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- From: cka52397@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Slartibartfast)
- Subject: Re: High-mount Rear Brake Lights
- References: <22118@drutx.ATT.COM> <1992Nov4.191005.443@mlb.semi.harris.com> <1992Nov05.150920.8611@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 01:03:26 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov05.150920.8611@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu> crpresto@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Charlie Preston) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov4.191005.443@mlb.semi.harris.com> luoni@jasper.mlb.semi.harris.com (Perry Luoni) writes:
- >> Why not complain about people who only use high beams
- >>and people who feel the need to have 1 Million candlepower driving lights on all the
- >>time. Or maybe about bad drivers or stupid traffic laws. :-) :-( :-> :-<
- >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >IMHO the extra brake light is just that--a stupid traffic law. I personally
- >prefer amber turn signals and the tail/brake light combination. If the extra
- >brake light had been an option on my last new car purchase I would have asked
- >the dealer to remove it.
- >
- >Chas
- >
- And probably rearended right out of the lot by some stupid idiot who can't tell
- the difference between the tail and brake lights. The High-mounted
- brake light is *VERY* effective in preventing rearend accidents. I think in
- some experiments (don't know particulars) there was a 60% reduction in rear
- end accidents with the light. Regs on lights *should* be (IMHO, OC)
- Halogens/Fogs/Running/TS mandatory in front, Marker/TS mandatory on both front
- and rear sides, and Separate Brake/Tail and Amber TS/White Reverse in the back.
-
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