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If they did mandate it, then it would only apply to new vehicles and trailers.
You still have to deal with people with old trailers and new trucks, or new trucks and old trailers.
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Do you mean this indicator? https://youtu.be/r9Fin7pyzDc Honestly, seems pretty good to me compared to the Mini one (which for some reason is RED instead of amber?! Plus an arrow in the opposite direction!) Is there no law which makes amber coloured turn lights mandatory on cars (in the US)?
These types of laws aren't set at a Federal level in the US, but rather, state-by-state. As far as I know, they all allow red or amber. Most US cars have red turn signals.
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You still have to deal with people with old trailers and new trucks, or new trucks and old trailers.
Trucks and trailers are each their own entity with their own papers in Germany. Perhaps this would solve the problem in the US too? When you have a new truck but an old trailer, you'd just show both papers when being questioned about it => everything is fine.
I’m on mobile so I don’t have ads blocked and Jalopnik is just awful to read. There’s a giant ad every sentence or two. The modern web is a disaster.
It’s free content. If it was in a plain text file with no ads Jalopnik wouldn’t get paid.
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I think that was exactly what was meant: A manual [§] signal. Only the context the GP meant, and that I've also seen it used in, was usually a more personal "You're driving too close on my arse; back off a bit to create a safety margin" rather than your warning of stau ahead. ___ [§]: Well, pedal.
Ah ok, that makes sense; it's basically the same thing. Though there are other nuances to "teach" other drivers behind you, like driving extra-slow or breaking once I guess.
Yeah, but I don't want to drive extra slow, do I? For one thing, I want to proceed as fast as possible, to get where I'm going. For another, if I slow down, the gap in front of me will widen enough that some fucker -- quite possibly the one now tailgating me -- will squeeze into it, and then I am the one tailgating someone.
> or breaking once I guess.
Quite the Freudian typo... Yes, braking for real while being tailgated is rather likely to lead to things breaking. And since one of those things is me (and another my car), I'd prefer not to.
Hmm, I would not be distracted by this. There are so many different indicators in Europe (we have laxer rule than the US on blinkers) that the "direction" or whatever does not phase me at all.
The turn signals in this article would be illegal in the EU.
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> The third sentence indicates that they would know if there were any possible concerns because they own a Mini. It indicates that they're used to that because they own a Mini, and by the first time that it actually matters they're accustomed enough to not recognise the concern. The human brain is really good about not having to ever consciously think about something if it's had enough exposure in advance.
if they cannot see their own signal lights - how did they get used to it?