Bad, better and best?
"The position of lights on the car should be guided by safety considerations - not aesthetics" Andrew Bayliss
Modern car indicators could be compromising drivers' safety, a study by the University of Wales, Bangor, has claimed.
Many new designs position indicators within car headlamps - rather than a separate flashing light to the side.
But Bangor researcher Dr Andrew Bayliss said tests showed people took longer to react to the new-style lights.
BBC News - 28 March 2007
Perhaps Andrew could include this alternative design for a car indicator by John Wood.in his next study.
"This invention relates to a direction indicator for motor-cars, that is to say an appliance for use by the driver in signalling his intention to turn the vehicle and refers to that type of appliance wherein a direction-pointing device, such for instance as a representation of a human hand, is mounted upon a vertical axis to be turnable by the driver to cause such direction-pointing device to project either forwardly or laterally according to the direction it is the intention of the driver to proceed." - Patent 1664148
The Ministry of Transpoort in the UK have also put a lot of though into road safety over the years and In 1919, when drivers commonly used hand signals to indicate they were turning, the Ministry of Transport was keen to find a basic alternative.
One submitted plan proposed attaching a clumsy contraption to the side of the car, depicting an image of a hand with one finger pointing the way.
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