idiot lights
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Gauges, switches and idiot lights are being replaced with menu-driven touch-screen monitors and touch pads.
From Time Magazine Archive
“I mean, what idiot lights fireworks in the woods?”
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
Then he had to wire it into the sign, which took longer than he thought it would, too, but then it was done, and the idiot lights started blinking on the box Kurt had assembled.
From Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Doctorow, Cory
