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> I suppose the Mini designers have never driven in fog, poor lighting, storms, or at night? (When you might not see the full rear of the car) The full rear of

> I suppose the Mini designers have never driven in fog, poor lighting, storms, or at night? (When you might not see the full rear of the car) The full rear of the car is still illuminated.

frutiger 5y ago
The comment above is clearly controversial, I can't think of driving at night behind a car and not seeing both rear lights, and usually illuminated license plate and illumination coming from the rear window pane. Overall that gives me a full sense of the width of the car. The indicator light would be relatively to the left/right of the car, and typically would look like a single bulb due to distance and diffraction.
- thesuperbigfrog 5y ago
  >> I can't think of driving at night behind a car and not seeing both rear lights, and usually illuminated license plate and illumination coming from the rear window pane. Have you ever driven in a snowstorm at night? (I am not being facetious, there are terrible snowstorms in the winter where I live due to lake-effect snow. Your mileage may vary depending on where you live.) Visibility is terrible in a nighttime snowstorm. Reflective surfaces are covered with snow. Lights can be partially or completely covered so that only a faint glow is visible. Anything that leads to confusion, such as a backward-pointing arrow turn signal light, could cause confusion that might lead to accidents. It might not confuse some drivers, but it only takes one confused driver to cause a road accident.
  - frutiger 5y ago
    > Have you ever driven in a snowstorm at night? (I am not being facetious, there are terrible snowstorms in the winter where I live due to lake-effect snow. Your mileage may vary depending on where you live.) Yes, once or twice. The general recommendation is NOT to drive during a snow storm. For those that must drive during a snow storm probably aren't driving these Minis. After all, most cars are not designed for every possible climate/severe weather scenario, I don't see why Minis should be held to a higher regard.
    - CRConrad 5y ago
      It's absolutely technically possible to drive a Mini in a snowstorm, just like any other car (apart from perhaps super- and "hyper-" sports cars with ~zero ground clearance). Whether one can follow the common-sense recommendation not to drive in a snow storm is due to all kinds of other circumstances, approximately none of which is related to what brand of car you own.
interestica 5y ago
> The full rear of the car is still illuminated. Only if the headlights are on. And many do not put them on in rain/storms/fog.

> I suppose the Mini designers have never driven in fog, poor lighting, storms, or at night? (When you might not see the full rear of the car) The full rear of the car is still illuminated.

frutiger 5y ago

The comment above is clearly controversial, I can't think of driving at night behind a car and not seeing both rear lights, and usually illuminated license plate and illumination coming from the rear window pane. Overall that gives me a full sense of the width of the car. The indicator light would be relatively to the left/right of the car, and typically would look like a single bulb due to distance and diffraction.

thesuperbigfrog 5y ago
>> I can't think of driving at night behind a car and not seeing both rear lights, and usually illuminated license plate and illumination coming from the rear window pane. Have you ever driven in a snowstorm at night? (I am not being facetious, there are terrible snowstorms in the winter where I live due to lake-effect snow. Your mileage may vary depending on where you live.) Visibility is terrible in a nighttime snowstorm. Reflective surfaces are covered with snow. Lights can be partially or completely covered so that only a faint glow is visible. Anything that leads to confusion, such as a backward-pointing arrow turn signal light, could cause confusion that might lead to accidents. It might not confuse some drivers, but it only takes one confused driver to cause a road accident.
- frutiger 5y ago
  > Have you ever driven in a snowstorm at night? (I am not being facetious, there are terrible snowstorms in the winter where I live due to lake-effect snow. Your mileage may vary depending on where you live.) Yes, once or twice. The general recommendation is NOT to drive during a snow storm. For those that must drive during a snow storm probably aren't driving these Minis. After all, most cars are not designed for every possible climate/severe weather scenario, I don't see why Minis should be held to a higher regard.
  - CRConrad 5y ago
    It's absolutely technically possible to drive a Mini in a snowstorm, just like any other car (apart from perhaps super- and "hyper-" sports cars with ~zero ground clearance). Whether one can follow the common-sense recommendation not to drive in a snow storm is due to all kinds of other circumstances, approximately none of which is related to what brand of car you own.

interestica 5y ago

> The full rear of the car is still illuminated. Only if the headlights are on. And many do not put them on in rain/storms/fog.