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      05-17-2018, 03:59 PM   #1
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GM reverse light illumination when doors unlocked

It seems like GM is putting this feature on all of their models. Not being a patron of their brand, I thought it would never affect me as a driver. I was wrong. I see it time and time again in a parking lot where I'm waiting for the car/suv with their reverse light on and I wait and nope, they're not moving.

There's a reddit thread on this matter:

https://www.reddit.com/r/cars/commen...e_lights_when/

I thought it'd be pretty one-sided but it isn't. Some people actually like the feature, which can be turned on/off. Unreal. No one cares about their fellow driver's time and the confusion it can create. Never cared for the brand after seeing my dad go through so much trouble with 2 Cadillacs, but now I loathe them even more.

Wonder what BMW drivers think of all this. Do you own the offending vehicles and like this feature?
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Depending on your perspective, it’s either annoying as heck or a great safety feature that lights the way (and lets other drivers more easily see) the vehicle’s passengers (especially kids).
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GM is a joke so I'm not surprised they put a stupid feature like this.

Source: grew up in a GM family, parents wised up one day, escaped for greener pastures, and profited.
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They have done this since 2007.5
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Like anything there is good and bad.

The bad here is that we are going to be trained to ignore reverse lights, most people don't pay any attention to them anyway, or treat them like a yellow light and speed up when they see them, so maybe no loss...
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Like anything there is good and bad.

The bad here is that we are going to be trained to ignore reverse lights, most people don't pay any attention to them anyway, or treat them like a yellow light and speed up when they see them, so maybe no loss...
Yeah, there's an endless fleet of Suburban/Denali/Escalades at my kid's daycare. I ignore their reverse lights and just back up first. Terrible design.
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I feel like the light should have one and only one purpose. Light goes on - "I'm backing up so watch out!". Light off - I'm not moving, you can safely pass me. Can't believe it's been around that long. There's a lot of confusion/distractions out on the road and in the parking lots AS IS. This just adds to it. And if it's such a great feature, why aren't the other makers following suit? I'd disable it if it came with my BMW.
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I hate this so much
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I hate this so much
it bothers me so much that i posted about it. glad to know i'm not alone...
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Learned something new and now I know how ridiculous this is.
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My old GTI used to just leave the headlights and taillights on for 30s after turning off the car and that provided ample light for safety.

The reverse light thing that GM does is stupid. The tail lights give out enough light.
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I'm surprised the Feds even allowed this to hit the market. As others have indicated, this is a crash waiting to happen. I'm surprised there hasn't been a rash of wrecks because of this. And I'm waiting for a wreck to result from this feature and the lawsuits against GM because of it.
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I can't see any perspective where it's a great safety feature. When my kids were smaller and we were walking out of parking lots (always along a line of cars and never in the middle of the lane), if the reverse lights came on, I would grab their hand(s), stop and wait as the driver backed out (no cars had the wide angle reverse cameras with side proximity like most do today).

If you need the reverse lights to show other drivers where your kids are that just got out of the vehicle (as mentioned above), maybe you should teach your children how to safely walk in a parking lot.

I'm surprised it's been around this long, I've never noticed it. Probably assumed a GM driver was sitting there in Reverse.
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