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Choreboy > wrote in
: > Larry Scholnick wrote: >> >> Has anyone developed a successful strategy for dealing with those who >> drive for miles with their turn signals flashing (other than just >> ignoring them)? > > It used to happen to me. I'd set my left signal to take a left fork. > The turn wasn't enough to cancel the signal. On a sunny day I > wouldn't see the flash on the dashboard. With the windows down a > little, I wouldn't hear the tick. > > I found a beeper in my electronics junk box and installed it between > the two outputs of the flasher, by the steering column. The beeper > drains through the signal lights on the unused side, but the current > isn't enough to make them glow. I've impressed many passengers with > my beeping. > > Sincerely, > Choreboy The blinker relay in my 2000 Neon must be fairly robust. Not only does it make a fairly audible click when operating, I can actually feel the click in my hands through the steering wheel. In all the crappy old cars I used to drive, one of the first things to die is the auto-cancel on the turn-signal switch, so I've long since gotten used to having to turn off the blinker manually, whether I'm doing a 180 or just changing lanes. I even do this in my current car, where everything's new enough it actually still functions as it did when it left the lot... -- Bob |
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Scott en Aztlán a écrit :
> On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 12:25:03 -0500, Max > wrote: > > >>Larry Scholnick a écrit : >> >>>Has anyone developed a successful strategy for dealing with those who drive for miles with their >>>turn signals flashing (other than just ignoring them)? >> >>Most GM cars will go "bing-bong" if it's been on for more than 1 mile >>(or 1.5?) > > > My Toyota pickup truck will turn off the headlights if I shut off the > car and forget to turn them off. Why can't they invent a turn signal > that will turn itself off after 1 mile? > Because maybe there is a really long turn and I need to flash for a mile?! -- ---------------------- http://www.saab-900.tk The Saab Tech Resource ---------------------- |
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Scott en Aztlán a écrit :
> On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 12:25:03 -0500, Max > wrote: > > >>Larry Scholnick a écrit : >> >>>Has anyone developed a successful strategy for dealing with those who drive for miles with their >>>turn signals flashing (other than just ignoring them)? >> >>Most GM cars will go "bing-bong" if it's been on for more than 1 mile >>(or 1.5?) > > > My Toyota pickup truck will turn off the headlights if I shut off the > car and forget to turn them off. Why can't they invent a turn signal > that will turn itself off after 1 mile? > Because maybe there is a really long turn and I need to flash for a mile?! -- ---------------------- http://www.saab-900.tk The Saab Tech Resource ---------------------- |
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Scott en Aztlán a écrit :
> On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 12:25:03 -0500, Max > wrote: > > >>Larry Scholnick a écrit : >> >>>Has anyone developed a successful strategy for dealing with those who drive for miles with their >>>turn signals flashing (other than just ignoring them)? >> >>Most GM cars will go "bing-bong" if it's been on for more than 1 mile >>(or 1.5?) > > > My Toyota pickup truck will turn off the headlights if I shut off the > car and forget to turn them off. Why can't they invent a turn signal > that will turn itself off after 1 mile? > Because maybe there is a really long turn and I need to flash for a mile?! -- ---------------------- http://www.saab-900.tk The Saab Tech Resource ---------------------- |
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Scott en Aztlán a écrit :
> On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 12:25:03 -0500, Max > wrote: > > >>Larry Scholnick a écrit : >> >>>Has anyone developed a successful strategy for dealing with those who drive for miles with their >>>turn signals flashing (other than just ignoring them)? >> >>Most GM cars will go "bing-bong" if it's been on for more than 1 mile >>(or 1.5?) > > > My Toyota pickup truck will turn off the headlights if I shut off the > car and forget to turn them off. Why can't they invent a turn signal > that will turn itself off after 1 mile? > Because maybe there is a really long turn and I need to flash for a mile?! -- ---------------------- http://www.saab-900.tk The Saab Tech Resource ---------------------- |
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they did, BMW now has a four position turn signal, first setting in
each direction blinks five times and the second is the standard turnsignal. |
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they did, BMW now has a four position turn signal, first setting in
each direction blinks five times and the second is the standard turnsignal. |
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ya, you can pull the magnatron out of a really strong old microwave.
mount it on the front bumper of your car behind the grill. put a grounded shield behind it and then connect it to a power inverter that converts to 120 or 240 depending on how effective you want it. then put in a switch to turn it off and on. just fyi, when you turn it on you may want to get ready to go around them. |
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ya, you can pull the magnatron out of a really strong old microwave.
mount it on the front bumper of your car behind the grill. put a grounded shield behind it and then connect it to a power inverter that converts to 120 or 240 depending on how effective you want it. then put in a switch to turn it off and on. just fyi, when you turn it on you may want to get ready to go around them. |
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On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 13:24:50 -0500, Max > wrote:
>Scott en Aztlán a écrit : >> On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 12:25:03 -0500, Max > wrote: >> >> >>>Larry Scholnick a écrit : >>> >>>>Has anyone developed a successful strategy for dealing with those who drive for miles with their >>>>turn signals flashing (other than just ignoring them)? >>> >>>Most GM cars will go "bing-bong" if it's been on for more than 1 mile >>>(or 1.5?) >> >> >> My Toyota pickup truck will turn off the headlights if I shut off the >> car and forget to turn them off. Why can't they invent a turn signal >> that will turn itself off after 1 mile? >> > My '91 Chrysler Le Baron would turn itself off after a while - I don't recall if it was time or distance based. >Because maybe there is a really long turn and I need to flash for a mile?! I realized it would turn itself off while exitting a freeway once - the exit ramp was very long (it included an overpass), and I would be merging to the right as soon as I hit the feeder, so I wanted to just leave it on. |
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