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- Subject: Analog Brake Light
- Message-ID: <2087.88.uupcb@chaos.lrk.ar.us>
- From: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams)
- Date: 11 Nov 92 16:08:00 GMT
- Reply-To: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams)
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- Organization: The Courts of Chaos * 501-985-0059 * Public Access Usenet
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- -> Has anyone seen or heard of a brake light system that indicates the
- -> degree of deceleration of the vehicle? Maybe a different number of
- -> lights, or increasing light intensity, or flashing lights, etc.
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- -> It sure would be nice to have such a device during rush-hour traffic!
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- GM played with such a system as far back as the early '50s. Quite
- rightfully, they decided that if someone wasn't going to pay attention
- to the lights already on the car, they wouldn't pay attention to any
- further light show.
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