This reminds me of the weekly “I want to start a trucking company “

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  1. Wasted Thyme

    Wasted Thyme Road Train Member

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    I think he prefers them thicker and darker. :rolleyes:
     
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  3. farmerjohn64

    farmerjohn64 Road Train Member

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    Why am I the butt of every joke with you guys! No pun intended :D:eek:
     
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    “In 2008, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, responsible for writing U.S. vehicle safety standards, released tentative findings that amber (‘yellow’) turn signals are up to 28% more effective at avoiding crashes than red ones,” wrote automotive author Daniel Stern on the website aCarPlace.com.

    “Then, in 2009, they released preliminary findings that across all situations, including those in which turn signals don’t matter,vehicles with amber rear turn signals are 5.3% less likely to be hit from behind than otherwise-identical vehicles with red ones.

    “That means amber turn signals were seen as being more effective at avoiding crashes than the center third brake light mandated in 1986, with a 4.3% crash avoidance,” he wrote.

    Amber rear turn signals are mandated in Europe and much of Asia, but not in the U.S. Not in Canada, either; its lighting standard is also numbered 108 and uses most of the American 108.
     
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  5. OldeSkool

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    So basically this proves that Americans are more concerned about looks than what’s practical. That certainly comes as no surprise to me. I think that goes into just about every aspect of the American Dream.
     
  6. SmallPackage

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    Nah. That just means when they were doing the testing and research on blinker colors everyone actually used them. That is why the accident rate was down.

    Jmo but rear amber blinkys at night or in bad weather with no other lights on a vehicle make it look like you might be getting ready to be involved in a head on crash.

    Just like planes, trains, boats, and ships the colored lights on the different ends and sides of the objects or vessel allow you to know its exact position and direction of travel.
     
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