Sometimes called the 'Liz Dole light' for the Dept of Transportation boss
that pushed it through.

Think what she would do for us all as Pres.

----- Original Message -----
From: David Beierl <dbeierl@IBM.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, August 27, 1999 10:50 PM
Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: Tail lights?

> 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"