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New Safety FEATURE:
« on: 10 March 2010, 14:48:18 »
While surfing the web I came across a very interesting device.  Its commonly used on emergency vehicles such as fire trucks or ambulances.

It preflashes the LED brake lights 2-3 times very rappidly within less then 1 second before allowing them to become completly lit.

Then I located one of these modules on eBay and decided to give it a try.

The installation took 15min.
Instructions can be found below:
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HOW TO: Brake Light Control Moduel

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hsdEae-M_o





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Re: New Safety FEATURE:
« Reply #1 on: 10 March 2010, 16:30:50 »
 :y :y Looks good, certainly effective at night
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Re: New Safety FEATURE:
« Reply #2 on: 10 March 2010, 16:33:59 »
im all for my gadgets... but to me that just looks like u hav a dodgey 3rd brake light (loose connection sorta thing)  :D :D :D

maybe if it flash a bit slower and at the same intervals (i noticed the last flash pauses a bit longer) then... well maybe  ;D ;D
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Re: New Safety FEATURE:
« Reply #3 on: 10 March 2010, 16:34:10 »
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:y :y Looks good, certainly effective at night
Absolutely, the problem was that the flash is so rapid that the camera often skips a bean and only shows say 2 of the 3 flashes.

Its almost like one of those multi flashes on your photocamera...

Its not distracting in any way but its eye catching because of the sheer size and output of that light bar.

I have only seen this one other time on a Mercedes S-class that was panic braking in front of me...

Basically on that car everything on the rear end lit up including the hazard lights...
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Re: New Safety FEATURE:
« Reply #4 on: 10 March 2010, 16:36:17 »
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im all for my gadgets... but to me that just looks like u hav a dodgey 3rd brake light (loose connection sorta thing)  :D :D :D

maybe if it flash a bit slower and at the same intervals (i noticed the last flash pauses a bit longer) then... well maybe  ;D ;D

Im having trouble capturing the exact action of it..

Its a rapid 1, 2, 3, ON!
Its always the same but my camera decided to show it differently...

I can speed up the flashes too since the LEDs can be instant on/off it works great... it would suck on regular bulbs though!
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Re: New Safety FEATURE:
« Reply #5 on: 10 March 2010, 16:44:23 »
what is the benefit of this ?

im not getting it  :-?

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Re: New Safety FEATURE:
« Reply #6 on: 10 March 2010, 17:25:37 »
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what is the benefit of this ?

im not getting it  :-?

Doug

I was thinking the same
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Re: New Safety FEATURE:
« Reply #7 on: 10 March 2010, 17:36:10 »
Its there to help grab driver's attention.

if someone is following you closely and you tap the brakes the raid flash in their eyes will cause them to become more alert of the fact that you are braking, and I think it reduces the chances of getting rear ended.

that and it looks cool too!
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Re: New Safety FEATURE:
« Reply #8 on: 10 March 2010, 18:23:12 »
Knowing our nanny state in the uk im sure they would decide that was illegal .....  :y
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Re: New Safety FEATURE:
« Reply #9 on: 10 March 2010, 20:23:27 »
sorry dont like it just looks broken! :-?
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Re: New Safety FEATURE:
« Reply #10 on: 11 March 2010, 00:54:47 »
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sorry dont like it just looks broken! :-?

Yeh looks like there's a dodgy connection.
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« Reply #11 on: 11 March 2010, 09:57:34 »
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Knowing our nanny state in the uk im sure they would decide that was illegal .....  :y

The Insignia has this .... or the one I was behind a few months back did.  ;)
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Re: New Safety FEATURE:
« Reply #12 on: 11 March 2010, 11:04:55 »
looks a good idea but i think its a bit fast to notice
if u could slow it down a bit it would be ideal
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Re: New Safety FEATURE:
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Re: New Safety FEATURE:
« Reply #14 on: 11 March 2010, 11:38:44 »
I had something similar on a trailer ( Truck class 1 ) that I used to pull, all it was  was a indicater relay wired up to the brake lights, it was good and never had any probs. but it probably made everyone that was behind me go mad when I had my foot on the brake pedal.
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