back up lights...amber?

[SAV912]

Originally Posted by matthewai

i mean i feel like if you cant tell if a car is moving forward or backwards then you prob shouldnt be driving in the first place just cause they are amber shouldnt make people react like "oh my god what is this person doing why are those lights yellow" ahhah i like it

The difference being that the general public is stupid. Like was said, people have been trained since the advent of reverse lights to look for white lights to indicate a reversing vehicle.

This is a big if, but say you back into somebody. They "didn't see you" because your reverse lights are not the color they're suppose to be. That automatically raises an eyebrow on the officer writing the report, and that report will then get sent to insurance, which will then investigate why you have such an awkward mod on your car and possibly refuse to fix it, etc etc...it just seems like it has potential to become a bigger headache than necessary. Especially on a car that already has amber turnsignals.

I'm not sure about you either, but I back up at least two times every single day. When I park the car at work, when I park the car in the driveway and this doesn't include any other trips I make while out. It adds up dude. All for the sake of a mod you yourself can't even see unless somebody else is driving your car everywhere. Backwards. This is like the guy who was all knowitall about his green turnsignals a few months back.

Alas, like was said. Your car, do what you want. It just seems ill-advised.

-C