Brake lights with 5 bars
I’ve been stuck in traffic while driving a lot lately. Why don’t car brake lights show how hard someone is braking? It seems to me if we standardized on a size of brake light that could go on the back of every vehicle, that we could have 5 bars on it. When the driver is braking hard, all 5 bars would be lit, when breaking moderately, only 3 bars would be lit, and when just tapping the brakes, only one bar would be lit.
Maybe I’m just a sucker for standards like this…. but this idea would save everyone from having to evaluate the distance and speed of multiple cars while in stop and go traffic and would probably prevent a lot of minor accidents. Somebody should start working on this.
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2 Responses to “Brake lights with 5 bars”
By Tino Gray on Jun 20, 2006 | Reply
It is not a bad idea but at a bit of a distance you may not be able to discern the number of bars that are actually lit. what do you think about the hazard lights automatically coming on when a rapid deceleration is detected?
By Rich Zygler on Jul 5, 2006 | Reply
I think though, you’d still be able to tell the difference between a big mass of lights and a small mass of lights lit. Yeah, the hazard light bit is a good idea too.