Miata Mailing List: August 1996, Message #119
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   From: Ken Warren 
Subject: RE: How to DETECT Radar Detectors
   Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 00:34:21 -0400

On Thursday, August 01, 1996 3:22 PM, 
JEANNIE_HOBBS@hp-santaclara-om3.om.hp.com wrote:

>     This is a clever trick.  However, does anyone know for certain if
>     Miatas' brake lights flash when you pull on the parking brake lever 
at
>     speed?  I know it's bad for your brakes, but "bad for your brakes" is 
>     still cheaper than a speeding ticket PLUS losing your radar detector!

No, the brake lights are not activated by using the hand brake. I do it all 
the time. It's not that it's *bad* for them, just that it wears out the 
back brakes a bit faster.

Ken Warren
Grand Poobah of Motorsports, DelVal Miata Club
(That's what it says in the Roadster Review, so it must be true:-))