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Why haven't car manufacturers standardized automatic brake lights when a built in accelerometer detects deceleration?

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🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.net
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I’ve driven rentals that put the brake lights on if you did not have a foot on the gas, and only lit a 3rd brake light when actually pressing the brake. Dunno why it isn’t more common tho.

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intensely_human@lemm.ee
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Because a think called a “brake light” should light go only to indicate braking?

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Delusional@lemmy.world
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Reminds me of the cars that now have the reverse lights on when they’re just in park making me think they’re going to back up but never do.

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daq@lemmy.sdf.org
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That’s stupid feature on American cars only and they’ve been doing it forever.

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TheRagingGeek@lemmy.world
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Yeah I’ve had so many Chevy’s spoof me into thinking they were backing out of a parking spot only to realize they weren’t, infuriating

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To be fair, that’s what the 3rd light that only lights up when the brake is applied is. 😌

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