Well Folks,
All I can say is, I'm going to have to assume that they were put down low for evening entry since you can see them clearly in daytime going in and out. But, the good part is, it's apparently not too hard to move them for personal preferences. I didn't have any switches that control any step lights until recently. I added an under body LED light strip and, one short one under the front lip of the bottom step. I installed a switch to control both of those.
Sure makes things nice to have those on when, you don't have to have the door open to keep the step lights on.
Scott