Drive mode indicators While finishing our Lincoln dashboard symbols page update, we find ourselves yet again adding to already swollen drive mode pages with three brand new symbols. The two pages now hold over 90 symbols between them. And of course, there already existed symbols that could have been used! Here is a Deep Snow …
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Black and white and gray scale indicators gets its page
Gray scale indicators Some time ago, we made a table to account for the growing number of black and white and gray scale indicators. However, we neglected to create a page for them. That oversight has now been corrected. Symbols seen in black and white and gray scale are principally the result of advanced driver …
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We were wrong — somewhat — on the Lincoln owner’s manual fail
Lincoln owner’s manual fail So we reported a few days ago that we had run into another owner’s manual fail, this time from Lincoln. In this case we stated that the company had left out a list of indicators found on the Corsair instrument panel completely. We were wrong. We found the list backed up …
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A completely unneeded symbol expands the auto headlamps page
Auto headlamps We added a new symbol to our auto headlamps page, courtesy of Lincoln. A completely unnecessary move of the letter A to outside the representation of the lamp! The page now holds 14 very, very similar images, all of which represent a system that turns the high beams on and off by sensing …
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A word on tire pressure and tire pressure gauges
Tire pressure So its that time again. Time when the weather cools and your tire pressure drops, as directed by nature, and you’ll soon see the Tire Pressure Monitor System (TPMS) light. The one that looks too much like a horseshoe. And mine did as well. So off I went to the gas station to …
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Yet another owner’s manual fail — from Lincoln — and its exactly the same one!
Lincoln owner’s manual fail Indeed, we’ve found another owner’s manual fail. Over the last few months ago we reported on the discovery that Mazda and then Kia had left instrument panel indicators out of the list found in the owner’s manual. Now we find that Lincoln has not only has done the same thing, with …
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Surprise? FHWA finds roundabouts greatly reduce accidents
Roundabouts The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), under the umbrella of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), has released a study that finds that roundabouts, or traffic circles, can reduce fatal and serious injury crashes. By a lot. Specifically, converting a traditional signalized intersection to a roundabout, the reduction can be as high as 78% and …
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