• SaltSong@startrek.website
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    2 days ago

    I think what he wants is the front turn signal to wrap around the front, so I can see the left signal from the right quarter.

    I’m not aware that this is not the case, but I don’t know that I would have noticed if it was not.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      2 days ago

      Isn’t that the case for pretty much everything? Newer cars alternate blinking their headlights and the signal indicator, and even cars w/ the turn signal on the side will have some light bleed through since it’s all one assembly. In the majority of cars, I can see their turn signals when they’re perpendicular to me. The larger issue is that most people in my area don’t bother to use their signals in the first place.

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        2 days ago

        Yea, that’s part of why I don’t know for sure if they make cars the way the guy at the top of this thread is describing.

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          Same. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a car that can show me the signal on the opposite side of the car, but I have seen a lot of cars where I can see the indicator while stopped at an intersection and the car is perpendicular to me, since I have a little bit of angle to see the edge w/ the indicator.

          99% of the time, it’s not an issue, and the other 1% of the time it doesn’t really matter if I can see the indicator (I.e. they’re already halfway turning, so they’re angled away from me).

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            Yes that’s all I want, to be able to see the indicator again. A lot of newer cars have moved them too far to the side of the vehicle.

            I encounter this pretty often because a Boston area streets are terrible and the drivers are worse, so a visible indicator helps all drivers make traffic flow more smoothly.

    • Ghoelian@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 days ago

      I’m pretty sure most cars have a turn signal near the headlights, and one on the mirror or on the side for that use case, no?