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xane
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Can you remember when those middle brake lights were introduced ? You know what I mean, the third light normally stuck in the middle of the rear of the car.
Apparently, in America, the idea was that a large amount of car accidents are "shunts", or front-rear collisions, normally caused by not braking in time, so by having a middle brake light that was visible through the windows of the car behind would improve the timing needed as you had more time to predict a sudden decrease in speed and brake accordingly.
IIRC, shunt accidents dropped massively in the years after their introduction, so they were adopted as standard equipment on modern cars, this trend was inevitably carried over to Europe and now the UK MOT requires that if a middle light is fitted it must work and be considered as a regular brake light.
Now, bare in mind that the value of a central brake light is to be seen through the window of the car behind, can anyone explain this marvellous piece of design on the modern Peugeot 206 ?
How the smeg does anyone think that this brake light mounted just above the ground is ever going to be seen by a car other than the one directly behind ?
Also guilty are 4WDs, which by nature are higher than most normal cars, having middle brake lights at the top of the rear window, or in extreme cases on the roof, even on a spoiler on the roof as I have seen with a Honda CVR. Unless another 4WD is behind them they are almost certainly never too be seen.
Any other bad designs you can think of ?
Apparently, in America, the idea was that a large amount of car accidents are "shunts", or front-rear collisions, normally caused by not braking in time, so by having a middle brake light that was visible through the windows of the car behind would improve the timing needed as you had more time to predict a sudden decrease in speed and brake accordingly.
IIRC, shunt accidents dropped massively in the years after their introduction, so they were adopted as standard equipment on modern cars, this trend was inevitably carried over to Europe and now the UK MOT requires that if a middle light is fitted it must work and be considered as a regular brake light.
Now, bare in mind that the value of a central brake light is to be seen through the window of the car behind, can anyone explain this marvellous piece of design on the modern Peugeot 206 ?
How the smeg does anyone think that this brake light mounted just above the ground is ever going to be seen by a car other than the one directly behind ?
Also guilty are 4WDs, which by nature are higher than most normal cars, having middle brake lights at the top of the rear window, or in extreme cases on the roof, even on a spoiler on the roof as I have seen with a Honda CVR. Unless another 4WD is behind them they are almost certainly never too be seen.
Any other bad designs you can think of ?
