chrisbtoo
@chrisbtoo@lemmy.ca
Previously @chrisbtoo@lemmy.world
- Comment on Front Brake Lights Could Drastically Diminish Road Accident Rates 20 hours ago:
I get what you’re saying — so it’s about the subconscious awareness of the state change that happens after the driver decided to go, but before the car starts moving. I can see some amount of value in that.
I still can’t help but think it’s going to be interpreted by many as a sign that it’s safe to proceed and ignore the car rather than be prepared for any eventuality, though.
- Comment on Front Brake Lights Could Drastically Diminish Road Accident Rates 21 hours ago:
But isn’t that exactly the situation we’re in now? If there’s a car in the opposing left turn lane, they might start to turn in front of you.
The only thing the light does is say “right now, they’re braking”. It doesn’t say whether they’re moving or stationary any more than the headlights, and it doesn’t say anything about their intentions or whether it’s safe to enter the intersection.
- Comment on Front Brake Lights Could Drastically Diminish Road Accident Rates 22 hours ago:
Yeah, the only thing I could think of is that I’m driving down a country road, and I see the front brake light ahead of me because someone stopped for a deer in the road or something.
Otherwise I cannot fathom what benefit it brings. Anything that ultimately becomes “if you see this light, it’s safe to [X] in front of this vehicle” is going to get people killed.
And the negative state of “the lack of this light means that the vehicle could be moving” is exactly what we have now.
- Comment on Front Brake Lights Could Drastically Diminish Road Accident Rates 22 hours ago:
I don’t understand this at all. Why do I, as a person in front of a vehicle, care whether or not it’s braking?
- Comment on Maybe need a little ivermectin for that. 4 days ago:
Interesting. AFAICT the “power premium” price is just over half what we pay for regular unleaded here in Austria.
- Comment on Maybe need a little ivermectin for that. 4 days ago:
Is the implication here that those prices are high?