Miata Mailing List: October 1999, Message #179

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At 19:07 -0400 on 991001, Lanny Chambers commanded the electrons to 
create a missive titled "Re: Flashing stop light NMC":
|On 10/1/99 16:03, Keith Hearn khearn@Legato.COM wrote:
|
|>There may also be better strategies than a timer since last brake
|>  release for deciding whether or not to blink on any given
|>  application of the brakes.
|
|How about this: flash briefly but very rapidly--say, 4 times in one
|second--but ONLY when the braking system fluid pressure exceeds whatever
|it takes to decelerate at 0.5G (exact figure open for debate...hopefully
|somewhere off this list!). After one second the flashing stops in favor
|of a solid light...or perhaps stays flashing if braking exceeds 0.75G.
|Whatever.

Actually, BMW is working on this sort of thing. The harder you hit 
the brakes, the more area of the brake light illuminates. I can't see 
that it is going to be a big safety improvement, but if you're into 
this sort of thing, it's a darn sight better than flashing CHMSL's. :)

They call it the Brake Force Display, which is a bad abbreviation 
waiting to happen. ;)

-Zandr
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