• EtzBetz@feddit.de
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    4 months ago

    I would like if cars would somehow indicate how strong they are braking. Like a meter filling, the light starting to blink after a certain threshold and blinking faster etc.

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      4 months ago

      This does exist on certain vehicles, like ambulances.

      But I’ve heard (unconfirmed) that it would be illegal in several states to put on passenger vehicles.

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      4 months ago

      This would be a really cool standard! I only wish it would work here in the US, where our brake lights have to pull double duty as turn signals. But in sensible places like the countrirs in Europe, this would be dope!

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      4 months ago

      The brake light means “pay attention to this car”.

      Determining how much deceleration it’s experiencing is for the driver’s depth perception.

      So instead of the message being “I’m slowing down by X amount here, so match that”,

      the message is “I’m braking, so initiate the procedure by which you determine then match my X deceleration”

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        4 months ago

        Yeah, but often you don’t know how much braking is applied. I’m sure that my idea is wishful thinking and would show some other negatives.

        Another idea I just had is, that maybe, in a connected car future, cars will just share their data about how much they are braking automatically live to surrounding cars, so a car behind can react automatically as well.