The Cascading MFFY Effect 3484Sharon I left your post unsnipped simply because I didn't see anything that I could cut out without losing all context... in any case, the officer that you spoke to...
On Wed, 4 Jan 2006, C. E. White
Not by a long shot!
They are legal in the US, Canada and Mexico. Required in almost every other country in the world, for 30 or more years now. US manufacturers (and US operations of 'foreign' automakers) like to play with rear turn signal color as a styling cue. Whee! Let's treat safety devices like toys!
Can be, but doesn't have to be. There are LOTS of ways to implement amber rear turn signals. Some of them cost no more than the cheapest US arrangement presently allowed (red brake-tail-turn, white reverse). Some of them cost more (all-red appearance with amber turn, red tail-brake, white reverse).
You react faster and more accurately to the brake lights on a vehicle that has amber rear turn signals than on a vehicle that has red rear turn signals -- even if you don't consciously realize it -- and the effect is magnified with increasing age.
Er...huh? Cars have red taillamps and red brake lights all over the world. The only difference is that in North America, the rear directionals may be red OR amber. Elsewhere in the world they must be amber.
