automatic activation of hazard lights

[voyager]

stupid truck no brake lights on PIE this morning.

was in Lane 2 of the PIE towards Changi, just after entrance ramp from BKE.

i was behind this big open-deck truck (not a pickup, bigger than that).

needless to say i couldn't see anything ahead of him.

sardenly i realised that the distance between our two vehicles was closing very very fast.

so i braked hard, (not jam brake), at the same time looking in my rear view mirror.

good calibration of the EBA, the system did not activate (thank God otherwise would have been banged from behind by a blue Jazz).

but to my surprise the automatic activation of the hazards came on. i thought the hazards would only be activated when EBA is activated, so now i know the systems use independent sets of parameters.

i stopped following that stupid truck after that.

if i had been driving new S80, there would have been a big red LED thrown up on the HUD.

if i had been driving new S-class, my brake lamps would have started to flash very fast.

but, no S80, no S-class. good thing the Jazz driver was alert and saw my hazards.

[Adam]

Yup true Ken our car are sometimes very smart.Yesterday I went to Simei Rise and went over a big hump @ 30Km/h just to feel whether the hump is to steep and my ESP activated so that no wheel spin which is very efficient and accurate.I think someother wheel would hv a slight spin.


I wish Citroen brand gets well established in years to come as they make good cars.

[peterlee]

Yup. agree the auto hazard lights are quite useful. 8)

Ya Adam, I'm sure the situation could be better than it is now.
if you see the sales figures, Citroen is just above Skoda by a few cars and *below* Porche!! :-[

Did you guys see Saturday's writeup on cars in the Classifieds? Some small article before the car section... puts C5 as a sedan... ;D

[voyager]

ya i noticed the weekend newspaper writeup too :-P

i think not too surprising that Porsche doing so well :-) Cayenne is their main volume seller :-) i feel sorry for Skoda. it's got good product, but i think the commitment to the Singapore market is sorely lacking. they are still having only the old Octavia to sell, when the present one has been out in Europe for two years already. that's really very bad. at least even Advance doesn't do such nonsense with its customer base.

[lrrp77]

Yup. agree the auto hazard lights are quite useful. 8)

Ya Adam, I'm sure the situation could be better than it is now.
if you see the sales figures, Citroen is just above Skoda by a few cars and *below* Porche!! :-[

Did you guys see Saturday's writeup on cars in the Classifieds? Some small article before the car section... puts C5 as a sedan... ;D


Hi Ken, I am back from my trip ;D

Hey, the ranking means that we are even more exclusive than Porsche!