I am not trying to brake check people and get in an accident but I would very much like a signal for “Please remove your car from my butthole, it’s getting uncomfortable.”
Comment on Front Brake Lights Could Drastically Diminish Road Accident Rates
unconfirmedsourcesDOTgov@lemmy.sdf.org 1 day ago
Since we’re all throwing random ideas out here, I want to equip my vehicle with an annoyingly loud external speaker so that when someone near me does something dumb, I can personally shame them.
psivchaz@reddthat.com 1 day ago
kattfisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
There are LED bars for mounting in your rear windows to display text to those behind you
Almacca@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Pretend to suddenly avoid a pothole.
HereIAm@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’ve never done it, but I wonder if turning on the rear fog lights would work. You’re not braking, but they might think you are. I don’t know what the legality of that would be
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 1 day ago
In some places in the world you can give it a shot and see, but we don’t have rear fog lights in the US. I’ve never seen one on any car designed for this market, and my Crosstrek just to name an example has a conspicuous filler panel over the hole where the rear fog light goes on the same model sold in other markets.
As to why, I have no idea. But we also mandate that front fog lights can’t be configured so they can be activated without the main headlights on at the same time, which kind of defeats the purpose if you ask me. So maybe asking DOT regulations to make sense is a tall order.
Initiateofthevoid@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Like… a horn?
unconfirmedsourcesDOTgov@lemmy.sdf.org 1 day ago
No. I want to make my voice loud enough for me to stop at a red light and ask the guy behind me if there is a proctology emergency or if they could stop riding my ass, and savor their expression as it dawns on them what is happening.
Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
This is definitely a thing. I had a friend in high-school who put a loud speaker in his 69 Tempest. He was funny too. He would say the silliest things to people.
Almacca@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Now imagine everyone having one. Yeah, nah.
cy_narrator@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
You are looking for war
TheFriar@lemm.ee 1 day ago
Road rage 5000 initiate
Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 1 day ago
I want to equip my vehicle with an annoyingly loud external speaker so that when someone near me does something dumb, I can personally shame them.
CB radios often had a “PA” switch that sent your microphone audio to a loudspeaker under the hood.
I’d prefer a “FlameThrower” button next to the horn.
unconfirmedsourcesDOTgov@lemmy.sdf.org 1 day ago
Yeah this is exactly what I have in mind. I want to feel like Smokey the Bandit calling people out for bad behavior with a receiver that has a coiled cable attached to it, at a minimum.
trk@aussie.zone 1 day ago
CB radios often had a “PA” switch that sent your microphone audio to a loudspeaker under the hood
We used to roll those back in the day. A friend gave my very drunk self a lift home one evening and I used it to give commentary to a group of revellers on the side of the road… who threw a beer bottle at us, and then chased the car which luckily didn’t get stopped at the traffic light nearby.
Good times.
madjo@feddit.nl 1 day ago
Yes, and an oil slick button that drops some oil on the road for the hard of hearing tail rider.
aesthelete@lemmy.world 1 day ago
These exist, I used to deliver pizza and one of my coworkers installed one of these on their car.
elucubra@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
Liknks or didn’t happen
aesthelete@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
It was similar to: www.amazon.com/…/B002UL0WH8
And it was wired to a CB style microphone in the car. I think cops have similar setups as well.
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 day ago
This would seem quite risky to use on US roads.
pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Ah but I don’t care about my life
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Counterpoint: the dumb people could have them as well.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 day ago
Every car needs proximity chat so traffic becomes like a COD lobby.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Now there’s a Black Mirror episode with true horror!