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Do you mean this indicator? https://youtu.be/r9Fin7pyzDc https://youtu.be/r9Fin7pyzDc Honestly, seems pretty good to me compared to the Mini one (which for som
by mccorrinall 5y ago
Do you mean this indicator?
https://youtu.be/r9Fin7pyzDc https://youtu.be/r9Fin7pyzDc
Honestly, seems pretty good to me compared to the Mini one (which for some reason is RED instead of amber?! Plus an arrow in the opposite direction!)
Is there no law which makes amber coloured turn lights mandatory on cars (in the US)?
- tyingq 5y agoThese types of laws aren't set at a Federal level in the US, but rather, state-by-state. As far as I know, they all allow red or amber. Most US cars have red turn signals.
- userbinator 5y agoThe red comes from the fact that combined red turn signal+brake lights with white reverse was the standard for a very long time, from at least the 1940s.
- bombcar 5y agoFederal law can override and has done so in cases like seatbelts. But they’ve not bothered for turn signals. If it were to happen CA would likely be the first and then the rest of the country could follow.
- u801e 5y agoFederal law (FMVSS 108) permits red rear turn signals, either combined with the brake lamp or a separate turn signal lamp. Interestingly enough, they require amber color front turn signals because the white ones were difficult to see when the headlamps were illuminated. It's too bad they didn't use the same reasoning for the rear turn signals compared to the stop lamps.
- bluGill 5y agoThere would be a huge backlash if they tried. Standard trailer connectors combine the brake light with the turn signal. (the brake like turns on both turn signals 100%) Many trucks just send enough wires (which are expensive these days) to run the trailer and tie the taillights off of those. Thus to require amber to the rear means the standard trailer connector needs to be replaced, then some sort of grade period for old trailers, and - well I doubt I could think of all the complex factors required. In 30 years we might be able to do it.
- u801e 5y agoIf they did mandate it, then it would only apply to new vehicles and trailers.
- bombcar 5y agoAnd a diode on the old trailers would let them work with new.
- bluGill 5y agoYou still have to deal with people with old trailers and new trucks, or new trucks and old trailers.
- mccorrinall 5y agoTrucks and trailers are each their own entity with their own papers in Germany. Perhaps this would solve the problem in the US too? When you have a new truck but an old trailer, you'd just show both papers when being questioned about it => everything is fine.
- bluGill 5y agoThe paperwork isn't the problem, it is all the adapters needed.
- u801e 5y agoAny state vehicle law pertaining to vehicle lighting has been superceded by FMVSS (Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard) 108.
- mccorrinall 5y agoInteresting, thank you. Since I've never been to NA I just took the yellow turn lights for granted. I just looked it up for Germany, and apparently turn light have to be yellow for every newly registered car after 1970.
- lozenge 5y agoNo, no law. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1lZ9n2bxWA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1lZ9n2bxWA