• arc@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    The new Tesla Model 3 should be banned from the whole of Europe until they put the indicator stalk back. It is virtually impossible to safely and legally traverse a roundabout without it.

    • AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works
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      11 months ago

      When I drive roundabouts I keep my hands on the wheel in the same spots so in relation to my thumb, the turn signals are in the same spot?

      I think if the wheel wasn’t a yoke shape, it’d be different because I might just put one hand on top, but in this case it works OK.

    • Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca
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      11 months ago

      How do people indicate without it? Is the car supposed to automatically turn it on once it senses you leaving the lane?

      • arc@lemm.ee
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        11 months ago

        It has little buttons on the wheel for left or right instead of a stalk. Problem is when you’re going through a roundabout you’re twirling the wheel around so it is almost impossible to to know where the wheel is at any given point in time. A stalk stays put, the buttons are anywhere depending on where the wheel is at. I think this video demonstrates it most clearly - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBFxbKTEWu8

      • jasondj@ttrpg.network
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        11 months ago

        What the fuck is the point of an indicator after you’d already started the action. That light ain’t indicating any more about the driver than the fact that they bought a Tesla, and you can’t judge the driver too much for that without knowing what year it is.