what the fuck is the point of red turn signals?

>>15499042
Dank meme alphonse

American need their vehicles color coded so they tell which end is the front

>americans

To piss people off. Separate amber turn signals should be standard and required.

>>15499042
The clear ones with coloured bulbs are shit.
They aren't as visible as the old orange glass ones.

>>15499058
Honestly. I wish we got dem JDMtyte Skylines and Euro M3's with headlights that face the rear.

>>15499042
American rules ruining it for everyone else

What's worse are brake bulbs that are also turn signals

>stuck in traffic
>econoline in front
>burned out center brake light
>ride side of the van is obstructed
>left brake light keeps turning on, and off
>cant tell if he is braking, or using his turn signal


america people.
fucking retared shit.

>>15499042
red catches your eye more

>>15499059
I think IIHS and NHTSA are doing something to encourage this.

>>15499054
What car has red headlights?

>>15499306
Sorry but absolutely not

Yellow turn signals catch your eye better, as they aren't just a fucking blinking brake light

>>15499306
Lol
o
l

It truly doesn't matter due to fucking no one ever using them.

>>15499380
> American logic

What's worse are the cars that just use the brake light as the turn signal. It just looks so fucking shitty.

>>15499306
Not...
If you want a color that the brain notices the easiest we'd have green rear lights.

>>15499042
the US doesn't require orange turn signals in the rear so companies use red to save money.

The US also doesn't allow sequential turn signals unless each individual light is a certain size. AND the US doesn't allow adaptive high beams - like the ones that can stay on even when there's traffic without blinding anyone.

The US has weird ass laws but the auto manufacturers are lobbying to change that.

>>15499459
Their retarded laws are leaking because most of EU have cars that don't have front OR rear lights on.
Some even have the rear lights off in the middle of the fucking night.

>>15499459
The only part of this that is true is the lack of a requirement for SAE yellow turn signals in the rear.

Speaking of laws

Why aren't headlights wired to come on with windshield wipers?

The amount of people I see in shitty weather without lights on makes me want to go on a killing spree

>>15499595
>Why aren't headlights wired to come on with windshield wipers?
Because that costs money. More expensive cars have that feature.

>>15499612
Yet backup cameras are in all new cars because turning your head is hard

>>15499612
Not really.
If there's a rain sensor, it's just a matter of

[code]if r_sensor.sys threshold: <Active/Yes>
Enable Wind_wiper.ar; H_LightFront.ar[/code]

Instead of

[code]if r_sensor.sys threshold: <Active/Yes>
Enable Wind_wiper.ar;[/code]

>>15499459
>the US doesn't require orange turn signals in the rear so companies use red to save money.

Maserati. Expensive European car. Built to EU specs with amber rear turn signals. Brings them to USA and refits them with red rear turn signals. I live a few blocks from a USA dealership and this just makes me say WTF every time I drive past.

Not even saving money because now they have to maintain two sets of parts, drawings, inventory control.

>>15499745
...Dude.

>>15499745
>made up programming language

>>15499943
>>15499965
Well no shit Sherlock.
The rain sensor triggers the wipers, just slap in whatever the code so that lights turns on at the same time.
Wooooow

>>15499977
It doesn't work that way.

>>15499992
It works exactly that way.
Code runs once the windshield sensor is triggered, that's why it starts the windshield wipers.
Unless you're using a stone age car that have to manually enable the wipers that is.

>>15500007
It's not something you can just 'slap together'.

It doesn't work that way, both of those systems are safety critical.

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>>15499592
the tail light thing is true, there was an issue with some fancy LED light arrays from Audi that couldnt be used in the US because the lights started at a small point in the middle and extended from there, which US regs dictate must be a certain size at the instant of hitting the brakes, not a fraction of a second later.

Mustangs get away with it because they have huge tail lights and first light in the sequential pulse is as large as many other cars' entire turn signal. I installed sequential lights on my '06 and have been very happy with them, besides standing out i feel more confident that other people on the road can see my turn signal before a lane change.

>>15500020
So where are the turn signals?
Because how am I supposed to know if he's just breaking lightly and then break hard then light again, or blinking left/right?

Orange lights are better because not only are they a different color, but if you turn on the warning lights it's basically a large indicator that people can exit the car on both sides so approach those cars slowly, just like you wouldn't over take a person on his left if his left orange light is flashing.

> own american car
> turn on emergency lights
> yuropoors behind me think I'm repeatedly tapping my brakes

>>15500054
Are you retarded? They're sequential.

So first the inner light comes on, then the second light, and finally the third. When it's breaking all come on at the same time.

As someone who's driven behind many stangs, it's really very good.

Also my CRV has orange lights and i wish they'd come back.

>>15500226
Or you know the car would have proper break lights, stang version or not AND proper turn signals.

>>15500054
Get out.

>>15499042
To confuse dumb Euros. Anyone who doesn't understand these is 100% retarded.
>>15499303
>why yes I'm tapping my brake to a perfect rhythm for no reason

>>15499405
It looks better. amber lenses look like shit

>>15500054

if he's braking and signaling (an oxymoron with Mustang drivers), one side will blink like that while the other side's lights stay solid

but you're a fucking retard

keeps the car nice and clean.
Not like a fucking ambulance.

>>15500284
In an emergency like time limit which is easier to see

Red vs slightly more red
Red vs Red AND Orange

Yes, you picked the red and orange, unless you're colorblind and retarded.

>>15500233
Why bother? it's about A E S T H E T I C S

honestly, it's not a problem at all. No one rhythmically taps their brakes only on one side. Not only that, if they are tapping their brakes the car would jerk forward and stop over and over if it's an Auto which it most likely is.

If one side is out, and they are rhythmically tapping breaks and not jerking cos manual. They're gonna get pulled over for not having break light anyway.

A good driver should be able to predict the movement of other drivers. It's why you don't crash into drivers who change lanes with no signal whatsoever.

>>15500293
What's easier to see? A small part of tail light flashing or the whole thing?

Yes you picked the whole light, unless you're retarded.

>>15500312
>if they are tapping their brakes the car would jerk forward and stop over and over
Your brakes are broken if they behave like this.
brake checking can be done without slowing down the car.

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>>15500319
>Arguing with Americans
>They are both color blind, and blind towards brightness levels, while also having mental and physical retardation.

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There's a reason why they use a lighter color on the turn signals.

>>15500324
Idk if you know this, but you can turn the brake light on while the brake isn't actually engaging.

My 99 crv you can hear the click of the switch and the brake light comes on, but the brake isn't engaging at all.

So in order to turn off the brake light, the brake has to be released almost entirely. And auto trannies then start creeping the car forward.

>>15500384
Idk if you know this, but you can turn the brake light on while the brake isn't actually engaging.
Wow, just like you know... what I just said in the comment you replied to.

>>15500283
>It looks better. amber lenses look like shit

You can use dark lenses and put whatever color LED lamps you need behind them. As long as the LEDs are bright enough, this works and looks just fine.

>>15500271
>why yes I'm tapping my brake to a perfect rhythm for no reason

you still don't know if they're braking or not for an instant

>>15499042
>BMW
>turn signals
what's the point of that

>>15501831
You do, if you see their getting closer.

Also if someone is preparing to turn you slow down a little anyway, so your foot should immediately go to brakes anyway.

>>15499459
This is BS by the way, even in the early 80's we allowed "automatic" high beams.

>>15499042
Cunts don't use the damn things anyway so it doesn't matter

Orange indicator lights are GOAT. There's no ambiguity about the driver's intentions to turn at all, whatsoever, and it looks neat.

This is such a non-issue. Why make a big deal about it?

>>15503408
It actually is an issue.

>>15500077
>turn on emergency lights as American shitbox screws up and need to pull over to the side of the road again
>laugh at europoors as they drive past in their correctly functioning vehicles

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>be me
>be German
>hypothetically want to import American car
>have to exchange red turn signals for ambers starting with MY 1970 to pass inspections
>either have to find a model where the reverse lights are positioned adequately and wire them as turn signals with amber bulbs and then install a new universal reverse light under the bumper
>or have to find a model where the turn signals at least use seperate bulbs and not the fucking brake bulbs and then put yellow bulbs into the red housings and pray to God that the inspector deems them amber enough

>break lights
>break
Jesus guys, learn to fucking spell.
I bet you like too tacos for lunch with you're best butt buddy.

>>15500293
I don't have any issues deciding if I should slow down or not when someone has their red signals on because if see someone ahead of me and the gap is getting smaller
>I slow down no matter what color their taillights are.

>>15499612
your car doesnt have automatic headlights?

>>15503711
No, what does that have to do with anything?

Why are Americans so bad at anything engineering-related? If any other white country on the planet had a landmass that size with that many resources, they certainly wouldn't be cheaping out on brake lights.

>>15503908
Shhh, go back to sleep little Euro.

>>15503908
But who engineered the first atomic bomb, and first and only ones to engineer our way to the moon.
>murica

>>15499306
They also make both of you go faster, not good.

>>15499042
Are you queers so retarded you can't tell if someone is turning because their turn signal is red?

>>15504017
>But who engineered the first atomic bomb,

Jews

>and first and only ones to engineer our way to the moon.

Germans

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>Amber turn signals

>>15499042
Ameri--

>>15499058
Yeah. That.

>>15501899
true but it is still annoying and requires more of my attention than amber turn signals would

>all dose yuropoors in this thread thinking amber lights look anything but disgusting

All red all day

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>>15505013
You are driving a three ton piece of metal at a high rate of speed. Put down your fucking phone and actually pay attention.

>>15500271
I've actually been behind someone that pumped their brakes in a very consistent fashion