Don't replace brake and indicator incandescent bulbs with LEDs.

[p38arover]

I watch this bloke's YouTube channel and was watching this one on turn signal flashers.

I found this segment interesting:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z5A-COlDPk&t=944s

[Tins]

I watch this bloke's YouTube channel and was watching this one on turn signal flashers.



I watch him too. Sufficiently eccentric to make most topics interesting.

[Tombie]

Am I missing something here?

If you replace ALL bulbs with LED they should be in sync across the vehicle.

[350RRC]

I think a bigger problem is with some Merc sedans that enter roundabouts, I'm giving way, they have no indicator showing until the front of their car is pointing towards me that they're actually turning right.

It's happened so often that I'm sure they've put the indicator on............ but you can't see it till they've turned 90 degrees.

Self ADR certification maybe?

dunno, DL

[p38arover]

Am I missing something here?

If you replace ALL bulbs with LED they should be in sync across the vehicle.

He’s referring to syncing different vehicles, not the lights across one vehicle.

[scarry]

I think a bigger problem is with some Merc sedans that enter roundabouts, I'm giving way, they have no indicator showing until the front of their car is pointing towards me that they're actually turning right.

It's happened so often that I'm sure they've put the indicator on............ but you can't see it till they've turned 90 degrees.

Self ADR certification maybe?

dunno, DL

There are a huge number of vehicles similar,that is the indicators are not visible until the vehicle is front on.As said,a real pain when negotiating roundabouts

I queried this with a motoring jurno a few years ago,and his comment was indicator rules world wide are impossible to change.
And they wont change them just for Aus,because many vehicles we get here are made for the world market.

Apparently the rules for indicators are very old,and were put into place before roundabouts became more common.

Seems we are not changing with the times on this issue.

[350RRC]

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Apparently the rules for indicators are very old,and were put into place before roundabouts became more common.

Seems we are not changing with the times on this issue.

I'm pretty sure that repeaters on quarter panels were mandated in the ADR's at some stage late 70's.

74 RRC doesn't have them, 81 RRC did. The 1990 Courier ute I have has them.

Now it seems no cars do.

DL

[Tins]

Now it seems no cars do.

DL

Course they do. They put 'em on the outer edge of the door mirror so that the driver can see that they're working.:thumbsup:

[Tombie]

Course they do. They put 'em on the outer edge of the door mirror so that the driver can see that they're working.:thumbsup:

I think you’ve nailed it.

Took me a while to train my eye to check towards the door for an indicator.

[350RRC]

The repeaters on my 81 RRC front quarters (and the Courier) were / are at the same height as the front indicators............... like dead centre.

The side mirrors are 300mm higher.

DL

[Tins]

I think you’ve nailed it.

Took me a while to train my eye to check towards the door for an indicator.

First ones I saw went the full width of the mirror. Bright and hard to miss. Now they just look like another styling device. They'll be up in the A pillar next..

[Phil 850]

First ones I saw went the full width of the mirror. Bright and hard to miss. Now they just look like another styling device. They'll be up in the A pillar next..

Or perhaps something inventive like on the B pillars of Morris Minor 1000’s [smilebigeye]

[LOVEMYRANGIE]

David Attenborough could literally make a documentary on indicators over here, very rare in the wild in it's fully illuminated plummage but its a very exciting find when one does appear on the vast tarmac forests of Western Australia.

[ChookD2]

So I watched like the first minute of this, lost me when he started on the history of the indicator.

Can someone tell my why I need my indicator to sync with cars around me?

Why should I care?

As long as people are using them I don't care if they blink fast or slow or in time with my music, just use them.

[rick130]

David Attenborough could literally make a documentary on indicators over here, very rare in the wild in it's fully illuminated plummage but its a very exciting find when one does appear on the vast tarmac forests of Western Australia.

Sounds like SE Qld.
You take your life in your hands crossing the border at Tweed 😵*💫😂