Lane change feature on the 05.

Some say humanity will kill ourselves off with nuclear war. Others say we'll bring about our demise through overpopulation, depletion of resources and/or pollution. It's clear from posts like the above that none of these predictions is correct; we'll simply become too lazy to breathe and eat.

And others may just moan and groan and complain themselves into extinction.

(is this my reincarnated mother in here going by an alias?)

============

Yeah, that's a great idea, isn't it?

You're probably incapable of remembering, but you're supposed to give a little more notice of your intent to change lanes than 3 blinks of your signal.

I suppose I should be overcome with gratitude that you signal at all though.

What - 3 blinks isin't enough?

What do you want - 5 minutes of blinking? It that how long it takes for someone to process visual information like that?

Did I say that???

Think before you speak and look AND SIGNAL before you change lanes.

I am sorry, I guess I asked the wrong group!!! Bob Hewitt

Yep, you are.

Sorry, I mean.

While we are on the topic why does the new 300 turn off the daytime light on the side you signal with? It doesn't look right.

Steve

Had a similar feature on a hired car the other week.

Didn't like it one bit (maybe because I wasn't used to it).

That doesn't answer your question, in keeping with all the other posts so far...

:-) DAS

For direct contact replace nospam with schmetterling

Maybe to give the turn signal some visual contrast?

This is because DC chose the least-effective, highest-glare DRL implementation for their current models: they reduce voltage to the high beam headlamps. The straight-ahead glare is so high it would interfere with other drivers' ability to see the turn signal, but if they reduced the straight-ahead intensity any, the horizontal angles of visibility of the DRLs would be even narrower than it already is and they wouldn't comply with the law. The only way to comply with the law with crummy DRLs like this is to turn one off when that side's turn signal is on.

They should've used separate dedicated DRLs or, since they're famously averse to doing lighting correctly, turn signal DRLs.

Steve, I just checked our 300 and it does not do what you say. Must be assembled for US only where we do not have that restriction. Bob

The US DRL law is the same as the Canadian one, except that in the US DRLs aren't required. 300s don't come with DRLs enabled in the US unless they're specially ordered that way. If they are specially ordered that way, they behave as Steve described.

Huh? You clear the lane before you start to signal. (In the UK for example, signalling before clearing the lane via the mirror fails the driving test). Three blinks, which might take about 5-6 seconds is plenty adequate warning of a lane change.

Hopefully, you're not clearing the lane by running other drivers off the road.

Just a guess, but is that Brit-speak for making sure the lane is clear first?

You mean you always decide to change lanes with only 5-6 seconds forethought?

There are cases where that's okay and even necessary to avoid something, but if all your lane changes are that abrupt, I suspect you're not a very safe driver.

On 05/29/05 06:41 pm Regina Proulx tossed the following ingredients into the ever-growing pot of cybersoup:

Merely looking in the mirror is often not enough. What about blind spots? Looking over one's shoulder is essential.

And what happens if you get stuck in a lane where you don't want to be (e.g., from which you can't reach the exit)? You can't signal as a "Please, please drop back so I can move over" message?

Perce

Can anyone answer the question??

Is there a possibility that this feature could be added to our new 300 AWD vehicle? Is this a complicated installation or just add a special relay? =A0 Bob

Post it a fourth time! Post it again!