Comment on Front Brake Lights Could Drastically Diminish Road Accident Rates

• prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The hazards are to indicate you are stopped and now a hazard.

  Only when you are stopped and now a hazard.

  Thank you for coming to this road safety talk.

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  • Cort@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    They also indicate slow moving road hazards like a semi carrying an oversized load

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  • acosmichippo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    and honestly i have the same problem with that intended use. it often looks like a stopped car is attempting to turn out into traffic. IMO emergency lights should have a faster blink pattern or something to differentiate from turn signals.

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    • Cort@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Faster blink is already used to indicate that one of the lights is burned out. It’s a consequence of the mechanical part that operates (used to operate) the blinking; less resistance caused by a burned out light means it blinks faster

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    • lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      There’s a programmable flasher relay that does exactly this. It’s specific to certain Toyota/Lexus and Subarus from the 2000s to mid-2010s, but it’s something. I have one in my 2008 Sienna - the “emergency flasher” part is programmed to strobe, kinda like a tow truck. I like it.

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