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This has always bothered me, but it's rarely talked about. The indicator laws in North America are stupid when it comes to taillights. Let's look at why it's stupid and what can be done about it. Alec's channel: / @technologyconnections Original video: • The Senseless Ambiguity of North Amer... Patreon Technology Connections: / technologyconnections Boosty to support translations: https://boosty.to/bassman Translations on other platforms: VK: https://vk.com/public220447489 Zen: https://dzen.ru/id/64510de66b4b3a5a29... Here are links to studies showing the significant safety benefit of yellow turn signals. You might want to check them out. It may not seem like a big deal, but they definitely have benefits. This NHTSA study found a 3% to 28% reduction in crash probability with amber turn signals, but there is a caveat that it may simply be due to the individual indicator and not the color: https://www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.gov... This study shows a significant reduction in brake light reaction time when the vehicle is equipped with amber turn signals. "The subject knew when to expect the red or orange signals." This suggests that the design should be such that even with the indicators off, it should be clear that there is a separate signal for the turn signal: https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstr... And guess what, the IIHS has done some research too. Too bad. that they didn't trumpet about it: https://www.iihs.org/api/datastoredoc... Materials from freepik.com and krotosaudio.com were used