automatic indicators?

geoffeales replied on 15/01/2017 17:30

Posted on 15/01/2017 17:30

my previous post seems to have been lost or shunted into a side track somewhere (probably my fault for posting in the wrong area) but what do you guys think about this new trend among car makers of turning the fog/spot lamps into turning indicators?  It would seem  "mirror-signal-manoeuvre" has slipped over the years to "mirror (maybe) - signal and manoeuvre at the same time", but now the manufacturers seem to have accepted this practice as the norm so they've now wired-up their fog/spot lamps to the steering so the moment a manoeuvre is detected the left or right lamp illuminates automatically. This can surely only end in tears?

Snowy1 replied on 05/02/2017 18:09

Posted on 05/02/2017 18:09

These type of lights were not needed in bygone years, so why the need now? Maybe just another thing to go wrong that the modern whizz kid so called technicians cannot fix, even if they can; "At what cost" just so you can see to go around corners which was no problem to drivers in bygone years! Have we all gone blind? lol

EmilysDad replied on 05/02/2017 20:55

Posted on 05/02/2017 18:09 by Snowy1

These type of lights were not needed in bygone years, so why the need now? Maybe just another thing to go wrong that the modern whizz kid so called technicians cannot fix, even if they can; "At what cost" just so you can see to go around corners which was no problem to drivers in bygone years! Have we all gone blind? lol

Posted on 05/02/2017 20:55

But modern cars have lots of things they don't actually need but are fitted anyway because, by & large Joe Public likes gizmos. We have all sorts of auto features that we could operate ourselves, but once used & got used to, we start to miss them if we have to drive another car without. e.g. auto lights, auto wipers, hill start assist  etc Tec

They also have a host of electrickery that makes them so much more reliable than they used to be smile

KjellNN replied on 05/02/2017 21:18

Posted on 05/02/2017 21:18

Having now had a few weeks to see what this new car has, I reckon most things are good, but a few are pretty unnecessary.

We have survived, and not felt deprived, for 10 years without many of our new toys.

The things I do find useful so far, which we mainly did not have before, are the brake auto hold and the auto headlights......auto levelling, turning on when it gets dark, auto dipping.

Most of the satnav  etc  settings and the other special stuff remains a mystery so far!

JVB66 replied on 05/02/2017 21:31

Posted on 05/02/2017 21:31

There is two  things that cars do need is a system that turns light on in fog or heavy rain/spray and the turn lights to also turn on the indicators,considering the amount of "drivers" who have no idea what they are normally fitted for

cyberyacht replied on 06/02/2017 09:20

Posted on 06/02/2017 09:20

I can't see how auto indicators work. Unless they are connected to a satnav, they wouldn't start indicating until you turned the steering wheel which is a bit late. Unless they have have developed the capacity to mind-read.

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