Is anyone besides me bummed that the rear turn signals are red and not amber?

I personally feel the amber turn signals look better and are much more noticeable.

I loved the nice bright Amber turn signals on the GD3.

 

I would never have thought of it, so, no.

 

It is a tendency on most new cars.

 

why would you want to ruin it with amber signals? looks much cleaner the way it is.

 

I have to agree with the OP. The amber turn signals are much easier for others to see. I was relieved when I noticed my GE had amber signals at the rear. It's so annoying to be behind a car with red turn signals. It makes no logical sense to make the turn signals the same color as brake lights. It's like a Christmas tree going off when someone is turning while tapping the brakes at the same time. WTH?

 

Red turn signals are a North American Standard. Amber ones are uses in other countries. We modified our rules to allow amber in the US and Canada. You can argue which are better, but in the end it is Honda trying to Americanize their new vehicle.

I have no idea what the Mexican standard is where these are being made.

 

I also think red signal is way more dangerous. Some drivers may not realize the flashing red means someone is preparing to turn.... let's say it's dark and raining... and they may take it for tail lights or distant vehicles. Orange would not have this problem.

 

Bright or flashing red should mean slow down. Whether the car in front is braking or turning, you need to slow down. Personally I prefer amber, but a blinking red light certainly indicates a need to pay attention.

 

I also think the red turn signals look horrible and give no contrast to the rear end. Ill be swapping to the jdm hybrid LED tails as soon as I can.

 

I'm with you on this. Those JDM hybrid tails look so good!

 

Why would they do so..

I hate seeing red turning signal it is so unclear

 

Mexican standard tends to be whatever the manufacturers are making! Back in the days of sealed beam headlights Mexican Dodges had sealed beams but Renaults had H4 Halogens.

US cars had red turn signals because that way they only needed a single dual filament bulb on each side. One filament was the tail light, the other did double duty as brake and turn signal.

This doesn't go with the Fit, since the US version still has separate brake (LED) and turn signal (incandescent) lights.

I wouldn't mind having red turn signals if they were LED, since high intensity LEDs are cheaper in red. Unfortunately, the bean counters decided to have only the brake and tail lights be LED. They could even have combined the brake and tail function as US cars do. I doubt, however, that Honda would change the circuitry for the US unless it is mandated. The red turn signal lenses are likely a few cents cheaper than amber.

 

Yellow > red for me. Yellow turn signals are what cars are "supposed" to have for my liking.

 

actually amber or yellow turn signal are more visible and it is more classie then plain red , that is my opinion...

 

You can put LED bulbs in it. I did. I converted every bulb in the car to LED, headlights, tail lights, plate, back-up, interior, cargo, etc.

 

'It makes no logical sense to make the turn signals the same color as brake lights.'
But aren't the running lights red rather than green, for 'go'?

 

Seriously, some of you need to get a life if you're worrying that much about turn signal color.

OTOH, Being an old school American, I prefer red rear turn signals. I even converted the turn signals on my Harley to red.

 

Stress. Worrying about what's behind you!

 

Yes it does, it's just that you lack logic.

Amber is front, red is rear.

 

The main reason it makes sense (especially for car makers) is that you can use the same bulb/filament, reflector, and lens for the stop lights and the turn signals, which reduces the cost of making the car a little bit.

I much prefer amber turn signals all around.