Personally, I've always felt that the high-mounted brakelights were a
waste of time. If the driver behind you doesn't see your conventionally
mounted brakelights, they just aren't paying attention - so another
brakelight, mounted higher and on center, isn't going to make any
difference. There is always the remote possibility that you may spot the
high-mounted brakelight on a vehicle further up through the windows of
the vehicle ahead, but if the vehicle immediately ahead of you is
significantly taller (and if you're in a Roadster, what isn't?) or has
those obnoxious tinted windows, forget it. The installation of the
high-mounted brakelight on some cars is just ridiculous - for example,
the Corvette convertible that was ahead of me in traffic the other day -
the high-mounted brakelight is on center at the top edge of the rear
deck, maybe 6" higher than the conventional lights.
All that having been said, I gotta say that the row of little LED
brakelights in the trailing edge of the rear spoiler on the Honda NSX
looks really sharp!
Gary McCormick
San Jose, CA
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William Hatfield wrote:
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> [snip]
> The idea of a third brake lite in the roll bar might be a good one (I
> really think the lite is a good safety feature) I put one in the
> spoiler on my roadster.[snip]
> Bill 66&67 spls in N.M>
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