couple of diodes behind the dash. IIRC, that
parking function is pretty intimately associated with the light switch
and not just a matter of moving a wire or two. One could also pursue
rearranging the mechanical stop inside the switch itself to block off
those two settings. Neither approach would be trivial.
-- Jim
