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by lavela 14 days ago
> Turn signal stalk

While we're at it one thing to add: Keep your turn signal at an on-off pattern.

I don't wan't to have to parse your cute turn signal animation. It's a warning light and should be somewhat irritating/eye-catching.

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Yeah those "animated" turn signal fades make me irrationally angry. Why??? What's wrong with the standard signal?

While we're at it, keep them orange. Nobody wants to spend a second of uncertainty trying to figure out if you're signalling or braking.

This annoys me whenever I'm on the road. The issue is unnecessary latency: the signal wastes time going from off to on by being substantially less bright then it should be.

If you want to add cutesy features then have the turn signal automatically synchronize blinking with the car in front/behind it. People would love it.

Yeah but with a flashing light, if you look during an "off" phase, you don't see anything for a little while. Animated would/could show one segment on always

I'd like to orange turn signals come back! They could even have an arrow inside them and toggle between inside and outside. Maybe thats too goofy, but at least something would always be illuminated. Here's a goofy SVG to show the concept

https://codepen.io/tln0/pen/WbodXKw

Turn signals in the EU are required to be orange. It's the US which doesn't have any laws regarding their color.

https://www.thedrive.com/guides-and-gear/u-s-amber-turn-sign...

Yeah in context I'm Australian where turn signals are orange as well.

The US is wild in terms of its commitment to "maybe the brake lights are faulty" style.