Things we see driving around - original content (pictures you snapped)
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Saw this today and it illustrates what you say….seems brake lights moved back up, and turn signals really low. How do designers come up with these things? Are they trying to be different?
In case of this KIA model the designers did not want to put the blinkers directly under or above the brake lights. There was no room for the blinkers anywhere other than in the bumper because of the wide hatch. The blinkers and tail lights can't be integrated into the hatch. I don't know how the low-mounted blinkers meet regulations.
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Maybe the low stop/tail light thing started in 1977.
Where else would you put the lights with a full-width tailgate? You can't put them on the tailgate. You can stack them vertically next to the tailgate but that puts them at risk of getting damaged on utility vehicles that frequently back up against loading docks and whatnot. I suppose one questionable solution is a combination of tail light, brake light, and blinker. One could probably shoehorn one combi light in on each side of the tailgate but that may not be legal in all countries, limiting the market. As far as I know, only the US and Canada allow red turn signals, the rest of the world requires amber blinkers.
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A neat machine that judging by the inflation of her tires has not moved for some time.I came across a Citroën Méhari in the city. This strange bird was made between 1968 and 1988. When I was a kid I saw them in Southern France, Spain, and in Tunisia when we were vacationing there. They also made them in Argentia for a while. They were used as hotel shuttles, taxis, recreational/beach vehicles, etc. I even saw Police versions.. Some had 4WD. The name Citroën Méhari is the North African word for dromedary. The vehicle is based on the 2CV and shares the ca 600 cc two-cylinder 2-stroke engine. The vehicle weighs less than 12,00 pounds. The body is made from plastic, not fiberglass! That's only the third Méhari I have seen in this country.,
quelle honte!
No compassion for anyone driving a Prius or of the like.
This is about 20 miles from my house on the way to Julian CA.
I feel the need to elaborate. There may be brake and/or tail lights on the tailgate or hatch but only if they are supplemental to fixed brake and/or tail lights on the rear of the vehicle.
Saw this Hot Box. It’s 94 F and there are no air conditioners on the roof. I’m thinking they bail out to the tent at night.
Here is nice camping machine.
There are locks around Chicago (I wish) on the Sanitary Canal. They disrupt traffic anytime they are used as most are also bridges. Not big stuff but maybe a 300 ft wide.
My Dad drove Lincoln Continentals ('60s) with the suicide doors. We took long trips across the USA in it. Family of 7, I can remember curling up in the rear floorbaords to take a nap! Never knew we were rich. His BIL was the local Ford Lincoln Mercury dealer and Dad always bought his semi tractors there (50 or so total at one time). This was back in the 60's and I was 10 or so. Right before I hit my growth spurt.
Longest trip was norther boarder to west coast, down to LA and then back though AZ to IL.
I had a '72 Orange Pontiac LeMans GT. 3502bbl with an auto. Looked great though and that auto trans whine was a winner when manually shifting.
It had the turn and brake lights integrated into the rear bumper. An expensive fix in a rear ender.
Rte 66 home from LA?