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Re: How come we don't see flip up lights on cars anymore?

In message <sNednUAYVLC-bEDXnZ2dnUVZ8sqdnZ2d@brightview.co.uk>, Martin
<me@privacy.net> writes
>"Peter Hill" <peter.usenet1@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:7qprd5huto35takjhi78t8mopjor5t472j@4ax.com...
>> They are still not specifically prohibited. Partly it's the stylists
>> now come from a generation that didn't have Lotus Elan mk1 and 2+2 as
>> an Icon or simply lack good taste and like "bling" lights. They have
>> to break up and draw attention away from that bulbous snout somehow.
>> Or couldn't be arsed / not nice enough / not clever enough to cajole
>> the engineers into making ones that are ped impact friendly with all
>> the right radius on exposed edges when lifted.
>
>On a related note about style, why is it that almost all cars nowadays
>have amber bulbs and clear "glass" on the indicator, rather than normal
>white bulbs and amber "glass"? The brake lights are still clear bulbs
>and red "glass" so why can't the indicators be? This is one case where
>US standards differ from UK/European, since flashing side and tail
>lights are *still* allowed in the US, even though we banned them in the
>mid sixties.
>
>Also, why the penny-pinching trend for only *one* reversing light and
>*one* rear fog light? Trying to reverse at night can be very difficult
>if you are trying to avoid something (eg a hedge) that is on the unlit
>offside of the car.
>
It used to be the case in some European countries that only ONE rear fog
light was allowed. Don't know about now, though.

>What's the reason for some 4x4s having the normal rear lights (tail,
>indicator) very low down embedded in the bumper, with the lights at
>either side of the rear door (the normal height for car lights) being
>reserved for fog and reversing lights. Aren't lights supposed to be
>visible. The indicators of these vehicles are invisible if there's a
>vehicle between you and the 4x4.

--
Peter

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