Phantom Blinker January 22, 2007
Posted by abohn9en in Uncategorized.trackback
Today as i was going to school, i noticed something that has always bothered me, and stuck out this morning for no particular reason. Ever been driving behind someone and noticed that their blinker has been on entirely too long? This is just one small thing about driving that makes me upset. People who stop at yield signs and stay in the right lane when its a two lane road make me angry too. There they sit, with a red light while 5 people behind them are trying to turn right. The left lane? EMPTY. Back to the blinker. Am i the only person who has a car that makes a noise when the blinker is on? What about lights on the dashboard? At what point does that person think “crap, my blinker is on and i have absolutely no intention of turning.” Here’s what i propose: during your driving test, the instructor secretly flips a switch and the blinker comes on. If the student does not turn off the blinker within 30 seconds, they fail. If you cant see your instrument cluster, you probably wont see that kid, or old lady, either.
Sooo are you doing research on Chinese import cars? If so I believe that all imports do have instrument cluster with noisy tickers standard. Good Luck with your research.
Actually, I have read that we should have Chinese cars in the United States in less than 5 years. A few companies like SSang Young and others have made test cars for the U.S. Market, but unfortunately, they don’t pass emissions tests yet (i dont think the Chinese cars have Catalytic Converters yet, which makes sense since China isn’t exactly concerned with pollution) These cars, when available will compete with makes like Kia and Hyundai (both Korean) initially, but they have their sights set on Honda and Toyota (Japanese). I think it will be interesting to see what kinds of cars we get in the future, and how the cars are changed for the U.S. market, with added things like more cupholders (someday we’ll have cars here with more cupholders than Horsepower if the current trend keeps up). Anyway, i dont want to bore you with this nonsense. I’m kind of a car geek. See you in class!