it's for parking on the side of a road or street where your car may be
sticking out into the travel lane a little.  it illuminates the front and
rear marker lights dimly on that side so other drivers will see the car at
night.
Edward  (had a 914 once with this confusing feature)

On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 8:27 PM, Tom Hargrave <thargrav@hiwaay.net> wrote:

> And what feature is this?
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> Thanks, Tom Hargrave
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