Blinker noise too loud

[Superg0]

10 pages on a loud blinker..smh

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[MakinDoForNow]

Come on folks, you really haven't thought this out well. THINK, folks! THINK!

You're driving along with a truckload of friends after a pleasant dinner out. You suddenly have this urge to cut a loud drumrolling gastronomical expulsion. To avoid embarrassment especially if one of the friends is a chick you're trying to impress you have the best light bulb moment of your truck. Its the ultimate distraction! BLINKY! Give it a try....you'll thank Ford later....

Boom-Clickity-Boom!

 

[Rcrew]

10 pages on a loud blinker..smh

11 and marching like the blinkers are actually powered by Energizer Bunny Batteries!

 

[am_fm_radio]

My blinker much louder than in my Bentley.

 

[SLINGSHOT]

Can't even HEAR the blinker in my Polaris Slingshot.

 

[Meeka]

10 pages on a loud blinker..smh

Ya I know, and most of the collective group gets pissed off at me for going ‘off topic’!

 

[Eggflipper]

Yeah, the thread went off topic a while ago.

 

[MakinDoForNow]

Can't even HEAR the blinker in my Polaris Slingshot.

Park it closer to your maverick!

 

[bartflossom]

This thread really drives home the fact that small inexpensive trucks have always been popular with two groups. Youngsters just starting off in life who aren't rolling in the scrilla yet, or like to customize. And older people who just want something simple and utilitarian that won't drain their retirement savings. I have been in both groups.

I bought this exact truck in 1984 and thought I was on top of the world. Topped out at 85. Check out that body roll. Lol.

 

[Gonzo chris]

How annoying to have driving responsibilities intrude on a phone call!

Why are you on your phone while you are driving?

I assume because he's American? I admit I have hands free phone calls occasionally but I never do anything hand held while driving.

 

[Gonzo chris]

When I retire from reality, I'll let you know.

Don't you know every guy out here heats their house by chopping their own wood and they hunt for all their sustenance?

 

[Gonzo chris]

Very different types of distraction, and the distraction of talking on the phone while driving can be avoided easily.

Sometimes, I drive a truck at work and we're pretty much expected to answer the work phone. Is talk radio distracting? I imagine for some of the angry old guys it is. Don't get me wrong I get very annoyed when I see someone driving and texting or looking at their phone but hands free ( I know the conversation is distracting but I talk to myself anyway....) is a bit different

 

[Blue_Max]

https://www.zurichna.com/knowledge/...ers-of-using-hands-free-devices-while-driving

Excerpt:

The National Safety Council (NSC) published a report more than a decade ago with findings culled from a range of respected researchers that should alarm anyone still using hands-free devices while driving. They include:

• Drivers using hands-free and handheld cellphones fail to see up to 50 percent of the information in their driving environment. This is known as “inattention blindness” and causes drivers to miss exits and run through red lights and stop signs.
• Drivers using cellphones (again handheld or hands-free) had slower reaction times than drivers impaired by alcohol at a .08 blood alcohol concentration, the legal intoxication limit in most states.5
• Listening to the other person during a cellphone conversation decreased activity in an area of the brain associated with driving by 37 percent.

Considering “inattention blindness” more deeply, imagine some of the information that might fall out of the 50 percent of information your brain is processing: a change in speed limit, an accident on the side of an icy road or a child darting out unexpectedly into the path of your vehicle.

In 2020, the NSC reinforced its message in even stronger words in a report advocating for the ban of cellphone and interactive technology use by drivers. “Hands-free devices and voice command systems are not safer,” the report declared, explaining these systems, like their handheld counterparts, “create a cognitive distraction as the driver mentally engages with interactive tasks.”

 

[Gonzo chris]

You might say that, but studies indicate otherwise. A passenger in the vehicle also notices what's going on around the vehicle, and will shut up when things get dicey or alert you to hazards. Someone on the other end of a phone call cannot do those things.

So I can talk on the phone while driving hands-free as long as I have a passenger to yell when a moose runs in front of the car?

 

[Blue_Max]

So I can talk on the phone while driving hands-free as long as I have a passenger to yell when a moose runs in front of the car?

You're gonna do what you're gonna do. Check out the link to the article I posted above.

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