Flashing brake lights...

[Thanatos]

Originally Posted by Lee '71

What would plod make of all your brake lights flashing though I wonder?

Personally I'd prefer the third brake light only to blink as it's more in the line of vision usually.

Mine is only the third brake light

[VenomS40]

I've got a 2008 S40 On heavy breaking coming to a stop once stopped the hazard lights flash until I pull off again. Dose mine have the flashing brake lights when heavy breaking?

[Daim]

Originally Posted by VenomS40

I've got a 2008 S40 On heavy breaking coming to a stop once stopped the hazard lights flash until I pull off again. Dose mine have the flashing brake lights when heavy breaking?

Yes, as it is an EU standard fitting for 2008 onwards. Check your manual, it will say what EBL does You def. have it Again, they only activate when you exceed a certain G force...

[owyn]

It's interesting this, the UK lighting regs prohibit automatic flashing lights other than amber, pretty sure of it. The euro regs obviously allow it though and they must supercede the UK regs. I wonder if they will have to rewrite the UK ones to keep up.

[Daim]

Originally Posted by owyn

It's interesting this, the UK lighting regs prohibit automatic flashing lights other than amber, pretty sure of it. The euro regs obviously allow it though and they must supercede the UK regs. I wonder if they will have to rewrite the UK ones to keep up.

Well, EU law exceed UK laws. So if Britain all of a sudden had a "lights off at night" law, the EU "lights on at night" law would prevent the UK law being enabled...

It is like here in Germany. By German law, my summer tyre setup would be illegal, as German laws says, that my tyres have to be covered and nothing is allowed to stick out of the wheel arch. EU law says, that the tread has to be covered to a certain degree. Rims may stick out, but the tread has to be covered (to a certain degree).

Results: formerly illegal wheel configurations are legal.

[Thanatos]

But Hang on Daim were not in the eu so why the eu rules should affect us

[iainmd]

Originally Posted by Thanatos

But Hang on Daim were not in the eu so why the eu rules should affect us

If you're in the UK as your posts suggest then you are most certainly in the EU!

[stevie a]

Yes we are in the EU

UK RVLR being trumped by UN-ECE Type Approval ones?

EBLs are covered in UNECE Regulation 48.

[Daim]

Originally Posted by Thanatos

But Hang on Daim were not in the eu so why the eu rules should affect us

The EU is not the Eurozone The Eurozone only has 13 members. The EU has 27 or 28 (I think it was 27 IIRC) and the UK is one of the 27 or 28 members

So the law order:

EU above UK above local