I would have thought it illegal in the uk at least. Should be illegal. Modern cars are increasingly using lights as chavvy circus acts. Some are downright distracting, others do not in my opinion perform the job required, e.g. those that have to turn off or dim other lights in a cluster to allow indicators to be seen. Dangerous trend.

Multiplexed lights e.g. rear lights on latest new megabuses, ought to be banned.

Edited by brum on 12/04/2015 at 22:36

That's four against then and someone with a chip on his shoulder :)

Edited by Avant on 13/04/2015 at 21:13

Audis have indicators?

Ahhh, beat me to it!

What I do object to, as another poster alluded to, is the stupid cornering front lights, usually in the place where front fog lights used to be. Utterly pointless, especially when they activate during the day as well.

Well now there i have to disagree, i've not driven a car so fitted (any new ones will have been in transit mode) but my current artic which i've had for 2.5 years does have them, single purpose cornering lights in their own lenses, fog lights have their own lenses alongside.

At first i thought them a bit silly, and as far as i'm aware they only work if the normal headlights are on, but for turning sharply into unlit roads i'm quietly impressed when they illuminate exactly what i'm about to turn into, especially so turning right seeing as the MAN headlight beams are sharply cut off at the bottom right...probably more useful in an artic than a car as you have to exaggerate tight turns to allow for the trailer cutting the corner, so effectively going further forward than you otherwise would and making a sharp last minute turn.

Going back to Audi lights in general, and they are by no means alone in this, they go from the sublime to the ridiculous, some VW/Audi models had silly little indicators that you struggled to see in the best light (or dark), and now some makes and models have rear and brake lights that could sear your retinas....not forgetting increasingly silly front fairy lights.