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		umvi on Nov 3, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: They Might Never Tell You It’s Broken Why can't cars tell their their own lights are burned out? Seems like a simple check of "is the circuit open or closed right now"?

macintux on Nov 3, 2019 | [–]

Some do. No idea why it’s such a widespread problem other than “the government hasn’t forced me to implement this yet.”

parliament32 on Nov 4, 2019 | [–]

Most modern cars will. Like you said, it's not hard to detect.

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