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They probably designed the car with Europe regulations in mind first, and then rather than try and design an entirely new brake light for the US just took the l
by GhostVII 5y ago
They probably designed the car with Europe regulations in mind first, and then rather than try and design an entirely new brake light for the US just took the lazy/cheap way and lit up the other two available light bars.
- siva7 5y agoI wonder what kind of company culture exists at mini that no one had the power to step und say that this might be not a good idea
- IshKebab 5y agoIs that really the case? In the UK at least indicators have to be orange, so they are easy to distinguish from brake lights. I find it insane that there are cars with red indicators like this one. Definitely couldn't be sold in the UK.
- AnssiH 5y agoThe article writer believes EU spec indicators are just horizontal (amber) lines so they would not have the issue. But presumably those would be too small for US rules so they lit additional segments, making the arrow, which is what the parent commenter referred to.
- u801e 5y ago> But presumably those would be too small for US rules so they lit additional segments I've seen various Tesla models that just use a single horizontal line of LEDs (either amber or red on color) for their turn signals in the US.