# What was up with the lights on this truck? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 1, 2025, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-up-with-the-lights-on-this-truck/1025277 "2025-12-01T01:59:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2025, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-up-with-the-lights-on-this-truck/1025277/121 "2025-12-08T17:40:05Z")
MD, ME; who the hell cares? Hard to tell 'em apart. Does MN or MT have moose? Probably a few. Fewer yet in MA or MO. I think. But MB and MI are lousy with the darn things. MS on the other hand? None to be found. 😉 Someone more clever than I could come up with an earworm toddler song easily as dangerous as Baby Shark with a start like this. _Where are all the Moose?_ by the SDMB Players. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2025, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-up-with-the-lights-on-this-truck/1025277/122 "2025-12-08T20:20:31Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > Moose sure seem a lot more dangerous to hit. Just you are a lot, lot less likely to hit one. They are, however, surpassed by elephants ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2025, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-up-with-the-lights-on-this-truck/1025277/123 "2025-12-08T20:38:06Z")
I dunno, I’ve never seen elephant crossing signs in ME…or MI, or MO, or… 🤪 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2025, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-up-with-the-lights-on-this-truck/1025277/124 "2025-12-08T23:04:37Z")
**Groucho Marx** : What’s that elephant doing in my pajamas? ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2025, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-up-with-the-lights-on-this-truck/1025277/125 "2025-12-08T23:08:35Z")
> [@Al128](#): > > … helps me come home healthy at night … (pic of electric scooters vastly improving their visibility) I was thinking about aftermarket lighting at a stoplight and remembered the scooter lights and how they’re standard equipment on even lowend models now. BUT, I’ve also heard that the lights are disabled in Europe, like mentioned here. > If you’ve got the Max G3E version (or G3D) then no they don’t work and officially probably never will (due to the odd EU country banning this, it’s a blanket ban on these versions From [Reddit - The heart of the internet](https://www.reddit.com/r/NinebotMAX/comments/1kfi1h9/underglow_lights_in_austria/) I guess it’s because the lights are multicolored and they don’t love freedom over there. ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-up-with-the-lights-on-this-truck/1025277/126 "2025-12-09T00:44:46Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > **Groucho Marx** : What’s that elephant doing in my pajamas? not reading books … ??? ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-up-with-the-lights-on-this-truck/1025277/127 "2025-12-09T00:48:22Z")
I think the “disco lights” on the scooters are often disabled b/c many scooters are (powerwise (250w/25km/h)) illegal, and people like to move stealth-y on their borderline (or not) legal scooters. No need to yell “ **look, e-scooter here** ” to the law … 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-up-with-the-lights-on-this-truck/1025277/128 "2025-12-09T00:56:58Z")
FWIW, in Chicago (where I live and I have an e-scooter) lights are required by law if you ride them at night. Both a front facing headlight and at least a reflector in the back (or some kind of lighting). And these lights need to meet some minimum level of visibility. In my case my scooter can light-up like a disco if I want to (I keep it normal but it is very well lit as these things go) so I am fine riding at night. Of course, laws about this likely vary across the country. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-up-with-the-lights-on-this-truck/1025277/129 "2025-12-09T01:10:19Z")
If you’re suggesting I misquoted that famous bit … I probably did. I was on my phone and not really willing to research it. ---
**Author:** ![Rangerdanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/67e7ee/32.png) [@Rangerdanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rangerdanger)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-up-with-the-lights-on-this-truck/1025277/130 "2025-12-09T02:02:15Z")
Perhaps we should study the efficacy of those underglow lights on moose reducing the collision and death rate. Then with a follow up study of lighted antlers on deer and elk might give us some really cool regulations. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-up-with-the-lights-on-this-truck/1025277/131 "2025-12-09T02:05:52Z")
We all know the phrase, “A deer in headlights” as the deer freezes in place when dazzled by headlights and then the driver hits the deer which froze in place and didn’t move out of the way. I can only assume underglow makes them even MORE mesmerized! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-up-with-the-lights-on-this-truck/1025277/132 "2025-12-09T02:13:52Z")
No, it was a poorly understood take on : Outside of a man, a dog is a man’s best friend… inside of the dog it’s too dark to read ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-up-with-the-lights-on-this-truck/1025277/133 "2025-12-09T02:45:09Z")
It may be more spacious inside of a moose, but it’s still too dark to read. 😉 I just recalled the rest of the elephant bit: > The other day I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How an elephant got in my pajamas I have no idea. Which elephant ref I posted in response to @Spiderman’s comment about not seeing elephant crossing signs in ME, MI, or MO. Eenie was left to the imagination. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-up-with-the-lights-on-this-truck/1025277/134 "2025-12-09T08:03:45Z")
Speaking of Christmas, last night I saw a car here in Chicago completely decked out in Christmas lights that changed color. Like the entire car body. I think it was a Mustang. That’s one I had never seen before. ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-up-with-the-lights-on-this-truck/1025277/135 "2025-12-09T09:59:56Z")
Mustangs tend to be faster than moose, elephant or Groucho Marx, also ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-up-with-the-lights-on-this-truck/1025277/136 "2025-12-09T13:16:50Z")
Last night I encountered two golf cars traveling together that were all festooned with Xmas lights and tinsel ropes. _Tres_ festive. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-up-with-the-lights-on-this-truck/1025277/137 "2025-12-09T14:26:01Z")
> [@Al128](#): > > Mustangs tend to be faster than moose, elephant or Groucho Marx, also What if Groucho Marx saddles the mustang & rides it? What if Groucho Marx is a zombie who saddles the mustang & rides it? 😲 ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-up-with-the-lights-on-this-truck/1025277/138 "2025-12-09T14:31:13Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > I’ve never seen elephant crossing signs in ME…or MI, or MO, or… MU. MU is next in the series. And sometimes MY. > [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > I can only assume underglow makes them even MORE mesmerized! The deer is standing there thinking “I need to get me an underglow kit! I wonder if Fleet Farm has them?” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-up-with-the-lights-on-this-truck/1025277/139 "2025-12-09T16:19:12Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > We all know the phrase, “A deer in headlights” as the deer freezes in place when dazzled by headlights and then the driver hits the deer which froze in place and didn’t move out of the way. > > I can only assume underglow makes them even MORE mesmerized! Actually this works in your favor. Normal headlights, as you note, will freeze a deer in place. But the additional underglow lights produce an even more extreme reaction and cause the deer to be displaced in time. The deer will pop out of existence at the location of the vehicle and then reappear several minutes later. Scientists have been documenting this behavior and theorize it is a symbiotic adaptation that has evolved between deer and pickup trucks to allow them to both exist in the same environment without causing each other damage. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-up-with-the-lights-on-this-truck/1025277/140 "2025-12-09T16:23:52Z")
Ah, yes, the quantum deer effect. For a long time hunters have been noting that when missing a perfect shot. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-up-with-the-lights-on-this-truck/1025277.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-up-with-the-lights-on-this-truck/1025277.md?page=8)