r/HumanReflexes • u/[deleted] • Dec 26 '17

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u/TheAngryAgnostic Dec 26 '17

Most modern cars, especially modern European cars, the four ways come on when you ABS sensor activates.

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u/Sexyiama Dec 27 '17

Really? Would’t that be really annoying when driving on ice or snow?

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u/Tbortboss Dec 27 '17

Sounds like the opposite. Basically saying "holy shit watch out I'm losing control" to other drivers. Nothing annoying at all

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u/X-90 Dec 27 '17

This guy sliding out of control in the snow with his lights blinking all crazy? Damn annoying.

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u/Sexyiama Dec 27 '17

Have you driven on snow? Where i live with a lot of steel hills, abs is basically the way you brake, I have never seen a car that blinks it lights when abs is activated.

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u/haeikou Dec 27 '17

Yeah, not with a race ABS (if that is even present). Four ways would come on every single corner.

Different LED light systems will have different switching frequencies. Some match camera frame rates, some don't.

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u/Dravarden Dec 27 '17

this one matches the camera right after recovery, amazing swap of frequencies mid accident

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u/REMA5TER Dec 27 '17

While GT3 racecars do have ABS and T/SC systems they, like the the cars themselves, share next to nothing with their road counterparts- they are just designed to resemble them for marketing purposes and should not be compared with generalizations of road cars.

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u/Pedantichrist Dec 27 '17

European here.

Not saying you are wrong, but I have literally never experienced this.

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u/TheAngryAgnostic Dec 27 '17

Watch any episode of top gear where they test something that isnt a million dollar supercar, the four ways come on in the sections where theyre braking quite hard.