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  • toddestan@lemmy.worldtoFuck Cars@lemmy.worldThoughts?
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    21 days ago

    I think the pedals are even more hilarious. It’s not like the driver is going to be providing any useful motive power with them, or is going to be able to move that thing with the electronics not operating. At least the helmet has a chance of being useful by preventing the driver’s head from smacking the plexiglass windscreen in an accident.





  • There was actually four different standard designs. You had the rectangular lights which came as either a 4x6" quad configuration, or the larger 5x7"design with one light on each side. Then there was the 5 3/4" round lights which were also a quad configuration, and the 7" round lights with one on each side. Prior to 1975 there was only the round designs and prior to 1958 when the quad 5 3/4" round light configuration were allowed, the only legal headlight was the 7" round design, which itself dated back to 1939.

    The reason for the standardization in 1939 was that similar to today, every car had different designs in different configurations, though the main problem then was finding replacement lights when they inevitably burned out or got damaged.

    The first car with composite headlights (in the US) was actually the Ford Thunderbird, but the Taurus is one everyone noticed.