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Re:The Porsche Macan EV Is Being Recalled Because Its Headli... by mitjam on Tuesday December 03, 2024 @05:59PM (#42312605)
High beams are becoming some kind of weapon here in the EU. You have red spots and lines for some time when you happen to encounter a Porsche SUV heading your way angrily flashing at the one in front of them. What‘s next? Lasers? They are just too powerful.
Re:The Porsche Macan EV Is Being Recalled Because Its Headli... by cmiller1 on Tuesday December 03, 2024 @06:33PM (#42312907)
Re:The Porsche Macan EV Is Being Recalled Because Its Headli... by jabba_d_hut on Tuesday December 03, 2024 @06:59PM (#42313085)
BMW has been using them in their higher end cars for many years now.
Re:The Porsche Macan EV Is Being Recalled Because Its Headli... by lifestyleguru on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @02:10AM (#42315127)
Asserting their asshole reputation with the latest tech.
Re:The Porsche Macan EV Is Being Recalled Because Its Headli... by relaxing on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @07:40AM (#42316861)
Not quite. Despite the branding they’re using SLDs (Super Luminescent Diode). Sits between diode lasers and LEDs in terms of power, coherence, and bandwidth.

Still obnoxious to use on the road.

Re:The Porsche Macan EV Is Being Recalled Because Its Headli... by Ylpertnodi on Tuesday December 03, 2024 @06:13PM (#42312741)
EU? Switzerland being the worst!

Related:

1) indicators ( eu flashing yellow ones) are getting smaller: ok at night, but during the day...very hard to see. I prefer the US red brake/ blinker to these tiny mf's.

*2 Animated (EU only?) yellow indicators. The transition between each segment (usually five?) is always too slow, and very distracting. I prefer the US, and very terrible, blinky-brake lights to these disco-on-xanax horrors.

3. Why can’t there be a sign for 'zippering' where traffic merges?

4 - Why can’t people just zipper-in anyway?

Re:The Porsche Macan EV Is Being Recalled Because Its Headli... by Wonkey on Tuesday December 03, 2024 @07:29PM (#42313300)
Regarding point 3. Different countries we have slightly different signs and road markings but signs for merging is a thing. Example from Denmark: https://koerekort--guiden-dk.translate.goog/sammenfletning/?...
Re:The Porsche Macan EV Is Being Recalled Because Its Headli... by trinix912 on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @03:22AM (#42315506)
> Why can’t people just zipper-in anyway?

Because people still think they're somehow going to arrive 30min faster by not merging one-by-one, ignoring the fact that by not letting others in they're actively slowing all other traffic down. Then have all other nervous drivers looking for the first opportunity to cut someone off because they're not going to be able to merge otherwise and you end up with all those crashes near the ends of merge lanes. It's a driving culture issue, varies by country.

Re:The Porsche Macan EV Is Being Recalled Because Its Headli... by rlv-dan on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @03:32AM (#42315573)
> Animated yellow indicators [are] very distracting

Completely agree. If I buy a new car, I will ask if it is possible to turn these off out of respect for other drivers!

Re:The Porsche Macan EV Is Being Recalled Because Its Headli... by ppp999 on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @09:03AM (#42317508)
I thought they already used lasers