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LOUDER turn signal indicator for car which none is compatible
m6onz5a wrote "It simply means you aren't looking at your gauge cluster enough.
Like Kevin said it's about paying attention. " Yeah, paying attention where it counts - out the windshield and side mirrors. No excuses: Make directionals that are audible and cancel coming back from a quarter-turn of the wheel, like Detroit used to! |
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LOUDER turn signal indicator for car which none is compatible
On 11/13/2013 09:33 PM, wrote:
> m6onz5a wrote "It simply means you aren't looking at your gauge cluster enough. > > Like Kevin said it's about paying attention. " > > Yeah, paying attention where it counts - out the windshield and side mirrors. > > No excuses: Make directionals that are audible and cancel coming back from a quarter-turn of the wheel, like Detroit used to! > I agree, on both points. My attention is directed out the windows and to the mirrors, and I check the gauges more frequently than most apparently but only when I'm pretty sure there's nothing in the windshield or mirrors that will need attention for a second or two. Also, one doesn't give much thought to the turn signal mechanism until one has a car with a completely defective one. I hated the turn signals on my old F*rd pickemup truck as they'd self-cancel if you looked at them funny (and it was one of those horrible multi-function stalks to boot, and as a final insult was wobbly and tenuous feeling.) Odd that my '55 Studebaker had a completely inoffensive and properly functional turn signal mechanism and yet 40 years later Ford had apparently lost all of their reference material on turn signal function and ergonomics. Fortunately both of my current vehicles have gone back to "inoffensive" status, although one (surprisingly, for a German car) has the gauge panel laid out so that for a person of my height and proportions when the seat and steering wheel are adjusted for a proper driving position, the turn signal telltales are obscured by the upper rim of the steering wheel...! To the OP; could you rig something with a couple diodes to the front turn signal circuits (or the telltales in the dash which should be the same thing) and then install a standard mini or micro relay under the dash doing nothing other than clicking, or perhaps some kind of inoffensive 12V chime or other noisemaker? nate -- replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply. http://members.cox.net/njnagel |
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LOUDER turn signal indicator for car which none is compatible
On 11/13/2013 07:12 PM, wrote:
> money2noise wrote "Blinkers? Where I come from they are a waste of an accessory as no one uses them! > - show quoted text -" > > Where you come from? A police dept? LOLOLOL! > Sad but true! To be fair, turn signal use among the general public is only slightly higher... nate -- replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply. http://members.cox.net/njnagel |
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LOUDER turn signal indicator for car which none is compatible
Paul Hovnanian wrote "Replace chimes with something like a cell phone vibrator built into the
steering wheel. Like a stick shaker on an airplane. " Don't overcomplicate things man! And all turn signals I've heard "tick" - not chime. Seatbelt warnings and open doors chime. I can't believe folks have gotten so soft they get offended by a ticking BLINKER... |
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