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- From: srj@key.COM (Scott R. Johnson)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Subject: Re: Analog Brake Light
- Message-ID: <3850@key.COM>
- Date: 11 Nov 92 17:36:13 GMT
- References: <4467@news.chips.com> <lg01i5INNqlv@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> <1992Nov11.155819.22074@osf.org>
- Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Advanced Systems, Fremont CA
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- In article <1992Nov11.155819.22074@osf.org>, kenny@osf.org (Kenneth Crudup) writes:
- > In article <lg01i5INNqlv@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>
- > >The device had the basic effect of riviting the attention of most
- > >following drivers on the car with the brake blinker.
- >
- > >Drop it! It's been tried and it was really stupid.
- >
- > NO- It was *not* stupid. Once again, it was the stupidity of the public that
- > killed a very good idea.
-
- So epileptics having seizures from the high-speed blinking are stupid?
-
- I would approve of something such as "the harder you push, the
- brighter the light", as opposed to the strobe effect of the
- CyberLight.
-
- > > (I personally think that anyone who can't tell from depth perception how fast
- > a car's slowing down doesn't need to be behind the wheel of a car anyway.)
-
- At night, your depth perception gets reduced (at least mine does) and
- an indication of "I'm stopping QUICKLY" would be useful.
-
- On a different note, how about some kind of signal that signals a
- U-Turn? I had always thought that a double blink for a U-Turn would
- be useful (just push the lever down to a second click)
-
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