Anybody else get confused by whether the arrow represents where the car should be or the pump?
I think this is the source of me misinterpreting the symbol a few times, so yes.
James Moylan, engineer behind arrow signaling which side to refuel a car, dies
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Re: James Moylan, engineer behind arrow signaling which side to refuel a car, dies
#22I use his arrow all the time. I'm also a Ford Truck Fan. RIP James.
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#23Why would you not just always put it on the driver's side, since they're the most likely to be doing the refueling?
My plug-in hybrid (Audi Q5) has the electric connector on the rear left (driver’s side) and the gasoline inlet on the rear right. I sure plug in way more than fill up.
The fuel side indicator is quite helpful to me.
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#24Which is great for new cars. I drove a 78 Buick Riviera. Friends couldn’t figure out how to fill it up. Because the gas cap was behind the license plate in the back!
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#25I had no idea till this moment that’s what the arrow was for…
I didn’t know it was possible to not know this.
Re: James Moylan, engineer behind arrow signaling which side to refuel a car, dies
#26Anybody else get confused by whether the arrow represents where the car should be or the pump?
I agree. As much as people appreciate the factoid, it's not an example of good design.
I don't ever recall the arrow being paid attention to until listicles and other blog spam were born. It has all the elements of great clickbait.
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#27Re: James Moylan, engineer behind arrow signaling which side to refuel a car, dies
#28Which is great for new cars. I drove a 78 Buick Riviera. Friends couldn’t figure out how to fill it up. Because the gas cap was behind the license plate in the back!
Why didn't they just ask ChatGPT?
Oh wait.
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#29Re: James Moylan, engineer behind arrow signaling which side to refuel a car, dies
#30You can do a while lifetimes work, and yet sometimes it's a tiny action like this which can have the biggest benefit to mankind. Just think how many billions of times someone has avoided pulling up to the wrong side of the pump because of this arrow - literal lifetimes of effort saved.
The person (committee?) who came up with USB A needs sanctions.
And Apple Needs more, for putting power buttons and key ports at that back.