i don’t think that was ever required in the US. it is elsewhere though.
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SaltSong@startrek.website 3 weeks agoI think what he wants is the front turn signal to wrap around the front, so I can see the left signal from the right quarter.
I’m not aware that this is not the case, but I don’t know that I would have noticed if it was not.
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
SaltSong@startrek.website 3 weeks ago
Can’t speak to “required.” But I know it used to be done.
Ghoelian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
I’m pretty sure most cars have a turn signal near the headlights, and one on the mirror or on the side for that use case, no?
Ghoelian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Actually I think I remember watching a technology connections video about how card in the US can use the headlights as a turn signal, or something like that.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Isn’t that the case for pretty much everything? Newer cars alternate blinking their headlights and the signal indicator, and even cars w/ the turn signal on the side will have some light bleed through since it’s all one assembly. In the majority of cars, I can see their turn signals when they’re perpendicular to me. The larger issue is that most people in my area don’t bother to use their signals in the first place.
SaltSong@startrek.website 3 weeks ago
Yea, that’s part of why I don’t know for sure if they make cars the way the guy at the top of this thread is describing.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Same. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a car that can show me the signal on the opposite side of the car, but I have seen a lot of cars where I can see the indicator while stopped at an intersection and the car is perpendicular to me, since I have a little bit of angle to see the edge w/ the indicator.
99% of the time, it’s not an issue, and the other 1% of the time it doesn’t really matter if I can see the indicator (I.e. they’re already halfway turning, so they’re angled away from me).
catloaf@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Yes that’s all I want, to be able to see the indicator again. A lot of newer cars have moved them too far to the side of the vehicle.
I encounter this pretty often because a Boston area streets are terrible and the drivers are worse, so a visible indicator helps all drivers make traffic flow more smoothly.