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Do our high-level brake lights flash?

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bobbycrispbox

Member Since: 15 May 2006
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Do our high-level brake lights flash?

I was following a vectra today through a notoriously icy part of Cheshire and going down a hill his high-level brake light flashed quickly for a second or so (the side ones stayed on constantly). As I went over the same bit of road, my brake pedal pulsed briefly - ABS had kicked in.

His flashing brakelight was obviously linked to the ABS activation - does ours do the same?

30th Dec 2008 8:58 am

npinks

Member Since: 31 Jan 2008
Location: Leeds
Posts: 1943

I was thinking the same thing the other day

Following a boy racer Vauxhall Corsa and he had to slam all on and his high level flashed away,

Personally i thought "whats that doing that for"

, not "He must be doing an emergency stop"

30th Dec 2008 12:32 pm

simonsi

Member Since: 14 Oct 2007
Location: Auckland
Posts: 1264

Think various Audi and Vauxhalls do this, given no-one seems to have publicised this "feature", its going to be meaningless to the vast majority of car drivers....and given it will take a couple of pulse cycles for the following driver to realise it really does mean brakes ON rather than just a quick tap when they first go out I would think it may delay reaction times fractionally rather than increase them

Cheers

Simon

30th Dec 2008 1:17 pm

bobbycrispbox

Member Since: 15 May 2006
Location: Where women glow and men plunder
Posts: 2580

It worked for me but then I
a) had heard tell of this flashy feature before and
b) knew that the stretch of road we were on was probably going to be icy

30th Dec 2008 1:23 pm

simonsi

Member Since: 14 Oct 2007
Location: Auckland
Posts: 1264

Maybe they haven't publicised it much as the manufacturers can't agree on what it is telling the driver behind....

Cheers

Simon

30th Dec 2008 1:57 pm

NJF

Member Since: 05 Oct 2007
Location: Gone
Posts: 2466

I don't recall seeing flashing brake lamps when driving off-road behind D3s whose ABS must have been active for at least some of the time (discounting HDC).

30th Dec 2008 2:09 pm

Roel

Member Since: 16 Aug 2008
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It could be the EBA emergency brake assist or how other companies call it. There is no standard I know that with a VW the warning lights go on if you brake hard enough. I don't know about the Opel/vauxhall. Roel

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30th Dec 2008 11:04 pm

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