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Re:Electric cars prove we need to rethink brake lights by willio58 on Thursday May 25, 2023 @12:17PM (#36072660)
> keep enough distance, pay attention and this is never an issue

If this was helpful, far fewer crashes would happen on roads today. People are imperfect. They're distracted, they have slow reaction times, they have poor vision, and they drive in poor weather.

As the video states, regulations should definitely be altered to require car manufacturers to show brake lights no matter how deceleration occurs. It's just one additional way to prevent collisions.

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Re:Electric cars prove we need to rethink brake lights by ericd on Thursday May 25, 2023 @12:28PM (#36072794)
Many people (perhaps the majority around here) don't keep nearly enough distance, so I wouldn't say that this "isn't helpful" so much as this "isn't happening".

But yeah, the car in the video also has a terrible flaw that should be fixed.

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