They’ll likely give those front brake lights an amber color
Comment on Front Brake Lights Could Drastically Diminish Road Accident Rates
RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 3 months ago
Don’t worry, my fellow americans, we’ll still manage to fuck it up.
madjo@feddit.nl 3 months ago
brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
It’s possible. Red really is only supposed to be on the back to indicate the rear of the vehicle.
It’s why on stretches of road where passing in oncoming lanes is legal, they tell you to turn on your headlights. Its so that there is a distinguishing feature between the front and rear of the car.
madjo@feddit.nl 3 months ago
The reason why I made my comment is because in the US some car manufacturers use the rear brake lights for the indicator lights too. Which is just stupid and dangerous and thankfully illegal in Europe.
It would be really stupid to have amber brake lights in the front. And given US car manufacturers track record, they’d be so stupid to repurpose the front indicator lights as front brake lights to cut costs.
Make it blue or green or any other color, but not amber or white.
The amber color should only be used for the indicator lights, and should be amber on the front, side and back of the car.
Almacca@aussie.zone 3 months ago
The combined indicator/brake light thing you guys do is fucking stupid, so there’s a precedent.
catloaf@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Agreed. Are they turning, or just braking periodically with a taillight out? Who knows!
I also love the front turn signals that turn off that headlight. Dumb as hell for everyone.
Also, animated signals should be banned. On or off, no flashing, glowing, or sliding.
Almacca@aussie.zone 3 months ago
Don’t even get me started on the wild and wonderful design ‘features’ on modern cars. Fucking hell, they want you to do *anything *but drive the thing and pay attention to the road.
kassiopaea@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 months ago
I’ve always hated that. I feel like I’m seeing it less and less on newer vehicles, though, so maybe manufacturers are also realizing that it’s stupid as hell.
Or maybe it’s just not worth the cost to have two different but mostly identical versions of a very expensive and highly integrated modern taillight housing for different markets.
Almacca@aussie.zone 3 months ago
I hope so. I dug up this old video I watched ages ago that articulates really well why they’re a bad idea.
echodot@feddit.uk 3 months ago
Clearly it’s your fault for both breaking and going around a corner at the same time. Who does that?
Almacca@aussie.zone 3 months ago
Can you edit that to ‘braking’, and I’ll delete this comment, please? It’s breaking my brain. :)
HiTekRedNek@lemmy.world 3 months ago
It’s too late, he already broke his car while going around the corner.