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Presumably the original amber lights are too small to be legal. Changing the LED colour is the smallest possible localisation. https://www.acarplace.com/2018/0
by snthd 5y ago
Presumably the original amber lights are too small to be legal.
Changing the LED colour is the smallest possible localisation.
https://www.acarplace.com/2018/01/index/ https://www.acarplace.com/2018/01/index/
>Stylists don’t deserve all the blame. In America, the brake light and rear turn signal must each have a lit lens area of at least 50 cm2 (7¾ in2). The American regulation calls this lit lens area “EPLLA” for Effective Projected Luminous Lens Area. This minimum-size requirement doesn’t exist outside America. It’s not such a big deal on a large vehicle where there’s plenty of space for a large rear lamp, but on smaller rear lamps space is at a premium. There often isn’t room for two lamps of at least 50 cm2, so that makes a design constraint.
>American regs say rear turn signals can be implemented by flashing the brake light, so the automaker needs to have only one lamp of at least 50 cm2 per side. Problem solved; the red combination brake/tail/turn lamp is legal
- LeifCarrotson 5y agoThere's plenty of room, the Mini is 56" high and 68" wide. There's space for two lights each smaller than a soda can. The stylists and sales targets have more weight than safety-minded regulators or consumers, so the stylists can veto any changes that add a color like yellow or increase the size of the lights.