Nextourer

I heard about the cyclops headlight but I didn't know what it did. Cool.

I guess the Citroën got credit because it was mass produced?

mmarshall

Yes, pretty much. Tucker's car was the first attempt at a number of new automotive technologies and features, but the company never really got off the ground, due to a number of factors that were both in and out of Tucker's control. The 50s-vintage Citroen DS and ID cars, on the other hand, did reach full-producton, and had a number of interesting features that emphasized both comfort and safety.

johnnylt

here are a couple more of cool options you don't see anywhere ,my 76 Fleetwood had, when you applied the brakes there were two little eyes above the back window that lit up , and then the turn signal indicators on the hood that blinked when the turn signal was engaged, and the corning lamps , those were nice , just to name a couple

mmarshall

Basically, what actually happened with the hood-mounted turn signals was a safety-issue. They ended up being relocated to the side-mirror housings that increased their visibility to other drivers on either side of the car.

One thing, though, that I liked about the idea of the hood-mounted indicators. They helped prevent clueless drivers with their heads in the clouds (or that didn't notice the green arrows clicking and flashing on the dash) from aimlessly driving down the road with their turn-signals stuck on....an annoyance to other drivers.

tex2670

I'm not really sure that the 30-year gap between when the hood-mounted indicators were phased out, and the mirror mounted turn signal indicators started being used, can be considered a "relocation". Besides--the old style hood indicators were for the driver to see; the mirror or side marker indicators are for other drivers to see (I can also see the mirror indicators on my BMW, but not on my wife's Mazda).

mmarshall

Yes, when I said relocation, I meant that's where they ultimately ended up. As you note, it was a period of some years.

My0gr81

Agreed, specially when you consider that they are making a comeback:

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2015/...al-indicators/

I don't know where that poster got the information that the were discontinued due to safety issue.

So basically, hood mounted turn signals, not a new idea, just making a comeback, so within topic of this thread, Check
Poster talking about something that has nothing to do with the topic at hand, Check.

mmarshall

I didn't say that mounting them on the hood or discontinuing them was a safety issue. I said putting them on the turn signals was, to an extent, because it makes them more visible to some drivers at certain angles.


Wrong again. The thread topic covers a lot of different auto features....including that one.