yeah, but they shouldn't be allowed to be red to begin with.

People don't even need car tbh. Motorbikes everywhere please. Zip zip, less traffic, everyone pays attention to road or falls and dies.

Yeah I mean I've been commuting 2 hrs a day in Japan for almost 10 years now-- you'd think I would've seen these brake lights by now

You are looking for war

YOU SHOULDNT GET IN FRONT OF ANYTHING YOU ARENT SURE IS STOPPING

This, exactly. This "plan" sounds terrible to me.

No, I'm not braking to turn at the intersection you're sitting in. I'm turning into a driveway just past that intersection. If you pull in front of the green light the government says I have to have on my vehicle, I'm going to t-bone you.

Ah. I see. They are emitting a green light, so I know they're braking, and it's OK to cross.

But, it turns out that they're planning on turning into a driveway past the intersection, and not into the intersection I am crossing.

That's OK. I can check "impersonate a hood ornament" off my bucket list.

We already have this problem with turn signals: there are circumstances where it would be confusing and dangerous to use them in the manner prescribed by law, and to avoid dangerous ambiguity, they should actually be used much later than the law specifies.

I want to equip my vehicle with an annoyingly loud external speaker so that when someone near me does something dumb, I can personally shame them.

CB radios often had a "PA" switch that sent your microphone audio to a loudspeaker under the hood.

I'd prefer a "FlameThrower" button next to the horn.

Road rage 5000 initiate

Good luck transporting a couch on a motorbike.

I agree that that would be a real danger, yes.

Rent a truck for cheap

That's why I bought mine!

Yeah this is exactly what I have in mind. I want to feel like Smokey the Bandit calling people out for bad behavior with a receiver that has a coiled cable attached to it, at a minimum.

I think only brake lights are required I've never seen turn signals on them. I suspect the ones I've seen with those aftermarket ones drive those trailers on other states with more strict requirements

I’m kind of surprised he made absolutely no mention of manual gearbox vehicles. Some of the problems he’s describing predate EVs and adaptive cruise. I have a manual car and motorcycle. I pretty regularly apply just enough to the brakes to turn the light on without engaging them during engine braking. Engine braking depending on gear choice can be pretty strong. Likely not as aggressive as a regenerative braking system but more than enough to cause issues. I’m certain I’d have been rear ended if I didn’t make the lights turn on while just slowing down, not coming to a full stop.

Yeah, no.

Those things are death traps and there's a reason why they're mostly prevalent in nations where people literally can't afford anything safer.

Like... a horn?

Motorcycle rider here. Yes, families with children will rent a truck anytime they want to purchase groceries, and when it’s raining. It’s not practical.

This is a stupid thread.

Don't worry, my fellow americans, we'll still manage to fuck it up.

Automotive History: Wilcot Flashing Indicators On A 1933 Morris Isis - Curbside Classic

Have you ever looked at a 1933 Morris Isis and wondered what the lamp assembly on the front quarter was for? Well, wonder no more, Curbside Classic will enlighten you. […]

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The Wilcot solution was adopted by Morris for the 1933 range, except the cheapest car in the range, the Minor. In essence, on either side of the car, was a block of three lights looking very like a traffic light with red, amber and green elements. The idea was that the colour or combination of the colours, showing on one or both sides would guide adjacent traffic of the intentions of the Morris.

Combinations were more complex, inevitably, than just flashing orange lights. Ahead of a need to indicate, the driver would activate the system which would start with both left and right amber lights flashing, like modern hazard warning lights, meaning “Caution”, ahead of an indication being given.

The system was controlled by a knob inside the car, with a spring based plunger acting as a time control for any selection. To indicate turning right, the driver would then request the system to show red on the right and green on the left in a way that almost echoes nautical practice; bearing right was amber on the right and green on the left.

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Morris threw a tantrum after the MoT approved the use of blinkers on rival Ford cars and vowed never to install them.
The MoT ordered the Wicot "traffic robots" removed and so Lucas trafficators were used exclusively in the UK until Morris was sold to Pressed Metal Holdings in the 1950s (in Australia and Canada blinkers were required by law).

The thousands of unusable traffic robots were used in the foundation for a new factory in Cowley. Also used were used brake pads and used sump oil to keep the dust down.