Footbrake in queue = antisocial

Post #255,234 by pwhysall 5/12/06 10:02:23 AM Reply	Footbrake in queue = antisocial The current trend for eyeball-searing brake lights means that if you hold your car on the footbrake, you're tattooing the retinas of the driver behind. I find your faith in the ability of other drivers to get any sort of clue very touching. Peter [link\|http://www.no2id.net/\|Don't Let The Terrorists Win] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes!
Post #255,241 by admin 5/12/06 10:19:36 AM Reply	You have the oddest ideas sometimes... I've got a retinal disorder that causes me intense, long-lasting afterimages from fairly dim lights (monitors, windows on cloudy days, etc). Brake lights don't bother me in the least, so I have no idea what you're going on about. I'd much rather know the car in front of me is stopped than have to guess that it might have its handbrake engaged. Empirical evidence of the reactions of drivers behind me shows that they can get a clue. Or at the very least they get nervous that the car in front of them is slipping back, and they stop creeping forward clue or no. Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #255,242 by pwhysall 5/12/06 10:23:13 AM Reply	I don't rely on lights to work out whether a car is stopped. I look at whether it's actually moving or not. There's enough cars on the road with their brakes and indicators wired up the wrong way round (or not at all, which is always good for a laugh) for me to distrust such ephemeral indications of movement or not. And FWIW, the advanced motoring groups in the UK advocate handbrake/neutral whilst waiting in traffic, without exception, on the basis of safety (if you get rear-ended, you want the handbrake on to hold the car where it is - the footbrake may kick up, you won't have your foot full on it (because no-one ever does except in an emergency and not even then, hence EBA in Mercedes and other cars) and doesn't hold the rear wheels as hard, and the drive-train disconnected to save damage to the engine) and courtesy (people with normal eyesight get dazzled by high level brake lights). So no, it's not an odd idea at all. Peter [link\|http://www.no2id.net/\|Don't Let The Terrorists Win] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes!
Post #255,244 by folkert 5/12/06 10:34:06 AM Reply	Also, footbrake casuing lights to go on == Yo-Yo effect and eventualy stopping of traffic due to over reactions of Brake lights. Casual drivers (ones not really realizing that there ARE other drivers on the road, especially Site-seers with cell phone in hand) are what cause me great anguish. -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey* Freedom is not FREE. Yeah, but 10s of Trillions of US Dollars? SELECT * FROM scog WHERE ethics > 0; 0 rows returned.
Post #255,262 by boxley 5/12/06 1:01:32 PM Reply	you dont have those brake lites on sunshine the fuckwit behind you may assume that you are moving and plow into your ass. He doesnt know you have a stick.I suppose when driving a auto you put it into park at every light. thanx, bill Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 50 years. meep
Post #255,289 by pwhysall 5/12/06 6:51:39 PM Reply	You make no sense Peter [link\|http://www.no2id.net/\|Don't Let The Terrorists Win] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes!

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