Form over function, eh?
Form over function, eh?
Attached: 1 image A series of decisions were made at Mini which resulted in what is unambiguously the worst indicator design of all time. It is so bad that after seeing it on the street, I just had to post about it here.

You had one job...
You're viewing a single thread.
And it's also red. I hate red turning indicators, they should be amber.
145 0 ReplyThey are required to be in other countries. At some point we decided red was ok and there's so many problems with that!
63 0 Reply37 0 ReplyThese are aftermarket taillights.
9 0 ReplyI'm pretty sure the UK ones are animated as well in the direction of travel which makes it even clearer.
5 0 ReplyYup that's worse... Somehow that's worse.
2 0 ReplyWelsh representation
1 0 ReplyPlease tell me this is a joke
1 0 Reply
yeah, I had to get used with the lack of regulations here and there when I moved to the US
land of the free corporations
22 0 ReplyCan you explain because I'm 46 years old and have driven plenty and can't recall a single time I've ever been confused by a turn signal.
2 0 ReplyThis video is better at it than I could be. But I'm short: ambiguity in driving is bad.
3 0 ReplyHere is an alternative Piped link(s):
https://piped.video/O1lZ9n2bxWA
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.
1 0 Reply
Amer is harder to notice
2 0 ReplyAmber has been scientifically proven to be easier to notice, and mildly safer than using the same bulb as the brake light to indicate a turn.
Here's a paper on it. https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/811115
This paper contains data relating to the effectiveness of amber turn signals by comparing striking and struck cars with the same configuration (amber or red), and the odds of not getting struck with an amber turn signal equipped vehicle is always about 4-8% better than otherwise.
21 0 ReplyThanks for this. I see so many people here talking like it's obvious, but I've never been confused by a turn signal. I'm curious to read this.
2 0 Replynot for me i really do have a harder time notices amber
1 0 ReplyUnless you have some kind of color blindness, orange is among the most noticeable colors to the human eyes, especially in an urban background
6 0 Replyit more just the training, from 20 plus years of driving, and looking out for red and orange but yellow colors.
1 0 Reply