Say good bye to red turn signals

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By Corey Mack on Thursday, July 02, 2009 5:25 PM 489 views

The findings of a study conducted by NHTSA have shown that amber colored turn signals reduce collisions by about 5%. Because of this, NHTSA is fumbling with the idea of mandating all auto manufacturers to switch to amber colored lenses.

 

Source: Cars.com via Autoblog

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Kinda mixed feelings about this...on the one hand I believe the US is behind other countries about mandating amber lenses and such (as well as DRLs) however it detracts from designs that don't want to incorporate amber.

Ashley Hill on 07/02/2009 7:13PM
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I agree, this won't bode well for vehicles like the corvette

Corey Mack on 07/02/2009 7:49PM
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and the camaro, and the mustang and, and...

Yeah...as a designer I vote nay. It's bad enough every car looks the same with their bathtub shapes.

Ashley Hill on 07/02/2009 9:06PM
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Well, manufacturers have been doing a good job of making the signals appear one color when off, then amber when active. The MINI I had for a while last year had white turn signals that were amber when flashing. It seems like this could work just fine with any design, it would just take a little more effort.

Neal Elward on 07/03/2009 12:52AM
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Now that I think about it GM did something similar with the first CTS

Corey Mack on 07/03/2009 1:15AM
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I noticed yesterday that the 2010 Camry no longer has the rear amber turn signals that the 07-09 models had..weird

Zeid Nasser on 07/07/2009 7:02AM
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