From the OP Do the Lariats come with LED rear tail lights and amber turn signals?
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Incandescent with red housing. I'm sure an amber signal will change the tint a little, but it won't be an obvious color different. The LED will simply be more noticeable.
Just thinking ... maybe they are wondering what kind of truck it is, and are focused on reading the embossed "Maverick" which can be hard to decipher from a distance unless you have the letter inserts.
An interesting article on regen braking and brake lights:
Possible, but I do have the inserts, you can read it from far away.
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But I admit I have been wondering how this is worked. I'm one of those people whose dad basically told me if I touch the brake for any reason other than to stop the vehicle, he would break my legs. So, I will almost always coast to slow down and only use the brake if I am actually stopping or if the person in front of me decides to hit their brakes (which falls under that "stop the vehicle" column). Even going downhill, I will utilize engine breaking and not the friction brakes.
I'm amazed the EVs don't light up when using regen. That said, the one EV I ever drove, I turned 1-pedal off because I have 20+ years of pedals not working like that. With that vehicle, with 1-pedal off, it still used regen at the beginning of the braking curve and I would imagine the touching the brake pedal is enough to trigger the lights.
THIS IS WHY THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN PHASED OUT.
EVERYTIME SOMEONE DOWNSHIFTED, AND THE VEHICLE SLOWED BECAUSE OF THAT ACTION, THE BRAKE LIGHT DIDN'T GO ON AND IT CAUSED PEOPLE TO REAR END THAT VEHICLE!!!
This is why you don’t see any vehicles on the road from the 1960’s, 70’s, 80’s and so on. They all got totaled because the brake lights didn’t automatically go on when the vehicle slowed down due to anything other than using the brake pedal.
Same idea about not having amber turn signals. Without them, cars just get rear ended because it is beyond human comprehension to understand that a flashing red signal on one side of a vehicle means that they are TURNING that direction.
How’s that for convoluted logic?
EVERYTIME SOMEONE DOWNSHIFTED, AND THE VEHICLE SLOWED BECAUSE OF THAT ACTION, THE BRAKE LIGHT DIDN'T GO ON AND IT CAUSED PEOPLE TO REAR END THAT VEHICLE!!!
This is why you don’t see any vehicles on the road from the 1960’s, 70’s, 80’s and so on. They all got totaled because the brake lights didn’t automatically go on when the vehicle slowed down due to anything other than using the brake pedal.
Same idea about not having amber turn signals. Without them, cars just get rear ended because it is beyond human comprehension to understand that a flashing red signal on one side of a vehicle means that they are TURNING that direction.
How’s that for convoluted logic?
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I used to drive a 2.3L Ranger -- and old 2010. It was one of the slowest cars I've ever owned, and the previous owner put caution / construction tape on the back of the tailgate. I'm not sure if it was the tape that did it, but nobody hassled me for going slow, they just tried to get around me. Might be worth trying.
What problem was solved and what is this picture supposed to show?PROBLEM SOLVED
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They're all too busy staring at some stupid screen, either their phone or the ever-growing number of screens built into cars now.
It's not just Mavericks, rear-end collisions are the number 1 type of car crashes now.
THIS IS WHY THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN PHASED OUT.
EVERYTIME SOMEONE DOWNSHIFTED, AND THE VEHICLE SLOWED BECAUSE OF THAT ACTION, THE BRAKE LIGHT DIDN'T GO ON AND IT CAUSED PEOPLE TO REAR END THAT VEHICLE!!!
This is why you don’t see any vehicles on the road from the 1960’s, 70’s, 80’s and so on. They all got totaled because the brake lights didn’t automatically go on when the vehicle slowed down due to anything other than using the brake pedal.
OSame idea about not having amber turn signals. Without them, cars just get rear ended because it is beyond human comprehension to understand that a flashing red signal on one side of a vehicle means that they are TURNING that direction.
How’s that for convoluted logic?
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WOW. I “get” what you’re saying here! All those T-Bone collisions were before the side marker mandates.
But I wonder why head on collisions still happen.?.?
EVERYTIME SOMEONE DOWNSHIFTED, AND THE VEHICLE SLOWED BECAUSE OF THAT ACTION, THE BRAKE LIGHT DIDN'T GO ON AND IT CAUSED PEOPLE TO REAR END THAT VEHICLE!!!
This is why you don’t see any vehicles on the road from the 1960’s, 70’s, 80’s and so on. They all got totaled because the brake lights didn’t automatically go on when the vehicle slowed down due to anything other than using the brake pedal.
OSame idea about not having amber turn signals. Without them, cars just get rear ended because it is beyond human comprehension to understand that a flashing red signal on one side of a vehicle means that they are TURNING that direction.
How’s that for convoluted logic?
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WOW. I “get” what you’re saying here! All those T-Bone collisions were before the side marker mandates.
But I wonder why head on collisions still happen.?.?
This one seems like it would fit the Mav tailgate nicely.
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Can't hurt to add extra bright lights. More noticeable especially amber turning lights.
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