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Originally Posted by extrashaky
If we get this crap in the US, accidents will go up in cities like Houston where everyone tailgates because they're trying to "win" traffic and are desperate to keep anybody else from cutting in front of them. What will happen is some stupid fool on one of the big, congested interstates will be distracted by the sudden flashing light in the next lane over, slam on his brakes for no reason and cause the guy behind him (who is also tailgating) to hit him. Then the next five cars will also pile up, because they're all following too closely. Then there will be two to four additional rear-end collisions in the traffic backup that ensues.
Drivers in the US are dumb enough already. Don't distract them with pretty twinkly lights.
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If you can't see brake lights when they are solid I don't think you will see them any better when flashing.
I recall a long discussion on this when some guy wanted to have his third brake light flashing. The majority seemed to feel it would confuse the hell out of most people. Some of the new LED brake lights are so bright ( @
johan I still have images burnt into my retinas) that solid is bad enough and flashing would be brutal.