Front Brake Lights Could Drastically Diminish Road Accident Rates
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Possibly, and I'd be interested in some sort of 360° LED on top of a vehicle to indicate to pedestrians and other drivers alike of its (de)acceleration.
But jamming some non standard colours in what is a long term understanding on the front of a vehicle I can't really get with and would like to see the impact to people with partial / colour blindness with using such a system.
Like, does the average pedestrian know what the green and red lights mean on an aircraft? I bet not.
Well you should educate yourself on the rules of the method of travel no matter.
If you were to go up in the air and you didn’t educate yourself on what the lights mean, you’re going to ruin everyone else’s day in your incredibly dangerous ignorance.
You don’t take a paddle boat onto the water without understanding some basic principles of water navigation… why would roads in this specific cause be any different? We already do with most land methods, this one is gonna be hinge? Nah. Ignorance isn’t an excuse.
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Theres a saying in computer stuff that applies nicely here. PEBKAC, problem exists between keyboard and computer...turn signals have to be turned on, no amount of engineering can fix bad driving.
I've always heard it as "PICNIC"
Problem In Chair, Not In Computer
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and on the opposite side don’t turn on your emergency lights while driving in bad weather. you’re only causing confusion by making it seem like you have turn signals on if i can’t see both blinkers.
The hazards also override your turn signals so I now have no idea when you are going to attempt lane change.
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How would you do that so it isn’t ugly as hell
same way we do with lights now, design them attractively. It is not always successful and that's on the manufacturers.
and isn’t prone to misunderstanding?
what about it is confusing? green = not coming at you so it's okay to turn left (or whatever).
This wouldn’t really be helpful to those who are colorblind.
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Personally I just want front turn signals to be visible from the opposite side again
Not sure if I read that correctly, but I don't think this has ever been the case?
I think what he wants is the front turn signal to wrap around the front, so I can see the left signal from the right quarter.
I'm not aware that this is not the case, but I don't know that I would have noticed if it was not.
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And also like, used at all.
Here's an idea. How about we zap the drivers after they make a turn if they didn't use a turn signal beforehand?
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This wouldn’t really be helpful to those who are colorblind.
Somebody better tell traffic light designers
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I'd rather see mandatory rear running lights. The amount of people who can't be arsed to turn on their lights in bad visibility conditions is too damn high.
It used to be mandatory with always on rear lights in Sweden (you couldn't even turn them off). But an adaptation to EU rules removed that requirement.
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.bestiver.se/post/424410
I don't understand this at all. Why do I, as a person in front of a vehicle, care whether or not it's braking?
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The hazards also override your turn signals so I now have no idea when you are going to attempt lane change.
The hazards are to indicate you are stopped and now a hazard.
Only when you are stopped and now a hazard. Your car becomes a blinking light. We have road rules for blinking lights, so it SHOULD be saying one specific thing.
Thank you for coming to this road safety talk.
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.bestiver.se/post/424410
This will lead to people braking momentarily to slow down, and others turning in front of slowing down traffic.
Little benefit, but the cost of adding front brake lights would be passed on to the car buyers.
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Here's an idea. How about we zap the drivers after they make a turn if they didn't use a turn signal beforehand?
Couldn't we just use the point system from 5th element? The car noticed you did something illegal and dedicated from your point pool.
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.bestiver.se/post/424410
Would speed up crosswalks a lot too. Whenever I cross a crosswalk with my dog I don't want to risk me misjudging the braking of cars so I tend to really wait until I'm sure they're stopping.
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I don't understand this at all. Why do I, as a person in front of a vehicle, care whether or not it's braking?
Sounds like it can help oncoming traffic as well as traffic to either side of the vehicle
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I've always heard it as "PICNIC"
Problem In Chair, Not In Computer
Oh, you think I need a new chair? Will the Internet come back then?
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and on the opposite side don’t turn on your emergency lights while driving in bad weather. you’re only causing confusion by making it seem like you have turn signals on if i can’t see both blinkers.
Thats more an issue of using the same lamp for rear lights and turn signal
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Sounds like it can help oncoming traffic as well as traffic to either side of the vehicle
Yeah, the only thing I could think of is that I'm driving down a country road, and I see the front brake light ahead of me because someone stopped for a deer in the road or something.
in front of this vehicle" is going to get people killed.And the negative state of "the lack of this light means that the vehicle could be moving" is exactly what we have now.
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I don't understand this at all. Why do I, as a person in front of a vehicle, care whether or not it's braking?
My main thoughts instantly come to someone in the opposing left turn lane, if they are not applying the brakes they are likely starting to turn and if they do it right in front of you, you have more of a heads up than just them starting to turn and can set yourself in a better position to hopefully stop in time. Driving is all about judgment calls and having more info quicker is important to those calls.
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Personally I just want front turn signals to be visible from the opposite side again
Not sure if I read that correctly, but I don't think this has ever been the case?
I mean when a car is coming at me from a cross street, I want to be able to tell if they're turning or just an asshole not using their signal. On some cars, the turn signal is mounted so far to the side that if they're approaching from my right and turning right onto the same street as me, I can't see that turn signal. Sometimes combined with the roundness of the nose exacerbating the problem.
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I don't understand this at all. Why do I, as a person in front of a vehicle, care whether or not it's braking?
The key detail is that, like with rear brake lights, they extinguish when the foot is removed from the brake pedal. So it's not so much the presence of the brake light, but the presence of an inactive brake light that would, serve as a warning that a car is about to start moving. This would be very helpful to drivers on a road when other drivers are pulling out too early from a side road or driveway. That little bit of extra warning is, in many situations, enough for you to pump the brakes, hit the horn, or both.
