This should be illegal because it's going to cause accidents. Someone behind one of these cars is going to get distracted and crash.
Congratulations, Mini, you made the stupidest turn signals ever
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Re: Congratulations, Mini, you made the stupidest turn signals ever
#322Earlier quoted context omitted.
Per miles driven the US has an average number of traffic deaths. The problem is that the country's infrastructure is designed so poorly that the number of miles driven per capita is laughably absurd.
Maybe the root cause is the laughably easy barrier of entry to have a license to drive a death missile? It's a multi faceted issue of course, but to me, getting better educated drivers on the road is by far the easiest problem to solve around driving.
>> Per miles driven the US has an average number of traffic deaths.
> Maybe the root cause is the laughably easy barrier of entry to have a license to drive a death missile?
You're saying we should make driver's licenses punitively difficult to get in order to shift American population structure in the direction of dense settlements?
The reason America isn't densely settled is much simpler than that; there aren't very many people in America.
Re: Congratulations, Mini, you made the stupidest turn signals ever
#323Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Mini has not heard any concerns from customers regarding the rear turn indicators That perfectly summarize the car industry. Manufacturers only care about the people in the car. It's not their problem if their car are death machines for everyone outside.
in my experience this is not true for most european manufacturers. (no clue about american ones). Volvo for instance, does a great job of thinking about safety in their cars, and so do the big three german manufacturers in my experience.
The Mini is designed and manufactured in the UK, Germany and elsewhere in Europe. It's owned by BMW.
Re: Congratulations, Mini, you made the stupidest turn signals ever
#324Earlier quoted context omitted.
Oh, I had no idea it’s supposed to be a Union Jack, though it makes sense after you said it. All it looked like to me was the designer intentionally doing something unbelievably stupid for no reason at all. I guess having a really dumb reason is slightly better.
It's very weird as a union jack - there is no central vertical bar.
The vertical bar looks to be used as a brake light, at least on the European version.
There are plenty of image results searching "Mini rear lights" or similar.
Re: Congratulations, Mini, you made the stupidest turn signals ever
#325Why can't the US simply require auto makers to use a damn yellow light for turn signals? This is common in almost every country. Yet in the US (and Canada, btw), we get the stupid Red color for break and turn signals.
Such annoyance.
Re: Congratulations, Mini, you made the stupidest turn signals ever
#326Re: Congratulations, Mini, you made the stupidest turn signals ever
#327I've been noticing a steady regression in the effectiveness of signals on cars which seems to be caused by a pursuit of aesthetic quality over function. The lights used to be designed such that they were large illuminated surfaces (using a Fresnel lens). Now they are increasingly composed of thin lines which just don't work as well. They also seem to be highly directional. The other day I could tell a car was about to turn not because I could see the indicator flashing but because I could see that one of the daytime running lights was off, and I happen to know that happens when indicators are on. They were completely useless.
The brightness of the lights is getting ridiculous too. Some brake lights are blinding which is awful if you're sitting behind someone who doesn't know how to use the handbrake. Half the cars on the road seem like they are constantly using high beam lights on the front now. I've even flashed oncoming cars before, only to be flashed back as they weren't even using high beams. It's making driving at night really unbearable.
Re: Congratulations, Mini, you made the stupidest turn signals ever
#328Earlier quoted context omitted.
Meanwhile, this is standard on some European market cars under heavy braking.
Meanwhile, this is standard on some European market cars under heavy braking. Instead of blinking the brake lights, some U.S. cars automatically turn on the hazard lights under heavy braking. It's standard on mine.
In Europe under emergency braking, the brake lights pulse (I think, i.e. from half-lit to full-lit) and the hazard lights flash too. The hazard lights stay lit if you stop, at least on some cars.
Re: Congratulations, Mini, you made the stupidest turn signals ever
#329Earlier quoted context omitted.
No not joking. They seem to follow the same predictable pattern as every other turn signal I've ever seen. Not sure what the fuss is.
There's this trick question among children here. One makes the other repeat "white" ten times and immediately asks "What do cows drink?". The answer is almost always milk. It might even be working without repeating white part [1]. You should have encountered many situations like this before, simple tasks creating cognitive load, how can't you know what the fuss is? [1] https://slate.com/human-interest/2015/01/what-do…
but cows do drink milk ..
Re: Congratulations, Mini, you made the stupidest turn signals ever
#330Flashing the red brake light is a North American thing. Over in Europe you would have a dedicated amber light and I expect there is a different light than the Union Jack which would be reserved for combined rear and brake lights only. I’ve seen a mini with these lights recently here in Ireland and I’d expect the driver may find their car burnt out sooner rather than later.
> I’d expect the driver may find their car burnt out sooner rather than later Forgive my ignorance, does anti-UK sentiment really run this deep in Ireland today or is this hyperbole?
In the general population no, but for the type of person who engages in antisocial behaviour I fully expect this to happen. The irony is that the they would do it while wearing a UK football team’s jersey.
