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- From: cka52397@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Slartibartfast)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Subject: Re: High-mount Rear Brake Lights
- Message-ID: <BxBKuw.A47@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Date: 7 Nov 92 00:18:31 GMT
- Article-I.D.: news.BxBKuw.A47
- References: <1992Nov05.150920.8611@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu> <Bx9s9s.KDx@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <1992Nov6.134638.1425@nntpd2.cxo.dec.com>
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- In article <1992Nov6.134638.1425@nntpd2.cxo.dec.com> mental@cntrol.enet.dec.com () writes:
- >
- >In article <Bx9s9s.KDx@news.cso.uiuc.edu>,
- >cka52397@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Slartibartfast) writes:
- >
- > ...stuff deleted...
- >
- >->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.
- >
- > Great! Let's get more dillweeds driving around with their fog lights
- > on 'cause it 'looks cool'.
- Or 'cause it's foggy? Anyway foglights aimed upwards (blinding us) do
- absolutely no good. Foglights should be mandatory equipment on cars, but
- they should be aimed corerectly. But most Americans are to stupid to
- understand.
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