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by admin
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5/12/06 10:19:36 AM
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New 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.
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-scott anderson

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Post #255,242
by pwhysall
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5/12/06 10:23:13 AM
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New 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.

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     Ben started driving today - (broomberg) - (48) - May 10, 2006, 10:47:02 PM EDT
         Gee, I didn't know my driving affected you that much :-P - (ben_tilly) - May 11, 2006, 01:02:39 AM EDT
         My dad had trouble teaching my sister - (SpiceWare) - (7) - May 11, 2006, 11:01:46 AM EDT
             My daughters think they can learn my thinking about it. - (jbrabeck) - (1) - May 11, 2006, 11:14:53 AM EDT
                 Ben spent 3 hours driving yesterday - (broomberg) - May 11, 2006, 12:01:32 PM EDT
             1st? - (broomberg) - (4) - May 11, 2006, 12:07:58 PM EDT
                 not so silly - (SpiceWare) - May 11, 2006, 01:01:28 PM EDT
                 Either way works - (ben_tilly) - (2) - May 11, 2006, 05:04:28 PM EDT
                     That is a very smart idea - (imqwerky) - (1) - May 11, 2006, 05:22:00 PM EDT
                         Where I got it from... - (ben_tilly) - May 11, 2006, 06:06:23 PM EDT
         BTDT with Child #1, Child #2 starts driver's ed in June - (imqwerky) - (1) - May 11, 2006, 01:49:12 PM EDT
             Not a good idea, querk! - (jb4) - May 11, 2006, 02:08:09 PM EDT
         If you don't participate, you'll miss some stories to tell. - (a6l6e6x) - (35) - May 11, 2006, 04:17:45 PM EDT
             I'll be learning to drive a manual / stick / standard soon. - (Meerkat) - (34) - May 11, 2006, 07:53:15 PM EDT
                 Couple thing to remember - (broomberg) - (32) - May 11, 2006, 08:00:41 PM EDT
                     You forgot the #1 rule: If you can't find it, grind it! :-D -NT - (imqwerky) - (4) - May 11, 2006, 10:01:59 PM EDT
                         You can't really say you drive stick . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (3) - May 11, 2006, 11:47:02 PM EDT
                             Oh, I dunno about that - (drewk) - May 12, 2006, 08:38:41 AM EDT
                             Did that years ago. - (folkert) - (1) - May 12, 2006, 10:12:48 AM EDT
                                 You must have had synchro on 1st. - (Andrew Grygus) - May 12, 2006, 11:57:29 AM EDT
                     Re: Couple thing to remember - (pwhysall) - (26) - May 12, 2006, 01:50:27 AM EDT
                         It'll all be flat (and quiet!) roads to start with. - (Meerkat) - (3) - May 12, 2006, 02:14:28 AM EDT
                             What's wrong with your BlueBird? -NT - (static) - (2) - May 12, 2006, 03:02:43 AM EDT
                                 Still works, but it's old. Bit bored after 5 years of it. -NT - (Meerkat) - (1) - May 13, 2006, 10:42:59 PM EDT
                                     Ah. - (static) - May 15, 2006, 03:19:58 AM EDT
                         handbrake my arse - (boxley) - (17) - May 12, 2006, 08:23:39 AM EDT
                             Ar. - (admin) - (11) - May 12, 2006, 09:00:42 AM EDT
                                 5 feet slippage? - (pwhysall) - (10) - May 12, 2006, 09:45:23 AM EDT
                                     Never used one. - (admin) - (8) - May 12, 2006, 09:48:52 AM EDT
                                         You can't control the space behind you. - (pwhysall) - (7) - May 12, 2006, 09:55:36 AM EDT
                                             No, but I can make my needs known. - (admin) - (6) - May 12, 2006, 09:58:24 AM EDT
                                                 Footbrake in queue = antisocial - (pwhysall) - (5) - May 12, 2006, 10:02:23 AM EDT
                                                     You have the oddest ideas sometimes... - (admin) - (1) - May 12, 2006, 10:19:36 AM EDT
                                                         I don't rely on lights to work out whether a car is stopped. - (pwhysall) - May 12, 2006, 10:23:13 AM EDT
                                                     Also, footbrake casuing lights to go on == - (folkert) - May 12, 2006, 10:34:06 AM EDT
                                                     you dont have those brake lites on sunshine - (boxley) - (1) - May 12, 2006, 01:01:32 PM EDT
                                                         You make no sense -NT - (pwhysall) - May 12, 2006, 06:51:39 PM EDT
                                     Wot's a handbrake? - (jbrabeck) - May 12, 2006, 09:55:21 AM EDT
                             Complete crap. - (pwhysall) - (4) - May 12, 2006, 09:13:02 AM EDT
                                 makes up for the highbeams theyre shining into my dash -NT - (boxley) - May 12, 2006, 01:03:33 PM EDT
                                 Must admit I've never noticed this problem. - (Meerkat) - (2) - May 13, 2006, 10:37:57 PM EDT
                                     Do you ever get fog in Sydney? - (pwhysall) - (1) - May 14, 2006, 04:47:36 AM EDT
                                         A few nights a year, if you're (un)lucky. -NT - (Meerkat) - May 14, 2006, 08:32:41 PM EDT
                         Just don't think TOO smooth. - (admin) - (3) - May 12, 2006, 09:55:39 AM EDT
                             Ar - (pwhysall) - (2) - May 12, 2006, 10:00:39 AM EDT
                                 Eh? - (Another Scott) - May 12, 2006, 01:24:18 PM EDT
                                 Air brakes are fun too, for the unprepared :-) - (ben_tilly) - May 12, 2006, 07:49:55 PM EDT
                 advice deja vue - (boxley) - May 11, 2006, 09:01:07 PM EDT
         Can totally relate... - (slugbug) - May 12, 2006, 11:54:18 PM EDT

So let me sign off in idiocy...
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