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Canada has had it mandatory since 1989, It is a good thing to have multi-ton objects whizzing around you clearly marked.
It's like the third last thing you'd ever want to sneak up and catch you off guard.
I love that we have this but they are not at full brightness and I still see people driving with only these daytime headlights at night with no parking or rear lights.
I'm assuming they have digital cluster on these newer cars which are on all the time, unlike older cars where the instrument cluster is dark when only the daytimes are on and it kind of says hey dummy your lights are off, let's turn them all on and at full brightness too!
I daily a '97 Prelude. If I can't see my gauges, it's a pretty good indicator that my lights should be on. Like I said in the post, it's the backlit gauges and other interior lights. I don't blame the drivers. I blame the half dozen screens the manufacturers seem to think we just cannot live without these days. And that's one reason why I daily a 90s car.
Love the vintage. I drive a 97 Volvo 850 and 2000 F150. They have nice analog turn controls and guages.
I agree with you. I love most tech but I do not think screens are the way to go in a vehicle. They look nice on Star Trek NG or in a video game but they aren't safe in a car especially as we expect older generations that aren't use to the tech to scroll and punch through menus while driving to turn off their heated seats or adjust the temperature.
I don't know for how long I can buy older cars without screen or too many push buttons. Even after 12 years I still need to look down at the buttons on my 11 Ford Fusion to figure out which is the defrost or the heater selection controls.
I'm thankful to read the manufacturers are starting to realize they have gone too far with some of these things and are planning to dial it back some in the future. I suspect they still see it as another change they can sell
For some reason, I love the irregular ti-tick, ti-tick, ti-tick of analog turn signals.
Same here. I still recall falling half asleep as a child in the back seat of older cars and that sound being apart of it as your parents drove home in silence.
I have a 2023 Outlander and am incredibly glad that Mitsubishi used real physical buttons and knobs for all driving, safety, and comfort controls.
That reminds me of a nice blend of knobs and tech that Dodge and Jeep were using just a few years ago. I really liked the blend they had in a couple of the rental cars I used.
What type of guages do you have?
Gauges are a fully digital 12" display, plus a heads up display for speedometer and navigation.
once square, simple, and most importantly, small cars come back, i will think about "upgrading". but until then my 02 Yaris will wait for its "historical" registration (in germany we get a "H" behind the text on our number plate when the car is 30(?) years old and is in a certain condition. this means i pay less taxes and get to go in "environmental zones" where older cars typically aren't allowed)
One of them was probably my ex.