oh and this applies with PWM used to drive LEDs too. No, seeing some meme based on misinterpreted flicker fusion data doesn’t mean you can drive LEDs at absurdly low rates, especially if there’s any relative motion between the LED and the observers
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Err, it is. Flicker attracts attention, it doesn’t black out objects at that speed. For most lighting and displays you don’t want to trigger motion sensation, but indicators are fine with that outcome.
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we’re talking about flickering at PWM frequency (not meant to be visible, is above 60Hz, but nevertheless becomes visible due to phantom array effects / incomplete saccadic masking), not the intended-to-be-visible (~10 Hz) on-and-off blinking. blinking is fine, visible PWM is not
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But it’s irrelevant to some applications; indicators being one of them. So taillights are not something it’s an important factor. Driving is not supposed to be comforting or non-fatiguing. It’s about being safe. Not everyone can or should drive.
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Gotta induce seizures in everyone, that'll improve safety in driving.
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I’d love to see evidence of more than a one in a million chance of that first, pls. Visibility saves far more lives than are being suggested are being affected by this.
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"evidence of more than a one in a million chance" I thought this was unsubstantiated claims to safety hour. You're proposing the flicker attracting attention is better than discomfort induced by it when we live in a world where driver discomfort and fatigue are real factors.
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If attracting attention was always preferable then every car would have sirens on at all times and be covered in constantly blinking lights, but obviously it's not because that also disrupts people who have to experience that in their sensorium, not just drivers but pedestrians.
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Yikes. And every car being the same extreme demand for attention raises the threshold for higher priority signals. Noticing a turn signal or brake light or emergency vehicle will be harder if tail lights are all strobing.
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