Car Design for Road Safety

For the last twelve months or more there is something that has been bothering me about new cars. It really came to me in a very real way yesterday morning as I travelled to Dublin. The problem is the position and colour of Indicator signals on modern cars.
It is possibly a style problem,or maybe a cost problem that manufacturers are placing their indicators in the same assembly as the headlights. This makes it impossible to see the indicators working when the lights are on. This also applies in the day time when the vehicle has dipped lights on.
This is now becoming a problem at the rear as well. Some cars have their indicators in the middle of the brake lights. All of this looks lovely of course, but not at all practical and definately not safe. Another gripe I have is the placing of the side indicators in the wing mirrors. I think that the people in charge of granting Type Approval to vehicles should take a closer look at how cosmetic changes are affecting road safety.
Maybe I am alone in my thinking but I would like to hear from anyone else who thinks the same. I intend to do a survey of cars that I feel are posing a safety risk.
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