Comment on Form over function, eh?

• isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I think you two are too European to understand this.

  The US and Canada allows blinking a brake light to act as a turn signal. It’s absolutely stupid, I know.

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  • soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Although it’s dumb, it doesn’t rule out the theory. But yes America is… Something

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    • isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It’s the exact pace of a turn signal, it’s how they work over here.

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  • EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Obligatory Technology Connections video

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    • isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      My favourite

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  • wildwhitehorses@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Parson what? How does this work? How do you k ow which way they are turning?

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    • isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      If the light is positioned on the left of the vehicle and is blinking, they are turning left. Vice versa for right.

      If you want to check whether they are signaling or tapping their brakes, look at the CHMSL. Yes, it’s stupid. Bad regulations allow for this, and this is cheaper for manufacturers, so they will do it.

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  • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I didn’t know this wasn’t standard everywhere. TIL.

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    • dan@upvote.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      A lot of countries require indicators to be amber. The fact that they can be red in the USA is weird.

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      • EatATaco@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Everyone is shitting on this but Im 46 years old and can’t remember a single time I’ve ever been confused by a turn signal.

        I can see why the regulation makes sense, because if one is out it might look like someone tapping their breaks is turning. But in both cases it’s a warning someone is slowing down and I can’t come up with a situation where they would have right of way that this would make sense.

        So it seems like something that matters so little.

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