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Subject:Re: Fwd: Re: Tail lights?
From:David Beierl
Date:Fri, 27 Aug 1999 23:50:41 -0400

At 21:06 8/27/99 -0500, Joel Walker wrote:
>but now on the camper, i've decided on adding a couple of jc whitney 8" (or
>so) LED strips to the rear of the rear upper shelf (where the air

Hi Unc -- The reason the *single* high-level brake light is mandated is
that in testing with volunteers over several years in the early '90s (of
various combinations of supplemental brake lights) the *only* one that made
a significant difference in rear-end collisions was the single raised one
-- and it reduced rear-enders by FIFTY PER CENT vs the expected rate.

cheers
david
ps -- OTOH the twin ones are great for pretending to be a police car in the
dark :->
David Beierl - Providence, RI
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"