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Brake lights in stationary traffic

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Old Feb 16th, 2019, 13:48   #21
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Unless the car behind continues moving forward when your brake lights go off thinking you're on the move again
Yes, that's what I thought TBH. But lowering the intensity when there is a stationary object detected right behind you would be a sound idea.

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Old Feb 17th, 2019, 10:06   #22
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I had an argument with someone on here in the past about fog lights.

I still maintain that if I can see my headlights reflected off the car in front...
A) They can see me.
B) I can see them.
C) No fog light required.
Does the Highway Code say use them when visibility is less than 100m still???

Grips my **** drivers who can’t estimate 100m and blind everyone with fogs in perfectly safe visibility.

I don’t like auto hold for the simple reason it activates parking brake when you park the car overnight. I have a flat drive so leaving the auto box in P is all I need. Having a parking brake left on keeps unnecessary stresses through the braking system under higher pressure.
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Old Feb 19th, 2019, 08:37   #23
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Having a parking brake left on keeps unnecessary stresses through the braking system under higher pressure.
I don't understand, could you explain what you mean?
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Old Feb 19th, 2019, 08:50   #24
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I have a flat drive so leaving the auto box in P is all I need. Having a parking brake left on keeps unnecessary stresses through the braking system under higher pressure.
I don't understand your logic. If your drive is flat then what stress are you referring to? I wonder why it is that rather than using the brakes to keep the car in place, the purpose for which they were designed and intended, you are making the gearbox perform this duty? That's seems counter intuitive to me.
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