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Subject:Re: Fwd: Re: Tail lights?
Date:Fri, 27 Aug 1999 23:40:22 -0700

Put red lights on abortion clinics?

EAP wrote:
>
> 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"