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I'd be surprised if marketing surveys show that Americans care...except to the extent that they've been annoyed by Europeans over the matter--such as this thread.
Otherwise, I doubt Americans care one way or the other. Who would have otherwise bought a Mitsubishi, but refuses because it's now got amber turn signals?
I care. When I buy my next car, I will only buy one that has amber turn signals on the back. If for some reason there isn't one available, then I will only buy one where the turn signal is separate from the brake lights.
I care. When I buy my next car, I will only buy one that has amber turn signals on the back. If for some reason there isn't one available, then I will only buy one where the turn signal is separate from the brake lights.
I guess that makes car-shopping a much easier experience.
I guess that makes car-shopping a much easier experience.
"Just show me the cars with amber turn signals."
Actually I refuse to buy cars with red rear turn signals, and I'm not joking. I don't want people to crash into me because according to studies 5% higher rear collision rate due to the red color not being able to distinguish from the break lights!
Actually I refuse to buy cars with red rear turn signals, and I'm not joking. I don't want people to crash into me because according to studies 5% higher rear collision rate due to the red color not being able to distinguish from the break lights!
You can more than make that up by giving yourself more room from the car in front of you so that you can make more graceful maneuvers and give the guy behind you more reaction time.
Driver is approaching an intersection in the right lane when he suddenly realizes that he wants to turn left at that intersection; he puts on his brakes and simultaneously activates his left turn signal. You, following a short distance behind but in the left lane, see three red lights. You assume that he's slowing down, perhaps to turn right, and continue forward at your same speed. Then, you see that the light on the left goes off, then back on.
Are you saying that he's turning left out of the right lane directly across my path without looking at his blind spot? And that kind of guy is even going to use a signal?
Well, at any rate, what I see is a much brighter light on the side that's signalling.
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If you prefer red turn signals for aesthetic reasons, then fine, just say so. But I think it's a stretch to say that there's no difference in how the following driver perceives them, as compared to amber signals.
As I've said, I don't care either way, but I think it's a stretch to contrive situations in which it makes a difference. And when it might have made a difference, we're looking at situations with such a collection of errors--such as the one you described--that it's impossible to prove it really would have made a difference.
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