Comment on Form over function, eh?

MrJameGumb@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Funkytom467@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The turn signal to turn left looks like an arrow pointing to the right.

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  • berkeleyblue@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The bigger issue is that the US still alows Blinkers to be the same color as break lights. Just weird to me.

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    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Actually, Us law/regulations require them to be amber or yellow.

      But like with super-bright headlamps; manufacturers decided to ignore it because USDoT is pretty useless in that regard.

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      • XeroxCool@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        That’s not correct. FMVSS 108, Table I-a, specifically allows rear turn signals to be amber or red. Front turn signals must be amber only.

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  • MrJameGumb@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I guess… It’s still a big blinking light on either side of the car I hardly think it’s going to confuse anyone

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    • Clasm@ttrpg.network ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Have you seen the idiots out on the road these days?

      However, as far as turn signals go, this is one of the less egregious designs. Car manufacturers are given too much leeway in what is allowed for such systems, like putting them between headlights or making them use the same circuits as the brake lights instead of a dedicated light.

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    • Signtist@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah, I could see it being an issue for some less-common type of indicator, but everyone who drives knows what a blinker looks like. Nobody would mistake it for anything other than the right hand turn signal.

      Hell, I wouldn’t even notice the shape of the light; all you need to notice while driving is the presence of a flashing light on the right side of the vehicle - if you’re looking intently enough to notice the shape of the light, you’re not paying enough attention to everything else on the road.

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      • Slotos@feddit.nl ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        In the dark, with the other side obscured (or just broken), you don’t want the blinker to actively prompt you to come to a wrong conclusion.

        It’s better to see a blinking light and think “I don’t see enough, gotta slow down” than see a blinking arrow and potentially not even realize it’s a turn signal.

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    • Maven@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Now imagine it in, say, fog, or a storm, or any other low-visibility condition. You can see the vague outline of a car 20 feet ahead, and a blinking arrow pointing to the right, but not in line with where a right blinker should be.

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      • MrJameGumb@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        If visibility was that low then you wouldn’t even see an arrow. It would just look like a red blinking blob up ahead.

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• Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Multiple wrong. The brake light double as a turn signal, the signal colour itself being red, and the arrow pointing at different direction.

  In a saner world, signal and brake light will always be separated and must be the colour of amber.

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  • stephen01king@lemmy.zip ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    But that’s just a US issue, right? Most other countries already require amber signal lights.

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    • gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      North America, actually

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      • stephen01king@lemmy.zip ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        So you mean Canada has the same issue?

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    • Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yep.

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• wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m turning

  -> <-

  that way

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• exanime@lemmy.today ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s the right turning light… In the shape of an arrow pointing left

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  • recapitated@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    How else would you know which car is turning right??

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    • exanime@lemmy.today ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      -> this guy! Lol

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